HerBCP exists to:

• Connect women and girls with each other and with local opportunities

• Celebrate the achievements, creativity, and stories of women in our area

• Support those facing challenges, from safety to SEND to social services

• Educate through mentoring, financial confidence, rights awareness, and community learning

• Uplift local female businesses, artists, performers, athletes, and leaders

• Include everyone — women, girls, trans women and the men who support us

• Honour the heritage, nature, and unique spirit of our coastline and forest communities

We believe that when women and girls thrive, the whole community thrives.

HerBCP is a community network celebrating, supporting, and empowering women and girls across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

We bring together local stories, practical resources, creative talent, and community connection so every woman and girl in BCP feels seen, valued, and supported.

HerBCP is for every age, every background, every identity — including trans women, carers, young people, women in business, creatives, mothers, survivors, students, and those finding their way.

If you live in BCP and identify with our content then this space is for you.

As a NEW community project our first step is to gather stories of inspiring female lead/focused orgnaisations and individuals who are making a difference. 

In the long term HerBCP aims to bring together a wide range of local resources and opportunities, including but not limited to:

• Mentoring and confidence‑building for girls and young women

• Women’s safety, rights, and support signposting

• Financial literacy and investing basics

• Employment rights and union information

• SEND and childcare guidance

• Support for carers and families involved with social services

• Domestic abuse resources

• Showcasing local female creatives, chefs, performers, and entrepreneurs

• Celebrating women in sport

• Nature‑connected gatherings and Wheel of the Year events

• Local history: the forgotten women of BCP

• Community events, workshops, markets, and talks

• A directory of women‑led businesses, charities, and services

HerBCP is a living, growing network — shaped by the women and girls who join it.

• Inclusivity: Every woman and girl belongs here.

• Community: We lift each other up.

• Safety: Support without judgement.

• Celebration: We honour women’s achievements, big and small.

• Empowerment: Knowledge, confidence, and connection create change.

• Local pride: Our coastline, our forest, our heritage, our people.

• Collaboration: We work with schools, charities, businesses, and allies.

A BCP where every woman and girl feels safe, supported, celebrated, and empowered — with access to the knowledge, community, and opportunities she needs to thrive.

This is a community built on connection, not exclusion. HerBCP is open to:

• Women and girls of all ages

• Trans women

• Non‑binary people who feel aligned with women’s spaces

• Carers

• Survivors

• Young people

• Women in business

• Creatives and performers

• Students

• Mothers

• Women navigating SEND or social services

• Men who support women and girls