Hope For Food

Another lovely batch of donations for which we are immensely grateful and send huge thanks and best wishes to: Sheena Read and Horsa Masonic Lodge for a trolley load of food and £267 raised at their raffle. Wendy Read for baking delicious cakes for our families week in week out and making mini gift sets for Christmas. Sacred Heart Church, Parish of Four Saints and St Anthony's Catholic Church, West Moors for their unwavering support. Bournemouth Junior Lawyers Division (Bournemouth JLD) for raising £260 from a raffle at their Christmas party. Dorset Wheelchairs Service Sister Rosie And anyone else we may have missed. Your kindness and generosity is unmatched. #communitysupport #thankyouforyoursupport #helpingfamiliesinneed #homelesslivesmatter #homelessness #foodbank

Yesterday evening an amazing group of volunteers came together to put on a wonderful sit down Christmas dinner for 110 community meal guests and once again it was a huge success! Our volunteers work extremely hard all year round but they really pull the stops out at Christmas to ensure everyone has a great time. So huge thanks to everyone involved from organisers to cooks, bakers and sandwich makers, pot washers, servers and general volunteers and everyone who takes the time to stop, chat and share a bit of Christmas cheer. Without such dedicated volunteers we couldn't do any of this and Christmas would be a lot less brighter for so many. Thank you all so much. #volunteersmakeadifference #thankyouforyoursupport #homelesslivesmatter #CommunitySupport #volunteers

Today we have two very special groups to thank for thier amazing work in support of Hope for Food. Ringwood & District Round Table went out with Santa and his Sleigh collecting food donations and did so well they had to deliver in 2 van loads! Amazing work by all involved and a wonderfully generous response from all who donated. The staff and pupils of The Purbeck School who responded to our appeal by collecting over 800 selection boxes - How incredible is that? Thanks to Carly and Simon for dropping them off. Thank you really doesn’t seem enough for such amazing acts of kindness but it comes from the heart of every person we support and all the volunteers here at Hope for Food. #thankyouforyoursupport #communitysupport #volunteersmakeadifference #foodbank #homelesslivesmatter #EndFoodPoverty

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! What else can we say after more amazing donations over the past week. We are so in awe of our amazing supporters who enable us to make Christmas brighter for so many people and todays thanks go to anyone who has donated in any way including: Rachel and all the amazing staff and customers at Pizza With Love for another huge donation of selection boxes. Lucy and Akua and the congregation of Love Fountain Church Bournemouth. The staff, parents and pupils of The Epiphany School of Global Studies School for their selection box donation . Wessex Country Gammons for a huge donation of cooked meats. Jess, Mani and all from TeamJobs. Liana and family for their reverse advent calendar. The Oasis team from Poole Maternity Unit. Matt, Grayson and all at CADS in Broadstone. Jodi and Suzy and all at Hays Travel Winton. NatWest Business Team. Harry Coburn and the team from Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Care at Kings Park Loman and Hadley from The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy. Everyone at Slimming World Colehill with Karen. Again, thank you for your generosity and kindness. #helpingfamiliesinneed #communitysupport #thankyouforyoursupport #homelesslivesmatter #foodbank

Bournemouth Eats X Hope For Food - We have incorporated a way to give back to the community with money from each order going to Hope For Food - The Bournemouth based charity, Hope For Food, supports people in the area who are homeless or living in poverty. It provides community meals, food parcels, clothing bedding and household goods when required Order In, Give Back #HopeForFood #OrderInGiveBack #BournemouthEats #Community #SupportLocal #Bournemouth #Dorset

Many thanks to everyone who turned out to Westbourne Arcade on Saturday despite the awful weather to support Westbourne Rotary and Sound of Soul choir in raising funds for us. We managed to collect £329 on the day and the Rotary Club very generously topped it up to £500 which will make a big difference to us. Huge thanks to Pauline Bonanni and the choir. #thankyouforyoursupport #DonateNow #EndFoodPoverty #homelesslivesmatter #communitysupport

Today it’s a big thank you to all the lovely corporate elves from LV=, Ultra Energy and @PooleBayHoldings Ltd who came in this week to help us sort and get organised for parcel packing. Without these extra willing hands at this time of year we’d really struggle to get everything done so we really are grateful for the help. #volunteersmakeadifference #communitysupport #thankyouforyoursupport #helpingfamiliesinneed #homelesslivesmatter

Do pop by and say hello if you’re in Westbourne on Saturday. #helpingfamiliesinneed #communitysupport #thankyouforyoursupport #EndFoodPoverty

It seems every day is a thank you day at the moment thanks to the amazing response to our Christmas appeals so huge shout outs today to everyone who has donated food, clothing, money and time to us including: Rosie, Ryan and family for an amazing amount of food and sleeping bags donated in lieu of buying presents this year. Velo Domestique for collecting over 800 kilos of food at their Cranksgiving event! Linwood School @Jade and Hays Travel Southbourne. Carisha. West Moors Women's Innstitute. Jane and @BoveridgeCollege for all the selection boxes. Suzie, Janine and Ibcos Computers. St Anthony's Catholic Church, West Moors. Richmond Hill St Andrew's URC. Sister Rosie and Holy Family Parish Kinson. The 13th Bournemouth Rainbows and and Brownies. Dean and @Strategic Solutions Financial Services. Bryony and @Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd Bournemouth School for Girls Volunteer Linda who has coloected 24 reverse advents calendars, from family and friends, her book club, the Ladies of Christchurch Golf Club, Monday & Wednesday Pilates classes and Volsen Roofing! And not forgetting the amazing buisinesses who regularly donate to us: COUNTRY FARE FOODSERVICE, Bidfood UK, @CountyFoods, Fluffetts Home, and COWSHARES SL. If we've missed anyone, we do apologise...things are a bit hectic just now but, pleased be assured each and every donation is very gratefully recieved. #communitysupport #thankyouforyoursupport #foodbank #helpingfamiliesinneed

We are very pleased to be welcoming Bournemouth Eats as a new supporter. A new local food delivery platform launching in Bournemouth on December 13th, as part of it's ethos @BournemouthEats is looking to help the local community and will be donating a portion of the service charge on every order to Hope for Food for which we are very grateful. Thank you to Christina and Sandy for this support and good luck for the launch! #communitysupport #thankyouforyoursupport #thankyou #foodbank#helpingfamiliesinneed #homelesslivesmatter