Bournemouth Male Voice Choir Fundraiser for Wimborne Foodbank
Bournemouth Male Voice Choir are hosting a special fundraising concert to raise vital funds for Wimborne Foodbank. Tickets for this wonderful event are £10 – all funds raised will help us to support families in crisis this Christmas. The choir are a group of men, from all walks of life with a mutual love of music. They regularly perform
Mental Health Friendly Church Training Day – 11 October 2025
We are proud to partner with Kintsugi Hope in providing the upcoming mental health friendly church training day on Saturday 11 October 2025, 10am – 4pm. This event is for volunteers serving in cafés, Warm Welcome Spaces, community meals, coffee mornings, and other outreach activities across Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. Together, we’ll explore how to better understand mental
Church Partnerships: Poole Lifecentre’s Men That Lunch Group
Our Church Partnerships team is dedicated in supporting church leaders, community mission pioneers, Christian funders, and anyone at a church who wants to make a real difference in their local community. Sarah Yetman, Vicar of St Mike’s and St John’s Churches in Bournemouth explained: “Working with Faithworks Church Partnerships team has been transformative for us in making a difference
Leadership role available at Poole Lifecentre: a place where community, care, and change meet
People walk through the doors of Poole Lifecentre for many reasons – some need food or debt advice, others seek company, housing support, or simply someone to listen. The Lifecentre is for everyone – a vibrant place, combining a busy foodbank and a network of essential services that help people in crisis find practical solutions and renewed hope. In
Wimborne Community Garden Fun Day 2025
The Wimborne Community Garden Fun Day returns with the very popular scarecrow competition! Enter your themed scarecrow for the chance to win a prize*. Suggestions include: spaceman, sailor, spy, fireman or farmer - from big to small, we love them all! Come and join the local community in the beautiful surroundings of the community garden for an afternoon of
12 Year Old George Raises Over £5K for Faithworks Homelessness Project
12 year old George has raised a colossal £5,500 by cycling from Poole to Paris, to raise essential funds for our Homelessness project. He gave up his school half-term holiday to pedal an epic 450 miles, with his Dad Mark, so that he could make a difference to those without a place to call home. George explained: “I
Fun and Festivities at the SMILE Lone Parent Fair 2025
It was wonderful to see more than 85 families at our annual SMILE Lone Parent Fair this year. Over 300 people got together to catch up with old friends and meet new, enjoy delicious pizza and bean burritos, brave snakes and other wild animals!, pot houseplants, be pampered and generally enjoy an afternoon of fun together. Our free annual
TV Chef Rosemary Shrager Holds Cooking Demo in Aid of Wimborne Foodbank & Community Gardens
Intrepid celebrity TV chef Rosemary Shrager is cycling 450 miles from Lands’ End to the White Cliffs of Dover to raise vital funds and awareness for local food poverty charities including Wimborne Foodbank and Wimborne Community Gardens. Following a visit to a Foodbank in Hastings, she was “really, really upset” and decided she needed to do something about food
Foodbank – Food Donation Points
Help Us Keep Shelves Full & Hope Alive! Find our food donation points below. Our Foodbanks thrive thanks to the incredible generosity of regular donors like you. Whether it’s a weekly tin or a monthly gift, your consistent support helps us plan ahead, stay stocked, and be ready for when more families need us most. Want to donate food?
Wimborne Foodbank+ Issue Urgent Food Appeal Following Break In
Wimborne Foodbank+ have issued an urgent food appeal following a theft from their food store. The incident was discovered after the Easter bank holiday weekend. Michelle Kratzke, Deputy Manager explained: ‘We were devastated to discover our food store was broken into over the bank holiday weekend, adding additional pressure to our already busy team following the Easter period.
