BOURNEMOUTH residents and business have continued their support for frontline workers by raising money and donating items to good causes.

Sister Tama from Bournemouth has been helping to coordinate public contributions and keep people connected and supported, including delivering food boxes and clothes to the homeless staying in hotels in the town centre and giving homemade cakes to frontline NHS workers.

Friend Barbara Reeve said: “Every day she sends out an appeal for items or help that is needed via a WhatsApp group called 'Shout Out'.

“She has helped connect people where shopping is needed, helped the homeless with accommodation, clothing and food and families in crisis, arranging help even as far as Dorchester and Manchester.”

Before the lockdown, the mother of five helped refugees by sending a 40ft container of aid to the to Syria.

Barbara added: “The WhatsApp group, called the Shout Out community group, is used to collate donations, with relief for different community or group changing each day.

“In this difficult time, it's good news to hear about people like her and all the people who respond to her appeals providing the means by which kindness and gratitude can be expressed.”

Southbourne based decorators Emerald painters have donated 1,000 pairs of surgical examination gloves to Aucklands Rest Home on Ken Road in Southbourne.

The company have also donated 30 litres of sanitizer to Neil Williamson, a coordinator from Macmillan Caring Locally based at Christchurch Hospital, for their community nursing team.

Director of Emerald Painters Conor Mcilvenny said: “A substantial amount of our workload involves working in universities and hospitals.

“With most of our staff furloughed at the moment, and PPE being like gold dust at the moment, we thought it would be a good gesture to donate any PPE that we stock to a worthy cause and support our local community.

Sister Tama form Bournemouth has been helping to coordinate public contributions and keep people connected and supported, including delivering food boxes and clothes to the homeless staying in hotels in the town centre and giving homemade cakes to frontline NHS workers.

Friend Barbara Reeve said: “Every day she sends out an appeal for items or help that is needed via a WhatsApp group called 'Shout Out'.

“She has helped connect people where shopping is needed, helped the homeless with accommodation, clothing and food and families in crisis, arranging help even as far as Dorchester and Manchester.”

Before the lockdown, the mother of five helped refugees by sending a 40ft container of aid to the to Syria.

Barbara added: “The WhatsApp group, called the Shout Out community group, is used to collate donations, with relief for different community or group changing each day.

“In this difficult time, it's good news to hear about people like her and all the people who respond to her appeals providing the means by which kindness and gratitude can be expressed.”

Southbourne based decorators Emerald painters have donated 1,000 pairs of surgical examination gloves to Aucklands Rest Home on Ken Road in Southbourne.

The company have also donated 30 litres of sanitizer to Neil Williamson, a coordinator from Macmillan Caring Locally based at Christchurch Hospital, for their community nursing team.

Director of Emerald Painters Conor Mcilvenny said: “A substantial amount of our workload involves working in universities and hospitals.

“With most of our staff furloughed at the moment, and PPE being like gold dust at the moment, we thought it would be a good gesture to donate any PPE that we stock to a worthy cause and support our local community.

Seven-year-old Frank Mullan has set himself to do a bike ride to "France”, a distance of 91 miles, as the crow flies, in 21 days, the same duration as the Tour de France, in aid of NHS Charities Together.

Frank has been riding laps of the driveway of his home in Bournemouth on his BMX bike, a distance of around 25 metres.

Fifteen days into his challenge, Frank has raised over £1,500 for charity, prompting boxer Chris Billam-Smith and six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy to provide messages of support.

His dad Conor said: “Frank is a bit overwhelmed. He thinks it’s great that so much money is being raised and he didn’t think it was possible.

“It has really given him something to get behind and we’re madly proud of him for sticking at it. Over 20 hours so far, 70 miles and more than 3,000 laps of the driveway.

“He has felt a bit of pressure on a couple of days and got a little bit emotional but every time he gets a new donation or hits a new target, he gets re-energised and just runs back out to his bike.”

Having already achieved his two previous targets, Frank has set himself the task of reaching £1,820, of £20 for every mile he cycles

To donate, visit https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/TourdeFrank2020.