Bournemouth, Charity | Posted on October 6th, 2025 | return to news

Care home donates over £2,000 to Bournemouth charity

Care home provider Care South has kindly donated £2,195 to The CRUMBS Project, a Bournemouth-based disability charity.

A Dorset care home provider has made a kind donation to a Bournemouth-based disabilities charity.

Care South has donated a total of £2,195 to The CRUMBS Project, which empowers adults with disabilities, neurodivergences, or mental health conditions by providing hospitality-based ‘training for independence’ that creates pathways to employment and inclusion.

Around 25 disadvantaged adults each year undertake practical, immersive training in food production and service, housekeeping, administration, and digital skills, with 90-per-cent of all trainees gaining employment after completing training programmes.

The disability training charity is the latest beneficiary of Care South’s Community Fund, which gives back to community groups, services, and organisations which directly benefit Care South’s care home residents, care at home clients or staff.

Krystal, a housekeeper at Talbot View care home on Ensbury Avenue, trained at The CRUMBS Project before going on to work at Care South.

The donation was presented to The CRUMBS Project’s Ursula Boardman by Simon Bird, CEO of Care South, and Suzanne Kaye, home manager at Talbot View care home. The team also took a tour of the facilities and met some of the people who are currently undertaking their training.

Boardman said: “We are incredibly grateful to Care South for their generous donation which has helped us to purchase tablet computers for our trainees to use during their training programmes, and laptops for our professional trainers. It will make a real difference to the work we do empowering adults with disabilities and helping them gain skills and confidence for employment and independent living.”

Care South’s Simon Bird said: “We are delighted to support The CRUMBS Project through our Community Fund. Their work aligns perfectly with our ethos of enriching the lives of our amazing care staff teams and through them our residents, as well as supporting and working with the local community. It was inspiring to see how The CRUMBS Project provides supported employment and vital social contact for people with disabilities. We are so proud to see former CRUMBS trainees like Krystal succeed and make a real difference at Talbot View.”

Talbot View care home, which is part of the not-for-profit charity Care South, provides residential, respite, and dementia care to residents. Care South offers residential and care at home services across the south of England. For more information about Care South, visit to care-south.co.uk or call 01202 712410.