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Making Holiday Hunger a Thing of the Past

News from Dorchester Family Support

See all the latest news from Dorchester Family Support. We will posting here regularly so be sure to check back in.

Messy Church: Free Family Fun & Food @ Dorchester Baptist Church 11th May 3.30 - 5.30pm

Messy Church is back! FREE family fun, games, craft and food. Come and have some fun and something to eat....

Help to raise funds for DFS by voting for us online or at your local Co-op

We are one of 2 charities that the Dorchester and Crossways Co-op stores are supporting this year. So far Co-op have donated £1,400 to DFS! Look out for us at the Dorchester store soon 🙂...

Newsletter Feb 2024

With 2024 well and truly underway, we would like to share with our supporters our thoughts about Christmas 2023 and our plans for Summer 2024. Despite various difficulties that we hadn’t anticipat...

Help to raise funds for DFS by voting for us online or at your local Co-op

Dorchester Family Support is part of the @Coopuk Local Community Fund, to find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/77153...

Christmas Hamper Distribution Day

Following the unwavering generosity and support of our donors, Dorchester Family Support were able to purchase enough food to fill over 310 Christmas hampers for collection by local families in need t...

Gifts Galore

Thank you to The Works in Dorchester and all their customers! Despite the hard times affecting so many people, several shops in the town supplied us with gifts, books and toys to pass onto our famili...

Morrisons to the Rescue!

We are so grateful to Morrisons who have come to the rescue at short notice to ensure that local families in need are able to receive their Christmas Hampers this year....

Christmas Bag Appeal

With your amazing help and generosity and with just two days to go before our hamper distribution day, we have reached our target of 600 large sturdy Christmas themed bags. Thank you all so much....

Summer Hamper Success

Huge thanks to our wonderful community who have given so generously, and enabled us to provide much needed food to families within our community needing some extra support during the school holidays. ...

CAP Money Courses @ the Dorford Centre in September

A free course to help you manage your money better with a £20 Co-op voucher reward for attendees who live in DT1/DT2 postcodes or work for the NHS. Choose one of these dates/times: Tuesday afternoo...

Summer Hampers 2023 here we come!

Summer Hampers here we come! With less than a week to go until our first summer hamper distribution day of 2023, there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make sure we have the large quantit...

Watch chef Tom Kerridge's video message to Dorchester Family Support

Click here to see what he has to say ......

Dorchester Family Support have been successful in securing a grant from Dorset Council's Household Support Fund.

Dorchester Family Support have been successful in securing a grant from Dorset Council's Household Support Fund. This money will help to buy much needed food parcels for families in need during the su...

Sally explains what Dorchester Family Support do and what our plans are this summer.

£29 will buy a food hamper for a family in need this summer. Click here to watch what Sally has to say....

£1000 Grant received from Dorchester Market Car Boot Fund

Dorchester Family Support are thrilled and hugely grateful to have been awarded a £1000 grant from the Dorchester Market Car Boot Fund. John Weir, a Trustee and Treasurer of Dorchester Family Support...

£29 will buy a food hamper for a family in need this summer. Can you help?

With more families than ever needing our support, we estimate having to provide 300 hampers each week of the summer holidays meaning we need to raise £43,500. Can you help local families in need by d...

'Pocket Friendly & Seriously Tasty' Recipes from Tom Kerridge. Affordable, straightforward and delicious!

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Cost of Living Support and money saving ideas.

Find information on Cost of Living Support, local Warm Welcome spaces, tasty recipes plus other useful tips to help you save money. We will be adding and updating information on these topics throughou...

Barn Dance @ the Dorford Centre to raise funds for DFS

Join members of Dorchester Baptist Church to celebrate the New Year with a Barn Dance on Saturday 28th January 2023 from 7.00-10.00pm at the Dorford Centre. Minimum donation £10.00 per person (£5.00...

CAP Money Management Course @ the Dorford Centre

CAP: A free course to help you manage your money better and to budget, save and spend well. There is a £20 Co-op voucher incentive scheme for all participants who live in the DT1 and DT2 postcode are...

Christmas Hamper Distribution Day is an overwhelming success!

Thanks to the continuing generosity and support of our donors, Dorchester Family Support were able to buy enough food to supply 250 local families with almost 300 Christmas hampers this year!...

Urgent Christmas Bag Appeal !!

Can you help us collect sturdy bags for our Christmas Hamper distribution?...

Can you help us raise funds for this year's Christmas Hampers?

Dorchester Family Support need to raise funds to buy food for this year's Christmas Hampers. Make an online donation today to help us provide 250 Hampers to local families who could really benefit fro...

Summer Holiday Food distribution is a success!

189 local families registered to receive a weekly food parcel during the summer holidays....

Dorchester Poverty Action 'Managing Your Money Better' Annual Open meeting @ the Dorford Centre Tuesday 4th October 7pm

Come and learn how to manage your money better in these challenging times. We can all do with a fresh look at our finances from time to time, and benefit from tips on how best to make what we have str...

A huge Thank You to our Donors and Supporters!

Thanks to the continuing generosity of our Dorchester Family Support donors and supporters we have yet again been able to help a large number of local families during the school summer holidays by pr...

Little Waitrose in Poundbury donate £200 to Dorchester Family Support

Little Waitrose in Poundbury have kindly donated £200 to Dorchester Family Support. Our treasurer John Weir went to collect the £200 cheque from staff at Waitrose. With the summer holiday distribut...

Try these delicious You Tube recipes from The Friendly Food Club

There's something for everyone. Have a look and share pictures of your creations with us, either here on the website or on our social media accounts!...

Additional Support announced for Families in 2022

Any initiative that helps to tackle holiday hunger is always welcomed by Dorchester Family Support....

Hampers given to families in Dorchester

Families have been 'blown away' by a big-hearted gift which will ensure they can tuck into goodies and have presents this Christmas. It comes after 200 hampers were distributed to families whose child...

Dorset Council make plans to feed children over Christmas holidays

DORSET Council says it is working with local voluntary organisations to ensure no children go hungry during the half-term break. It is also planning to make arrangements for the Christmas and New Year...