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The Power House Poole’s Prospectus
We are delighted to be able to share The Power House Poole’s revised Prospectus with you, which details our vision, themes and values, as well as outlining collaborations, governance, business model and inspirations. Click the image below to download the Prospectus.
The Power House is so thankful to National Lottery Community Fund and all our valuable funders including Dorset Community Foundation.
News
Happy 2025!
Our creative arts and wellbeing community programme is progressing nicely, with Rachel Huggett’s first Creative Wellbeing course funded by the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund through Dorset Community Foundation and NHS Dorset starting early January.
CoCreate Dorset start their second arts wellbeing course later in January, and The Power House has the delight of working with Poole Museum’s commissioned artists INSTAR to as part of their community participation work to design and create pieces as part of the new 7m sculpture that will span a triple height space in the heart of the museum as part of their exciting redevelopment.
More information about the project can be found here.
Community Members are invited to attend two workshops on 29th January and 12th February. If you are interested, please email hello@thepowerhousepoole.org
The other exciting news is that we were awarded some funding through the BCP Food & Energy Support and BCP Kickstarter funds to offer a Warm Hub programme. Our Community Team is now working out the best offer we can make and will announce sessions soon.
Bournemouth Repair Café come back for their second session in our hub on Saturday 26th January, 2pm to Their next session with us is 17th May.
Thanks to BCP Council Thriving Communities, Bel has worked hard through the Summer building our volunteer base and bringing Cornerstone Patch to life. After listening to our long term vision, alongside coordinating the gardening tasks, she is driving forward the second phase of the Patch installation - eco and beautification elements - while we seek funding for the accessible and safety features.
After wonderful two Summer and Autumn Harvest Celebration Meals, community members are in awe of the array of dishes Bel and the team have created from our crop.
More about these and more in What’s On and News pages.
We will be recruiting for the final role in our Community Team soon. If you know someone with Youth Work experience that could be the next addition to this dynamic team as our Youth Project Leader, please do link them in.
The Power House hub activities and events are dependent on volunteers. We are so thankful for every little and every lots of time people give. Teamwork makes the dreamwork. If you are interested in being a part of creating a welcoming and warm community space, and/or developing your skills with us, whether regularly or on an ad hoc basis, please email hello@thepowerhousepoole.org
Once again, thank you to National Lottery Reaching Communities for making all this possible … and we look forward to the more on the way!
Come and see Alix, Avril, and Penny and the growing team at
170 Blandford Road, Hamworthy, BH15 4BH
Check our Facebook & Instagram pages for activities and opening times
