For the community

This part of the site is provided by the Queens Park and Charminster Community Forum and aims to offer a variety of information to people living in the Queens Park and Charminster area. The links above will give you an insight into local history, politics, education system, and public services.

Resources are shared with the Winton Community Forum site where you can find a wealth of local information including climate, community notice board, religious groups and places of worship, local health data, local news, a message board, sporting clubs, links to local organisations and a page dedicated to local wildlife.

Queens Park and Charminster Community Forum is a non political  organisation which voices the concerns of the local community, and presents them to the appropriate authority - Borough Council, Police, Health Authority and so on.

We also use the collective professional skills of our members to advise others how to address issues that affect their daily lives.

Our public meetings deal with topics of interest or concern to the community. If there is something you would like raised we can normally get hold of the experts.

Got a problem? Need some communal help? Tell us what you want.

Do come along to the next forum meeting and let us know your concerns and ideas of what you would like us to do together.

Contact us at:The Chairman,  Queen’s Park and Charminster Community Forum, 13 Lowther Road, Charminster, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 8NG.  Tel: 07771 179004. E-mail: qpccforum@tiscali.co.uk

Click here for minutes of meetings

Local History

Trace the way that Queens Park and Charminster have developed from heathland to the area we know today.

Read about some of the nearly forgotten things that were familiar to locals a century ago.

Learn about the famous people that lived around here and the way the area was transformed by war.

It's all there in our local history section.

Forging New Links and Promoting Community Spirit

The Queens Park and Charminster Community Forum is a platform enabling residents to have a greater say in shaping our community.

We welcome new ideas and opinions or alternatively if you are concerned about a local issue affecting you, there are always people available to offer advice and share information. 

Collectively (aided by the appropriate agencies and professionals), improvements have included:

• Traffic lines painted at dangerous cross roads.
• Improved links with the Police.
• Bikes for our P.C.S.O.’s.
• Removal of Graffiti.
• Closure of an illegal Car Wash.
• Advising residents on Planning issues resulting in several inappropriate developments being prevented. 

The Forum would like to build on our successes linking with other Forums, pooling information, experience, goodwill, and improving our area.