Bournemouth HealthBus

Drop-in clinic providing specialist healthcare services for people experiencing homelessness in Bournemouth

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Our strategic plan sets out our main goals, values, how we meet our community’s needs, and what drives our success as a #charity delivering vital and often lifesaving healthcare to those experiencing #homelessness.

See our full Strategic Plan 2025-2030 h https://t.co/LqsLWedb4C

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Nicky is an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner with extensive knowledge across the health sector and the NHS.

Her expertise, compassion, and consistent commitment have significantly strengthened our capacity and the quality of care we are able to provide.

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This Volunteers’ Week, we want to recognise every person who gives their time, skills, compassion, resources and support to help us show up for people in our community who need us most.

You bring kindness, compassion, consistency and hope into spaces where that is deeply needed.

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It’s Volunteers’ Week!

Phillipa is our Run Ambassador, an ultra runner, charity fundraiser, volunteer, and a constant source of kindness and energy within our community.

Thank you, Phillipa, for everything you do. You are a true part of the HealthBus family!💙

#volunteersweek

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A heartfelt thank you to Bournemouth Water for their generous donation of £2500. These funds contributed to some vital promotional resources which we will be able to use throughout 2026 and beyond to spread important information about what we do, and why we do it.

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What an incredible 24 hours.

AJC Group completed their challenge, giving all they could to their 24 hour bus pull in support of HealthBus.

A heartfelt thank you to AJC Group, and everyone involved.

Donate here:
https://t.co/cuw1MoefBQ

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Tomorrow, AJC Group begin their 24 hour bus pull for HealthBus.

They will be pulling our 4.5 tonne mobile clinic in a continuous relay at Tarrant Rushton Airfield.

Support the challenge and our vital healthcare work here:

https://t.co/zerlqOIABc

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This Thursday, AJC Group will take on their toughest fundraising challenge yet. The team will pull our 4.5 tonne HealthBus mobile clinic continuously for 24 hours at Rushton Airfield.

Support their challenge and our vital healthcare work here:

https://t.co/zerlqOIABc

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This month, AJC Group are taking on an extraordinary 24 hour bus pull in support of HealthBus, aiming to pull our 4.5-tonne mobile clinic for at least 100km to mark a World Record and raise £10,000.

You can support the pull here: https://t.co/S6AmdMBGRj

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This Mental Health Awareness Week, we are recognising the strong link between mental health and homelessness.

Compassionate, trauma-informed and accessible care can make a meaningful difference.

#mentalhealthawarenessweek

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We believe that the best healthcare comes with a sense of humour. 🤭

#charitylaughs #bournemouth

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Our team came together for Emergency First Aid training last Wednesday.

Keeping our skills up to date ensures we can continue to respond safely, confidently and effectively in every situation we face on the clinic and at our outreach and drop in services.

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AJC Group are taking on a 24 hour bus pull on 21 - 22 May, in support of HealthBus.

A 5 km loop, 24 hours and a 3.5 tonne bus. All day and all night, all for charity.

What could possibly go wrong?

You can support the 24 hour pull here: https://t.co/M4ZFV32nay

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Team 43, thank you.

This was a truly powerful event. We are happy to announce that Team 43 raised an incredible £4,200 for HealthBus at Bay Run this year.

Thank you for standing with us.
Photo credit: @walkeragencyuk and @bmthbayrun

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Every conversation, every clinic and every outreach interaction is an opportunity to build trust, remove barriers and ensure people are treated with dignity, compassion and respect.

#traumainformedcare

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Dentaid operate from a solar powered exclusive dental clinic which has everything you would expect to see in a permanent dental practice.

Dentaid join us at our drop-in sessions, further bridging that gap to accessible healthcare for those experiencing homelessness in BCP.

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With thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, we are able to sustain and strengthen both our mental health provision and our wider non-clinical support for the people we serve.

Please see our new vacancies here: https://t.co/FH27vS1NLl

#wearehiringBournemouth

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Our patients always remain at the heart of everything we do.

Feedback like this, directly from the people we support on a weekly basis, makes a powerful reminder of why HealthBus exists and the importance of providing healthcare to those who might otherwise go without.

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We’re delighted to share that HealthBus has joined Homeless Link, the national membership charity for organisations working directly with people experiencing homelessness across England.

Read more: https://t.co/NueN3aRtlq

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Sometimes the best healthcare comes with a sense of humour. 🤭

#charitylaughs #comedysketch #spreadasmile #mantheclinic #healthbus