Wimborne Community Food & Wellbeing Hub
Supporting Our Community Through the Cost of Living Crisis
The Wimborne Community Food and Wellbeing Hub is a lifeline for local people facing rising food, energy, and household costs. As part of Dorset Community Action’s mission to bring people together and strengthen communities, our hub provides practical support, connection, and hope for those who need it most.
We are now crowdfunding to keep this vital project running and we need your help.
Let’s Smash Our Target in 6 Weeks!
Help us keep this lifeline going for those who need it most!
Sarah’s Story
Sarah moved to Wimborne two years ago and struggled to settle due to financial pressures while waiting for her pension. She discovered our hub through a poster in town. Here, she found food support, friendship, and guidance — including signposting to First Point for housing advice. She describes the hub as a lifeline.
There are many more people like Sarah who need our help.
Why We Are Crowdfunding
We want to continue supporting between 180- 200 people per week with food, wellbeing activities, and practical skills that help them move from crisis to stability.
Your support will help us:
- Run the project for the next 12 months to meet growing community need.
- Support volunteers who collect essential supermarket surplus food.
- Buy extra ingredients to produce 40 hot meals each week.
- Deliver weekly community cooking workshops to build budgeting, cooking, and self‑sufficiency skills.
- Signpost people to vital services such as: First Point (housing), Citizens Advice (money management), and Energy Outreach Project (household energy costs)
How your Donation helps:
Your contribution will directly support the running of our hub:
- £6,727 – staffing and running costs for the food and wellbeing project, including workshops
- £2,825 – building rent, utilities, insurance, and kitchen/fridge running costs
- £1,170 – volunteer travel expenses for food pick‑ups
- £960 – extra food ingredients for hot meals
- £72 – training for volunteers and staff
Every pound helps us keep the doors open and the community supported.
How You Can Get Involved
There are three simple ways to support our project:
Make a Donation
Every pledge gets us closer to our goal. Early support helps build momentum and inspires others to give.
Spread the Word
Share our crowdfunder with friends, family, neighbours, and your wider network. The more people we reach, the stronger our impact.
Volunteer With Us
We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to get involved. You might help with food pick‑ups, cooking, or sharing skills in our workshops. Please get in touch through the contact section on our project page.
The best way to find the Community Centre is through King Street car park, towards the side of the Minster. The best parking is here too, for sat navs use the address 41-44 King St, Wimborne, BH21 1EA.
The Centre is open, Monday – Friday 8.30am – 17.00pm.
Yes, some items are restricted to two per person, simply to enable the food to benefit more people. We also always welcome donations, any funds go straight back into the community centre for all to benefit. Everyone is welcome — individuals, families, young people, older adults, and organisations.
Yes, we have honesty boxes on site, but also you can donate directly to DCA through this link.
Thank you!
We use the fundraising platform, Crowdfunder, for several reasons. The main reason is that we have been successful in quantifying Aviva Community Support Fund, this means that for every pound raised, we gain an extra pound from Aviva at no cost to our donors! It also helps us raise the profile of the project within another fundraising platform so hopefully we’ll gain even more interest through the reach and power of this large platform.
