M&S Bournemouth

We run two soup kitchens a week to provide help to those in need. We also deliver meals and food to local vulnerable families and assist and support the local homeless community. Soup kitchens are held on Thursday and Sunday evenings. Hope for Food is a Bournemouth based organisation that was founded by Claire Matthews in 2012 with the aim of providing lifes basic essentials on a day to day basis to people in need of help due to the current economic climate. We also aim to try and bring a little happiness back into the lives of people who perhaps, through no fault of their own, find themselves without things most of us take for granted, such as food and shelter. We are entirely volunteer run & rely on donations of food to keep these kitchens & food runs going. We also have a large stock of food items, clothes, shoes and bedding donated by our supporters. We are seeking regular volunteers to help with donations, food preparation, deliveries, fundraising and administration too. Thank you for reading. We hope you will be in touch.

Here at Macmillan Caring Locally, we are building an innovative, state-of-the-art palliative care unit and, with your help, this could be the very best of its kind. Attached to Christchurch Hospital, our palliative care unit provides patients and their families with a retreat and a place where they can get the support and care that is so vital when suffering with a terminal illness. The Macmillan unit has an inpatient ward caring for 16 patients, a team of 12 palliative care sisters who visit up to 400 patients in the community, a family support team, a physiotherapy department, a day centre accommodating 15 people, a chapel and a hospital support team who see the patients in the Royal Bournemouth hospital and in their homes. However, the building is dated. Built in 1975, it is struggling to support the services our team strive to provide or an environment that is fit for purpose to care for our patients. Referrals to the palliative care unit at Macmillan Caring Locally have increased by 100% in the last seven years. Support is available not only for cancer patients but also for people with other life threatening conditions. The varying needs of our patients demand a huge amount of resources, equipment and space to maintain the highest standard of care that our staff and volunteers continually strive to deliver. Currently, patients need to be taken through the hospital reception in order to get to the garden, which adversely affects their dignity and independence. There is limited security for dementia patients and shared bathroom facilities do not provide adequate privacy. The technology to support family contact and independent care is extremely limited. The building lacks a sense of comfort that our patients desire away from the hospital environment. With your help, we can build a new hospice that will provide our patients with a restful and homely environment in which to spend their precious remaining time. The new building, while not feeling like a hospital, will be designed to accommodate the needs of patients with life limiting illnesses. The new building would give staff, volunteers, patients and families the enormous boost that is necessary to sustain the exceptional level of care that is delivered at Macmillan Caring Locally. The additional space, modernised appearance, vital medical supplies and equipment would have such a positive impact on everyone at the unit. We would be delighted if you would join us in supporting this essential and very special project.

The funds raised by this project will go towards supporting children in Dorset by providing grants for holidays and days out that can help create lasting memories for the children and their families. Our charity supports children in Dorset and the surrounding area who are experiencing terminal, life-limiting and serious chronic illnesses. We aim to create an environment filled with fun, laughter, achievement and memories. We make this possible by providing funds for activities and play which will enrich the lives of children in our local communities.