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Ferndown Christmas Fayre raises £2,000 for charity

Ferndown Community Support’s annual Christmas event raised funds to provide wrapped gifts and essentials to children in need this season.

An annual Christmas market lifted spirits as well as raised essential funds for Ferndown Community Support (FCS) on Saturday 22 November.

Held in the Ferndown Day Centre, the Christmas Fayre raised a total of £1,975.85, which will go towards Mission Santa Sacks – an FCS charity initiative to provide wrapped gifts and essentials to children and young people in East Dorset who are in difficulty this festive season.

The fayre featured market stalls selling artisan goods and Christmas gifts, food, cakes and drinks, as well as games like hook-a-duck, tombola and raffles. There was also face painting, a crafts room, and a chance to meet Santa and his four elves.

There was also the chance to buy a new children’s Christmas book, ‘Eli, the Very Hungry Elf’, written by FCS founder and member of Ferndown Town Council, Hannah Hobbs-Chell.

A spokesperson for FCS said: “Thank you so much to everyone who came and spent time and money with us, and we hope you all had a wonderfully festive time too.”

FCS provides various services to support people in Ferndown, including a food bank and larder, a medicine bank, a befriending service, and support with shopping and claiming benefits and welfare. Visit https://ferndowncommunitysupport.org.uk/about/ to learn more.

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