Poole Communites Trust will be running a series of events to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and to encourage people to seek medical help thanks to a grant from Wessex Cancer Alliance. We will be holding coffee mornings and cookery demonstration...
General News Articles
Celebrating International Women’s Day – 8 March 2022
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day has occurred for well over a century with the first gathering in 1911 supported by over 1 million people We are now moving to a very...
National Carers Week 1st – 8th June
Poole Communities Trust is supporting Carers Week. We know from local people that there are many carers in Poole. Who is a Carer? A carer is someone who provides unpaid support to family or friends who could not manage without help. This could be due to...
Dementia Action Week
Poole Communities Trust is supporting this Dementia Action Week. The Alzheimer’s Society is calling on the Government to cure the care system now. Right now, the broken social care system means that in the UK, nearly 1 million people with dementia, by far the majority...
Mental Health Awareness Week 10 – 16 May 2021
Poole Communities Trust is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. The Mental Health Foundation started the event 21 years...
Ann, our Community Worker in Turlin Moor
It is with great sadness that the Chair of Poole Communities Trust - Chris Beale announced the death of Ann Khambatta, the Community Worker at Turlin Moor. "Ann achieved a lot in her life for all sorts of people. Ann fostered teenagers and provided a lot of support...
Poole Communities Trust Annual General Meeting
The Chair of Poole Communities Trust Chris Beale invites you to attend the virtual AGM on Thursday 17 December at 4pm via zoom. Please join us to hear more about our activities during the last year and our plans for the coming year. Although its been a...
National Lottery funding enables Branksome Community Centre to re-open and support to Turlin Moor to increase
Huge thanks to the National Lottery for providing us with a grant to enable us to re- open the Branksome Community Centre and increase the hours of support to the residents of Turlin Moor. The Branksome Community Centre will re open on Monday 27th July, with the...
Funding Target Nearly Reached for the Bourne Community Hub
We are delighted that both the Talbot Village Trust and BCP Council have made additional grants for our project to build a new Community Hub in Bourne. Huge thanks to the Talbot Village Trust for an additional £30,000 bringing their total contribution to £230,000 and...
53 shoppers visit the Moor Community Food Store
Thank you to everyone who came along to the Food Store this week We are trying to have different types of food available – this week we had support from Branksome Fridge who donated lots of bread. Our thanks to all our volunteers. See you next Tuesday 16 June 1-3pm...