BCHA celebrates wellbeing festival success in Boscombe Gardens

Hundreds of people, including local MP Tobias Ellwood and Councillor Chris Wakefield, attended the annual Festival of Wellbeing run by BCHA’s Ignite Project, which supports people back in to work and helps people to live life to the full.

A number of local organisations that BCHA works collaboratively with were represented, including Vita Nova, Skills & Learning, Crumbs, Dorset Scrapstore, Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset’s Police and Crime Plan, Dorset Mind, Working Links, as well as BCHA’s own New Leaf Allotment.

Jamie Clarke, Ignite lead development coach at BCHA, said, “We were absolutely overwhelmed with the turnout and support we received from everyone involved. The festival is a fantastic opportunity to find out more of what local support and wellbeing services are available in and around the Bournemouth and Boscombe area, as well as to enjoy some family fun and activities”.

Dr Andrew Mayers, Principal Academic at Bournemouth University and Patron for Dorset Mind said, “I was honoured to work with BCHA on this great event. I am pleased that so many groups were able to join us, including my colleagues at Dorset Mind. It was a great, and fun, opportunity to raise awareness about health, mental health and wellbeing. Given that we were in one of Bournemouth’s most popular venues, we were able to reach out to local residents and visitors to show what we can do in partnerships locally.”