Ferndown Community Support feat Ferndown Community Larder and bank

10/12/2025

We cant wait to be a part of this, and are so very grateful to all at Ringwood and District Round Table. Come and see Santa tomorrow everyone!

As we take a few days to recharge our batteries (quite literally), Father Christmas & the team at Ringwood & District Round Table would like to say a massive thank-you to our wonderful friends at Hunt Forest Group for again lending us “Rudolph” the tow vehicle for our time with Santa. Without their kind help we’d quite literally be going nowhere (As the actual reindeer are still at the North Pole getting ready for Christmas Eve)! 🦌

We can’t wait to see everyone is Verwood, Burley, Bransgore, Trickett’s Cross, Ferndown & Ringwood next week, when we’ll be spreading some more festive cheer & raising money for Helix Day Service, New Forest Young Carers Service, Ferndown Community Support feat Ferndown Community Larder and bank & Helping Older People New Forest while also collecting your kind FoodBank donations for Hope for Food! ❤️

If you aren’t going to be able to come to see Santa, but would still like to lend a hand, you can still donate online by visiting https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/santas-sleigh-2025 🎅

25/11/2025

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23/11/2025

The fun doesnt stop here! Were honored to be chosen as one of the organisations to be supported, and cant wait to see the community having fun. Thank you Ringwood & District Round Table

22/11/2025

From stollens to snowmen, teddies to tombola's, crafts to coffee, face painting to frankfurters, we had the most special time with you all today at our Christmas Fayre 🎄🥰. Thank you so much to everyone who came and spent time and money with us today, and we hope you all had a wonderfully festive time too! Even Santa Claus and 4 of his elves accepted our invitation to spend time with us and our lovely community of little people, all for free (well, he might have snuck a hot dog or 2 from Dave 🎅🤭).

We owe so many thank you's to this supportive community of individuals and businesses:

- our volunteers, who put in hours of baking, wrapping, crafting, sorting and serving, without whom we wouldnt have this event or FCS
- Santa and his elves - you were magical!
- Meyers Estates Ferndown for you kind sponsorship of the free craft activity room, which was hugely popular!
- Miss honey guinea pig rescue
- Our kind raffle prize donors:
Carpet Barn & The Bed Store
Francesco Hair Ferndown
Ferndown Forest Golf Club, Golf Shop & Toptracer Range
hair and beauty
-hair
Discovery Village Role Play Centre
McDonald's
The Pure Drop, Ferndown
Relax & Remedy
Villain
Nicks Farm
- PPCS Pest Control Ltd for their kind sponsorship and creativity with facepainting!
- and the Ferndown Day Centre team for kindly packing up all their equipment so that we can take over the space.
- our creative stallholders who brought lots of lovely things to buy
- our supporters and community, who came and ate, purchased, celebrated, experienced and supported us.

Thanks to all of you we raised a massive £1975.85, which will go towards Mission Santa Sacks - providing wrapped gifts and essentials to children and young people in East Dorset in difficulty this season. 🎅🥰

22/11/2025

Christmas has landed at FCS! Come and join us at our Christmas Fayre - today, 11-3pm!

20/11/2025

We're busy baking, making and craft prepping ready for all of you to come to our Christmas Fayre on Saturday! Bring the children, bring your friends, bring your family, there's lots to do

🎄Homemade cakes and savory snacks
🎄Facepainting and henna
🎄Storytime with Santa - including FCS's first book launch! (Free, donations welcome)
🎄Miss honey guinea pig rescue
🎄Craft stalls
🎄Huge raffle, tombola, teddy tombola, hook a duck, water or wine
🎄Bric a Brac
🎄Children's Christmas Crafting room (Free - kindly sponsored by Meyers Estates Ferndown)

And all in aid of Mission Santa Sacks, our annual mission to deliver Christmas gifts and essentials to young people in East Dorset in difficulty 🎅🥰

We cant wait to see you!

20/11/2025

We're busy baking, making and craft prepping ready for all of you to come to our Christmas Fayre on Saturday! Bring the children, bring your friends, bring your family, there's lots to do

🎄Homemade cakes and savory snacks
🎄Facepainting and henna
🎄Storytime with Santa - including FCS's first book launch! (Free, donations welcome)
🎄Miss honey guinea pig rescue
🎄Craft stalls
🎄Huge raffle, tombola, teddy tombola, hook a duck, water or wine
🎄Bric a Brac
🎄Children's Christmas Crafting room (Free - kindly sponsored by Meyers Estates Ferndown)

And all in aid of Mission Santa Sacks, our annual mission to deliver Christmas gifts and essentials to young people in East Dorset in difficulty 🎅🥰

We cant wait to see you!

17/11/2025

We cannot thank enough for their kind donation of feminist and empowering notebooks, which we think are just perfect for our female young people's Santa Sacks 😍. Gift Smith is just one of the many amazing businesses and organisations who are sponsoring and giving to Mission Santa Sacks this year, and together making sure no child or young person goes without in our area this Christmas.

There's still time to sponsor and donate, whether that's as a business or an individual. Every penny we can raise means we can support more young people in our area who are in poverty and distress. Please visit our website, drop us an email, give us a call, or scan the qr code to find out more and to donate. And of course come along to our Christmas Fayre this Saturday when all monies raised will be devoted to Mission Santa Sacks.

15/11/2025

✨Only 6 SLEEPS until our CHRISTMAS FAYRE! ✨

Yes, that's right, our renowned Christmas Fayre is nearly upon us all, and the big S 🎅 will be with us too! How lucky are we!

We cannot wait to see you for all sorts of family fun and shopping too, with craft stalls, story time with the BIG S, have a go craft room, raffle, tombola, cakes, refreshments, hot dogs and homemade snacks, Miss Honey's guinea pigs and so much more.

And, you'll come knowing you're supporting our Mission Santa Sacks Appeal - enabling us to give magical toys and essentials to children and young people in our area who are really really struggling this Christmas and beyond. ✨

See you there - Saturday 22nd November, 11-3pm 🥳 Ferndown Day Centre

14/11/2025

🌟 We’re Honoured! 🌟

Ferndown Community Support has been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service — the highest recognition a UK volunteer group can receive (the MBE for voluntary organisations). We couldn’t be prouder! 💜

This award celebrates the incredible dedication of our volunteers, who give their time and energy to support local people through our food & essentials bank, cooking clubs, outreach services, community events, and so much more. Their compassion continues to make a real difference for individuals and families across Ferndown and East Dorset.

“This is an amazing achievement that we have all worked together to make happen. I am proud of our team, we work hard, we work together, we put each other and our community first, and we champion everything that is good about society to make it a better place. It is an honour and a privilege to know each and every one of our volunteers and steering committee members, and to see the dedication and commitment, day in, day out, to deliver for our community. And last but by no means least, our debt of gratitude wholeheartedly extends to our wider community, our funders, our supporters and our partners whom we work with, without whom we wouldn't be able to deliver what we do. I also want to extend our congratulations to the other organisations awarded this year across the UK, whose commitment and dedication to their work is outstanding.” Hannah Hobbs-Chell, founding member and chair

Later this year, our volunteers will attend a special celebration, and our representatives will receive the award crystal and a certificate signed by His Majesty The King. 👑

✨ This milestone reflects our mission to foster compassion, resilience, and unity in our community — today and every day.

Thank you for being part of our journey. 💛

05/11/2025

Are you joining us for our next community cinema evening? We're well and truly welcoming in the cosy season with a fantastical feel good film, and serving up steaming hot chocolate, sweets, and other treats too!

Do join us for a Wonkaful evening, raise vital funds for FCS, and support your local The Barrington Arts Centre community theatre space too

Tickets available on our website or on the night. This cinema session is kindly sponsored by Pest Control Ltd , so please join us in thanking them for enabling us to keep ticket fees widely affordable for all