Dorset and Hampshire Businesses Charitable Events

30/11/2023

Huge thanks to our headline sponsors again for their unwavering commitment to the Christmas Charity Luncheon 2023 Alan & Thomas Insurance Group

30/11/2023

Huge thanks to Hotline Promotional Products for supporting and sponsoring the pens for the Christmas Charity Luncheon 2023
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10/11/2023

Not long now.... (as Ray would say!!). Just 3 weeks until our annual fundraiser for the Christmas Charity Luncheon 2023 at Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth. A huge thanks to all our regular guests (plus a few new ones) for supporting us again this year. And of course looking forward to the amazing Mike Osman Impressionist who does an absolutely fantastic job for us every year!

We are really looking forward to seeing you all again and really hoping we can raise a good sum for Elsiesrose

20/01/2023

I am delighted (and hugely humbled) to confirm that we have this week transferred over the funds from the Christmas Charity Luncheon held on Friday 2nd December to our 2 x recipient charities.

The generosity of our guests was simply incredible and combined with the amazing prizes donated we raised more money this year than ever before.

The fact we have been able to get the funds over to them before Christmas is just a little added bonus and will mean they can start using the money straight away to help through Christmas and into the New Year.

Our final tally was actually £36,751.00. 😍

To all our guests, our incredibly generous donors, the amazing staff at Marsham Court Hotel Bournemouth and to all who follow us on social media I would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you all in 2023!

07/10/2022

Sold out!! We are fully sold out for this year’s event.
A huge thanks to all our guests who have purchased tables. We’re now gearing up for final planning and pulling everything together for the day.

If any spaces should become available I will update here 😀

12/09/2022

Invoices and e-tickets have now begun to go out. Can't say how grateful (and excited) we are to be able to run this day again Looking forward to seeing you all! This year we will be supporting the following 2 x key charities:

Dorset Children's Foundation
https://thedcf.org/

Bournemouth Foodbank (Cost of Living Crisis Appeal)
https://bournemouth.foodbank.org.uk/

The Dorset Children’s Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to improving the lives of sick and disabled children living within Dorset.

19/07/2022

Announcement: We anticipate getting ready to confirm ticket sales and tables from the beginning of September this year for the Christmas Charity Luncheon 2023.

For everyone who has already contacted me to request table reservations we will be sending out invoices around this time.

Please remember until payment for tables is confirmed we cannot guarantee your reservation, however we will honour first come first served as in previous years.

09/06/2022

It's happening...we're back. Friday 2nd December 2022...be excited...be very excited!!! Anyone care to caption this?

21/07/2021

27/04/2021

It's been a while since I posted anything on here as there hasn't really been anything really worth posting due to COVID and all the restrictions on events HOWEVER we are keeping our fingers crossed to be able to hold the Christmas Charity Luncheon once again on the first Friday in December 2021 this year!!.

This is a very tentative announcement at this stage and more details will follow but we are hopeful we can once again host the event at the Marsham Court after their refit earlier this year and we are also hoping to have our fantastic partner Mike Osman back again as a special invitation after his many years of support and after what has been a really difficult year for many in the entertainment industry so watch this space!!

23/09/2020

This is just to formally announce that unfortunately we will not be hosting the annual Christmas Charity Luncheon this year. This event has been brilliant to host and we have always been amazed by your support and generosity year on year since we started back at AFCB in 2013.

Due to the unbelievable events of 2020 with COVID-19 we made a decision not to run the event this year and with the ongoing situation regarding restrictions, we felt it was not appropriate to put any plans in place in case of disappointment.

In addition to COVID-19, however the Marsham Court Hotel have advised us that they will be carrying out renovations between December 2020 and January 2021 so the venue would not be available for us anyway.

I would also like to (rather sadly) announce that AFCB Ability Counts is no more. Katy is still fully committed to her work with Fulham FC, however neither she nor Mary are involved with AFCB anymore. Additionally, we felt for a variety of other reasons that our association with Community Sports Trust (the trustees of the funding for Ability Counts) was no longer viable.

Our goal was always to help raise funds for Ability Counts because of the incredible work they did and because they had a shortfall in funding from their associated partners (CST). This goal was achieved in incredible ways for 7 years, however various factors have contributed to a conclusion of that goal.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you personally for your unwavering support of this event and for the generosity and spirit you have shown every year.

We are absolutely committed to re-starting the Christmas Charity Luncheon again in 2021 with a new look, new focus and fresh outlook so please keep an eye out for our communications in 2021.

I hope you and all your families, friends and loved ones are all well and managing to get through this unprecedented situation.

With much regards and hope for the future, Neil, Adam and Keith.

30/01/2020

A few memorable moments from December 2019!

20/01/2020

Update for all the fantastic supporters of this event and for all who gave so generously in December we raised a total of £22,500 on the day. This is net of all expenses and costs so a fine total distributed to our charities Ability Counts and Macmillan Local. Thanks so much to all who continue to support this endeavour!!

06/10/2019

Please check out our new website also. http://dorsetandhampshirebizevents.co.uk

We are once again holding our now legendary 'Christmas Charity Luncheon' in the Solent Suite at The Marsham Court Hotel, 3 Russel Coates Road, East Cliff, Bournemouth....

25/09/2019

25/09/2019

We are gearing up for our annual Christmas Charity Luncheon on Friday 6th December 2019. It promises to be another cracker!