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19th Aug 25

Bessie’s Colleyfest fundraiser

Last year, Bessie made a special donation in memory of her Great Nanny Pam, who was wonderfully cared for by our team at Forest Holme.

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22nd Jul 25

MND charity Golf Day gives £3,000 donation

An annual charity Golf Day organised by Danny’s MND Mission at Ferndown Forest Golf Club has once again raised vital funds in support of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) causes, including a generous £3,000 donation personally delivered by Danny to Forest Holme Hospice Charity.

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21st Jul 25

Struck Gold

Having recently scooped the top prize in the ‘Community Support’ category at the Poole Business Awards for our Bereavement Café, we were absolutely thrilled to take home Gold in the same category at the BCP Business Awards.

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24th Jun 25

Charity champion takes dream Ant & Dec holiday after raising £10,000

Forest Holme’s long-time supporter, Paul Payne, jetted off to Menorca for a well-earned break — thanks to ITV’s Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway — after raising £10,196 at his sixth annual charity Golf Day hosted at Knighton Heath Golf Club in Poole.

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19th Jun 25

Community comes together to remember loved ones at Tie A Yellow Ribbon

The Mayor and Sheriff of Poole were amongst hundreds of people who gathered in Poole Park to honour the memory of loved ones at Forest Holme Hospice’s annual Tie A Yellow Ribbon event.

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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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28th Nov 24

Sandwalk Success

Chloe and Kirsty from the charity team met the two top fundraising students from Glenmoor and Winton Academies.

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6th Nov 24

Gold award for second year running

Forest Holme Hospice scooped the top Gold prize in the Loving Care Homes category at the Poole in Bloom awards for the second year running. 

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6th Nov 24

Freemasons bring TLC

The hospice welcomed Provincial Grandmaster Steve James and his wife Louise from Dorset Freemasonry to deliver a sack of TLC teddy bears for the ward.

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17th Oct 24

Volunteer Celebration

Forest Holme volunteers gathered at the Harbour Heights Hotel in Poole for the charity’s annual Volunteer Celebration.

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17th Oct 24

Local dance school visit

Poole Academy of Dance raised £2,000 in memory of Eric Buckley from the proceeds of their stunning showcase, ‘Inspirations’, performed at Lighthouse in Poole.

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11th Sep 24

Quadrant2Design donate podcast banners

Forest Holme Hospice Charity recently took delivery of two pull-up banners generously donated by Poole-based exhibition stand makers Quadrant2Design. 

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9th Sep 24

Au revoir to counsellor Kathy

Forest Holme recently said a tearful goodbye to Kathy Lett, who has been a counsellor at the hospice for 16 years.

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12th Aug 24

Danny’s MND Foundation delivers charity Golf Day donation

We were thrilled to welcome Danny Fudge-Harman from Danny’s MND Foundation to Forest Holme to present a cheque for £4,100 raised at their recent charity Golf Day event. 

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23rd Jul 24

Awards success for hospice

Forest Holme Hospice and its staff have recently scooped a number of awards and commendations highlighting both the hospice and charity’s focus on excellence in care and support.

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19th Jul 24

Charity launches Strictly Extravaganza 2025

We are excited to announce Colten Care as our headline sponsor for Strictly Extravaganza 2025.

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18th Jun 24

Yellow Ribbons Flutter

Despite unpredictable weather conditions, Forest Holme Hospice’s annual Tie A Yellow Ribbon event, kindly sponsored by MSP Capital, proved to be a huge success when it recently took place in Poole Park.

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8th May 24

30th Anniversary Glass Flowers

The charity was delighted to celebrate its 30th anniversary with the launch of our stunning display of 1,000 handcrafted stained glass fritillaria flowers at Merley House in Wimborne.

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30th Apr 24

International success

We are delighted and proud to announce that Hazel Mack, our Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Team Lead, has had an article published in the April edition of the International Journal of Palliative Nursing.

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9th Apr 24

Haskins finish charity partnership on a high

Thank you to the incredible team at Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown for their outstanding support throughout our charity partnership in 2023.

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2nd Apr 24

Bouquet of Hope

Carnival Flowers in Wimborne is supporting Forest Holme this year with their Bouquet of Hope.

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27th Feb 24

Patient and families benefit from multi-functional chair beds

New multi-functional chair beds, a complementary therapy couch, riser-recliner chairs and dining room furniture are just some of the items purchased as part of a recent internal refurbishment thanks to the generosity of the local community.

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1st Feb 24

Cleaner retires after 19 years

We said a fond farewell to our cleaner Jackie, who bowed out this week to enjoy a well deserved retirement after 19 years at Forest Holme and a total of 28 years with NHS University Hospitals Dorset.

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10th Jan 24

Tree-mendous appeal success

Forest Holme Hospice Charity is delighted to announce that the Light Up A Life tree contributed to a total of £4,855 raised for the hospice.

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29th Nov 23

Award success

Congratulations to our fantastic Complementary Therapy Team, who came second and took the highly commended award in the recent Great British Care Awards.

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3rd Nov 23

Charity secures dedicated Reiki Therapist for patients

Forest Holme is delighted to announce it will be part-funding the role of the hospice’s reiki specialist, Kay Spears, alongside the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary.

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1st Aug 23

Poppy’s Stall

10-year-old Poppy Thomas was thrilled to receive her certificate and medal from the charity for raising £150 from her fundraising stall.

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25th Jul 23

Forest Holme Refurbishment

We are excited to announce that our refurbishment project at Forest Holme Hospice will begin on Monday 31st July 2023.

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30th Jun 23

Complementary therapies benefit from £7.5K donation

Going for Bust have generously donated £7,500 to fund complementary therapies for Breast Cancer patients at Forest Holme Hospice. 

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30th Jun 23

Memorial event success new location

Hundreds of people flocked to Poole Park to write a dedication in memory of a loved one at our Tie A Yellow Ribbon event, which was held in the park for the very first time.

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5th May 23

Poole pub hit £50k fundraising milestone

The Charity had the privilege of presenting The Lord Nelson with a special plaque to celebrate hitting the £50K fundraising milestone for Forest Holme Hospice Charity.

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5th May 23

Sisters fundraise by cycling Vietnam to Cambodia

Sisters Sue and Carol Prevost cycled 390km from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia in memory of their mum, Viv and raising an amazing £730 for Forest Holme.

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5th May 23

Hospice volunteer publishes book about garden transformation

A book written by Forest Holme volunteer gardener David Dawson has been published to raise funds for the hospice.

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22nd Feb 23

Kitchen Disco Inferno

Thank you to disco diva Hayley Broom who hosted her very own Sophie Ellis-Bextor-style 24 hour kitchen disco and raised a fantastic £1,435 for Forest Holme.

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22nd Feb 23

Strictly night helps raise fab-u-lous funds

A Strictly Extravaganza Gala Dinner held at the Hilton in Bournemouth has raised £25,000 for Forest Holme Hospice in Poole.

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