Home-Start Blackmore Vale
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15 Years and 22 Families – Barbara’s Lasting Legacy
Barbara is a volunteer for Home-Start Blackmore Vale. Barbara has been a volunteer for 15 years. It is easy to see fifteen years as simply a number but in fact it is so, so much more. Fifteen years of showing up when she said she would. Fifteen years of listening....
Bluebell Walk Raises £800 for Home-Start Blackmore Vale
A spring walk through the breathtaking bluebells at Ashmore Woods has raised an impressive £800. All of the funds raised will go directly towards supporting our work with local families with young children. The event organised and hosted by Gabrielle, a long-time...
Home-Start Blackmore Vale Awarded £1,000 Through Waitrose Gillingham Community Scheme
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £1,000 through Waitrose Gillingham’s Community Matters token scheme. The funding was raised via the store’s popular green token tubs, which give customers the opportunity to support local charities and community...
Sue’s Big Birthday Swim raises over £3,000!
Sue, one of our amazing trustees, and long-standing home-visitor of 5 years, has marked the start of her 8th decade with a fantastic fundraiser. Sue has swum an incredible 2km (that’s 80 lengths) of Riversmeet Pool and in so doing, has raised over £3,000 for...
Pearly King Wows Shoppers!
Once again this Christmas, the Pearly King of Harrow generously gave him time to Home-Start Blackmore Vale in order to help raise crucial funds that enable us to continue to provide our valuable support to families across North & West Dorset and South Somerset....
Spa and Well Being Day a huge success…
On the 23rd January 2024, we held our first ever nurturing Spa and wellbeing day. Held at the sensational Silverlake spa, the day was a huge success. The morning of the event the mums gathered from various parts of Dorset, having done the school run and normal start...
Royal Pearly King and Princess collect for Home-Start Blackmore Vale
For the second year running, shoppers at Waitrose in Gillingham found the Pearly King of Harrow collecting by the exit, this year accompanied by his daughter the Pearly Princess of Tunbridge Wells. Several could not believe their eyes and several posed for pictures....
Home-Start Blackmore Vale extends its services to families in Dorset
Home-Start Blackmore Vale is now providing support to families in West Dorset following the recent closure of Home-Start West Dorset. The independent charity, Home-Start Blackmore Vale, has stepped in, alongside Home-Start Wessex, to ensure that help and services are...
We are now QA accredited !
We are so proud to say that we have received our Quality Assurance accreditation from Home-Start UK. This is down to the amazing work of the team, trustees and everyone who supports the process.
NFU Mutual Sturminster Newton Agency funding pledge
NFU Mutual Agents and their staff at the Sturminster Newton agency recently nominated local charity Home-Start Blackmore Vale, to receive a donation of more than £6,000 from NFU Mutual’s national £1.92million ‘Agency Giving Fund’. The leading rural insurer has...
Pearly King and Queen Dazzle
Huge thanks to the Pearly King and Queen, to Waitrose Gillingham and to all those who kindly made a donation on the day. We raised over £400 which will help to provide our on going support to local families
Christmas Diary
On 3rd December there is a Children’s Craft and Story Event in Shaftesbury Library from 9.30-1From 16th-24th December: Experience the Magic of Christmas at our cinema in Blandford, Dorset, with our carefully curated Christmas films for all the family, including Elf,...
Christmas Activities
Christmas activities for you and your baby or toddler Here are some ideas that will keep you in the Christmas spirit without having to spend lots of money. Take a trip out to marvel at some of the Christmas lights in your neighbourhood. Wrap up warm and make it into...
Welcome to our new volunteers
Congratulations to our latest group of Home Visiting Volunteers who have completely the prep course and are now ready to support families in North Dorset and South Somerset. Welcome to the team😀
A new name for Home-Start North Dorset.
The trustees of Home-Start North Dorset are delighted to announce that we are changing our name to Home-Start Blackmore Vale. We have taken this decision to better reflect the geographical area that we are currently working within (this year we have been supporting...
