Record-breaking £25,000 raised for YMCA Bournemouth
YMCA Bournemouth raised this amount during their ‘BIG Sleep Easy’, where over 100 staff and directors as a well as fundraisers slept overnight in cardboard shelters.
YMCA Bournemouth raised this amount during their ‘BIG Sleep Easy’, where over 100 staff and directors as a well as fundraisers slept overnight in cardboard shelters.
Local WaterAid supporter, Hazel Taylor, has been given the President’s Award for Outstanding Voluntary Contribution to WaterAid.
Leading Dorset and Somerset law firm, Humphries Kirk, held a designated ‘Dress Down Day’ last month in aid of the Indonesia Tsunami Appeal, donating £946 in total.
Dorchester Agricultural Society, the organisers of Dorset County Show, has raised £16,500 for the Dorset County Hospital Charity’s Cancer Appeal.
Hundreds of scarves and hats knitted by volunteers through Douch Family Funeral Directors are to be distributed to the homeless this winter.
#GivingTuesday takes place on 27 November and Bournemouth Parks Foundation are hoping to raise £3,000 in one day to reach halfway towards their £200,000 fundraising target to rebuild Bournemouth’s aviary.
Ahead of Fur Free Friday, an international day of action on 23 November, celebrities are speaking out against the “cruel” suffering of animals killed for the fur trade.
Residents and staff at family-owned Colten Care including its 11 care homes in Dorset have raised more than £5,000 for Children in Need.
On Children in Need Day on Friday 16 November between 10am – 12pm, local ukulele band, Uke Box Glory, entertained the crowds in Christchurch High Street outside the Regent Centre.
For one week only, donation to Brendoncare will be doubled at no extra cost, doubling the doors opened to seven days of friendship and support for thousands of older people.