A huge thank you to all our guests who attended the Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) Black Tie Dinner at the Bournemouth Hilton on Saturday April 23. The special guest for the evening was DCCF Chairman and AFC Bournemouth Chairman Jeff Mostyn and it proved to be a superb fundraiser to help the charity re-commence […]

The opportunity has arisen to own a stunning watercolour study by the late artist Alan White – and in doing so help DCCF support local cancer patients. Alan White (1935-2021) was a respected watercolour and pastel artist, drawing from life with a subtle and expressive palette.  He exhibited in many UK cities, in the Royal […]

SIX years after cycling from AFC Bournemouth’s Dean Court ground to Manchester United’s Old Trafford, the ‘Handlebarmy Army’ fundraisers are saddling up for another epic ride for Jeff Mostyn’s local cancer charity. The Handlebarmy Army are 10 cyclists from Poole and Wimborne, who in their latest adventure will ride 1000 miles in just nine days […]

STUDENTS from a Bournemouth school have pledged to raise money for a small local cancer charity left struggling by Covid. Pupils from Ennis House at Glenmoor & Winton Academies voted for Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) to benefit from their fundraising in 2022 after learning how the charity’s fundraising events programme had been decimated by […]

Our huge thanks go to all the wonderful people who attended our first fundraising event of 2022 – a coffee morning at Rick Stein, Sandbanks on Feb 2. There was a terrific turn out and atmosphere and we were thrilled to also welcome our Patron Jeff Mostyn, Chairman of AFC Bournemouth. Over £1000 was raised […]

A Dorset charity has used money from an American donor to help create a tranquil room for breast screening patients prior to referral for treatment at Poole Hospital. Former Wimborne schoolboy Steven Blonstein, now living in California, donated more than £240,000 to the Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) in 2015. The money was left by […]

DORSET CANCER CARE FOUNDATION NEEDS YOU TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY CHARITY   RUN Bournemouth Weekend Early Bird Entries are now open   8/9 October 2022   With 7 events there is something for everyone Anyone wishing to run for DCCF Can have their registration paid for them In return for raising sponsorship for DCCF […]

Famous Sandbanks resident, and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here winner, former football manager Harry Redknapp has collaborated with Bournemouth-based record label Smoothe Mixx, founder Roy Smoothe, to record and add his vocals to a new charity fundraiser song track in support of Dorset Cancer Care Foundation. To listen to and purchase a […]

Massive congratulations and thanks go to the wonderful runners who took part in this year’s Bournemouth Marathon Festival for DCCF. Your strength and commitment is stunning and we feel honoured to have you as fundraisers. The pictures below show our runners – the fab teams from Tailor Made and Beyond Retail, Joe Murgatroyd and Lily […]

A 31-year-old Bournemouth man who has come through cancer will be amongst the runners in this weekend’s Bournemouth Half Marathon. In 2019, Joe Murgatroyd was just about to start training for a new career when he received the shattering news that he had testicular cancer. Joe explained: “I went to my GP after feeling a […]

A local charity whose fundraising events have been ‘decimated’ by Covid is appealing for people to Eat In To Help Out local cancer patients. Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) which supports people diagnosed with cancer across the county, is asking people to host a meal with their friends, families or colleagues, with all money raised […]

Quiz rescheduled for WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2021 AT 7.30PM Please contact Nikki for any further information and tickets. NOTE: those that bought raffle tickets for the previous Quiz Night that got postponed will have their tickets go forward for this Quiz Night. Please do come and Join us , it’s a fantastic quiz that has […]

  Join us this Sunday morning 10am – 12pm at Rick Stein’s Sandbanks for an informal celebration fundraiser with our Patron Harry Redknapp to celebrate the release of ‘GIVING IS EXCITING’ his new Smoothe Mixx song track which we hope will be a huge success in the online music charts. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US! […]

It is with regret that the Trustees of the Dorset Cancer Care Foundation have made the decision to announce the temporary suspension of all awards being submitted to the Charity until the Covid restrictions allow fundraising to resume. From Thursday 1 April therefore, if you wish to contact us to get further information about the […]

Wessex Voices is a voluntary sector project, working with the Wessex Cancer Alliance to champion the voice of people affected by cancer across Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton. We are looking for new members to get involved with us and have a drop-in session scheduled on the 11th of March. Click here […]

  DCCF is supporting Lymphoedema Awareness Week and World Lymphoedema Day on the 6th March. Physiopod and Gaynor Leech are putting out a series of short videos on lymphedema/lipoedema what is is? How to manage it and access. Each day a free Newsletter is produced with a free subscription for the week, it is packed […]

A huge thank you to all the businesses and individuals who donated to Dorset Cancer Care Foundation’s Festive Jumper appeal. The money you raised was distributed in vouchers to 12 families across Dorset whom are living with a cancer diagnosis. Joining the DCCF ‘elves’ delivering the gifts was the wonderful Nick Way from Poole, who […]

As always, I would like to start by thanking you all, particularly this year, for supporting, promoting, and ensuring the Charity can function in helping people with Cancer in Dorset. It has been a difficult year with COVID 19, but we have been fortunate in that donations and a large legacy in the year, together […]

Self-confessed ‘rookie’ cyclist Chris Helberg considered “throwing the towel in” during an 85-mile, non-stop charity ride. But the 26-year-old rode from Bracknell, Berkshire, to Bournemouth Pier, in just 10 hours, raising more than £6k for Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF). Chris set out from Oaktree Garden Centre in Bracknell where he is a Director, on […]

A Dorset cancer charity which has seen its events programme decimated by COVID has taken its fundraising to the airwaves. Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF), which provides much needed financial assistance to many of the county’s cancer patients, staged a two-hour, Motown-themed fundraiser on State of the Art Radio in Southbourne. The evening was hosted […]

  Dear All I would like to take this opportunity to firstly, trust that you and your respective families are all safe and well. Having come through the initial lockdown period, I believe we were all, in one way or another, lulled into a sense of false security as the country endeavoured to get back […]