CHARITIES FAIR RAISES OVER £4,000 FOR CHARITY

The sun shone for the third year in succession for the Grand Charities Fair organised by Wimborne in Bloom and held on Armistice Day Saturday 11th November. Visitors flocked into the Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne from the moment the Fair was opened at 10.00am by the Town Mayor, Cllr Mrs Diann March supported by the Town Crier Chris Brown.

Photo: The Town Mayor Cllr Mrs Diann March and the Town Crier Chris Brown visit the Wimborne in Bloom table with its hampers as prizes. Members of the Wimborne in Bloom Committee in attendance.

21 Charities and Organisations, manning 32 tables took part in the Fair which raised over £4,000 for the various causes they represented. Stalls included those raising money for Save the Children, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, Friends of Victoria Hospital and Green Cottage Riding for the Disabled, one of the two charities being supported by the Mayor during her Mayoral Year. Wimborne in Bloom had a successful table with three Hampers as prizes. Entrance was free, courtesy of Wimborne in Bloom, but the public generously donated over £170 on the door.

Photo: Susie Gatrell receives the first prize hamper from Richard Nunn with looking on the Town Mayor who drew the winning tickets, John Allen who coordinated the Fair on behalf of Wimborne in Bloom with Julia Cornborough, Wimborne in Bloom Committee Member in the background.

Photo: Marilyn Hutton, a volunteer on the Friends of Victoria Hospital stall receives the third prize hamper.

Richard Nunn, Chairman of Wimborne in Bloom and on behalf of the Committee said, "after all the recent bad weather, and more still to come, Wimborne in Bloom’s Charities Fair was held in lovely clear weather which encouraged many out from their homes to wander around the 21 Charities selling their wares. The footfall in the Allendale was steady all day from opening to closing and those taking part did well on their sales from the generosity of Wimborne folks! Thank you all who made it such a success."