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A programme which gives unemployed people the self-belief and skills to get back to work has had its funding renewed for another year.

A Festival of Wellbeing is back for its seventh annual event in Boscombe Gardens on Friday, July 26 from 1pm to 4pm. It will be a free and fun packed afternoon, featuring activities for all the family including face painting, live music and a free raffle that will be drawn for top prizes.

As well as providing a chance to meet up, discuss the past year and plan for the year ahead, the Building the Future Together event included the presentation of Bchangemakers Awards to deserving staff members and service users who had been nominated by their peers. Providing well-earned recognition and much applause for some of the exceptional work being carried out across the organisation, the awards…

A football team for the homeless achieved its biggest victory to date when it made it through to its league cup final.

Business people in Poole’s Alder Hills area are being invited to taste the Eco Coffee™ and help boost a charitable housing association.

Charitable housing association BCHA is celebrating the successful completion of a partnership with Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)

Outstanding contributions to the work of charitable housing association BCHA have been recognised at a major conference held in Bournemouth.

A ‘buddy system’ has been set up by a pioneering charity to help cope with the fast-growing number of elderly prisoners.

Dozens of people enjoyed a craft and coffee morning at BCHA’s multi-use premises The Factory in Alder Hills, Poole, which was held in conjunction with Dorset Scrapstore.

Urgent action and greater understanding is needed to cope with the fast-growing elderly prison population, says a leading support organisation.