AFC Bournemouth's Cherries Community Fund has recently donated £8,940 into the local community in the latest panel of donations.
This is in addition to the £5,962 previously donated in January for ‘Cherry Monday’, also taken from this quarter’s applications.
To find out more about the Cherries Community Fund, click here.
The following donations have been awarded to local causes in the area:
- £1,000.00 to Mosaic to provide Bereavement counselling for children and young people.
- £250.00 to Poole Community Exchange towards kitchen equipment for the community kitchen for the local community in Poole and Parkstone.
- £790.00 to Christchurch RFC towards new equipment and kit for the youth rugby programme.
- £1,000.00 to STARS Dorset (Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis) towards their young people’s wellbeing journals.
- £1,000.00 to Verwood Family Church towards new equipment for the bus and games and activities for the ‘Coach in the Community’ project.
- £1,000.00 to REFRESH towards their courses organised during the year for people with life-controlling habits.
- £900.00 to Safempowerment towards running workshops in schools for the ‘Keeping safe on our streets’ project.
- £1,000.00 to Steppin Out Academy of Performance towards costumes for the team to represent England in the Dance World Cup.
- £1,000.00 to Stars Vulnerable Children towards the opportunity to go to Paris to go to Paris to compete in a football tournament at PSG’s ground.
The total donated from both these panels is £14,902 meaning an overall total since the fund started of £202,155.67 has been given to worthy causes!
