A total of 96 people donated items which will help 10 good causes at Canford Heath Win on Waste on Saturday 13 January at the Coffee House Cafe. Top items were 36 bags of newspapers/magazines/junk mail and 36 of general plastic waste. A brilliant start to 2018.
12 good causes were helped with donations from 35 people at Creekmoor Win on Waste on Saturday 13 January at Creekmoor Library. Items included 14 carrier bags of plastic waste and 21 carrier bags of newspapers as well as smaller amounts of other items.
Thanks to people donating their stamps at Bournemouth and Poole libraries over the Christmas period, along with Win on Waste sessions held in January, we were able to hand over a box full of stamps to John Egan from Naomi House Hospice at Poole Central Library on 12 January.
Pictured: Monique, John and Helen from Poole Central Library.
Another great turn out for Broadstone Win on Waste on Saturday 6 January in Broadstone Library with 69 people donating items from their waste. 13 not-for-profit organisations will now benefit from the items. Broadstone Win on Waste is run on the first Saturday of the month from 10-11am.
The official launch of Wimborne Win on Waste welcomed 67 people who donated items from their waste. The items will go to help 13 not-for-profit organisations. A brilliant start for this new session held which will be held in Wimborne Library on the first Saturday of the month between 10.30am and 12 noon.
In addition to our core items we are asking people to save specific items from their Christmas waste such as: Christmas wrapping paper (clean and flat), corks, ring pulls from drinks cans, calendars with animal pictures, novelties/hats from crackers and postage stamps.
Please bring them along to any of our January Win on Waste sessions. Stamps can also be popped into one of the special boxes available in all Bournemouth and Poole Libraries until 6 January.
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January dates for Win on Waste (Southbourne tbc)
6th Broadstone (Broadstone Library 10-11am), Wimborne (Wimborne Library 10.30am- 12noon), Hamworthy (Hamworthy Library 11-12), Livability Holton Lee (Holton Lee, Holton Heath 10.30am-12noon)
13th Canford Heath (Coffee House Café 10-11am), Creekmoor (Creekmoor Library 11.30am-12.30pm)
20th Oakdale (Oakdale Library 10.30am-12noon),
25th Turlin Moor (St Gabriel’s Church 9am-12noon)
27th Parkstone (Parkstone Library 10.30am-12 noon), Westbourne (Westbourne Library 10-11am) West Howe (Henry Brown Youth Centre 2-4pm)
Donors at Creekmoor Win on Waste have helped 10 good causes this month with items from their waste. Top of the list were 16 carrier bags of newspapers/junk mail/magazines. 
We’ll be running our last Win on Waste this year at Oakdale Library between 10.30 and 12 noon. Join us with items from your waste and help some good causes this Christmas.
Two new Ambassadors Katrina (middle back) and Paula (far right) attended their first Ideas2Action Ambassador meeting at the Sweet Home Inn on 6 December.
