Forest Holme Hospice

We help ensure that everyone in our community affected by life-limiting illness or bereavement, gets the care and support they need, either at home or in our dedicated hospice facility.

NHS funding is limited, which is why we need to raise £1 million each year so that our team can deliver the highest level of care, when and where it counts.

How you can support us

Fundraising

Events

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Leaving a gift in your will

Volunteering for Forest Holme Hospice Charity

Looking for a new role that makes a difference?

Our wonderful volunteers take on all sorts of activities to help support Forest Holme Hospice and our fundraising activities.

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News

21st May 25

University Hospitals Dorset awards success

Forest Holme Hospice’s Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse, Sarah Burrows, scooped the top prize in the Patient Choice category at the recent University Hospitals Dorset awards in Bournemouth.

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7th May 25

Hospice at Home is expanding into Poole

Forest Holme Hospice Charity is funding an expansion of a Hospice at Home service expansion into Poole for patients under our palliative care services. 

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17th Mar 25

Hospice chosen as festival charity partner

Forest Holme Hospice is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as the official charity partners of this year’s Seafood and Sounds festival, which takes place in Poole over the weekend of September 13th and 14th.

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29th Jan 25

Strictly fab-u-lous

The ballroom sparkled and there was standing ovations aplenty as the recent Strictly Extravaganza Gala Dinner brought the house down, raising a staggering £80,387 in support of the hospice’s vital work.

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23rd Jan 25

Jeff Mostyn visit

We had the pleasure of welcoming former AFC Bournemouth Chairman Jeff Mostyn to Forest Holme for a tour of the hospice to see all the services we provide for our local community.

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18th Dec 24

Coming together to light up lives

Hundreds of people braved atrocious weather conditions to attend our recent Light up a Life event in The Dolphin Poole.

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