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  It's important for community cohesion and helps to reduce loneliness and isolation for local people.

  A supporter in Christchurch · signed 5 days ago

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  It’s a fabulous place and a great community.

  A supporter in Dorset · signed 5 days ago

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  Always stop for a coffee or wine when walking by and a great place to meet up with friends

  Gail, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  Wonderful,vibrant and friendly atmosphere.BCP should leave SOBO alone and concentrate on restoring Bournemouth town centre

  Joseph, Christchurch · signed 5 days ago

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  Great venue and great vibe. Always walk there from my house.

  Stuart, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  I was brought up nr Hengistbury Head abd bever strayed further than Branksome. I know the local vibe. This is the best thing that has ever happened to that part of the seafront,

  Craig, Westbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  Always pop in for a coffee whilst on a dog walk, love it!

  Katie, Christchurch · signed 5 days ago

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  I attend community events there. Since retiring, contact with others in friendly relaxed setting and learning new skills is very important to me.

  A supporter in Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  It’s a very popular meeting place for so many people. It’s part of the community.

  Isobel, Poole · signed 5 days ago

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  We visit regularly all year round! Great community!

  John, Verwood · signed 5 days ago

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  It’s an amazing place, lovely staff always things to do

  Rachel, Wareham · signed 5 days ago

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  It’s the best community venue in Bournemouth

  Gavin, Boscombe · signed 5 days ago

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  its half way round my 35 mile cycling route that I use all year round (except July and august when no cycling is allowed) and is where I always stop for coffee and cake. its more than just a big business coffee shop. it gives so much more back to the community. we need more community focused places NOT less...

  Paul, Broadstone · signed 5 days ago

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  It is the heart of a lot of communities! We also dont want to look at a covered up building site like it is on Sandbanks FOR THREE BLOODY YEARS!

  Theresa, Poole · signed 5 days ago

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  It’s all about the community that they have created, so sad to see that destroyed and be left with an empty building site for at least the next year probably two 😢

  Linda, Boscombe · signed 5 days ago

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  I love the relaxed casual beach vibe and look. I’m not interested in an expensive cafe or boxy typical cafe like we alteady have up and down the seafront which I’m not motivated to go in because it’s typical and boring without character

  Jane, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  A local venue that I love passing by or grabbing a drink when I dog walk and taking visiting friends to

  Fiona, Boscombe · signed 5 days ago

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  I bring my grandchildren here regularly each week. We have fabulous family time together. We always bring visiting family to this part of the beach There is great community here. We love it!

  Kathleen, the UK · signed 5 days ago

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  A great place to pop in for a coffee and cake when the family visits - the children love the bus! Friendly and efficient and very popular. World love to keep it as it is - just right for Southbourne. We are not Bournemouth...

  Richard, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  The community, it’s a hub that exists frankly no where else in the southbourne / Bournemouth area

  Caitlin, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  Fantastic place, great vibes, amazing staff, such a community hub of happiness!

  Caroline, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  We love going there to meet friends, beach yoga, and just a great atmosphere. It lifts the area and its a great pull for locals to bring friends and be proud of this wonderful venue!!

  A supporter · signed 5 days ago

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  We often visit Sobo Beach. Love the cafe/restaurant. Super atmoshpere and community feeling. Great ambience, different, unique. Such a feature of the area. It would be a crime to lose it.

  Stephen, Wimborne · signed 5 days ago

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  It brings life to the prom! It's managed to hit the spot and be good for young, old, whoever. It is well known far and wide and would be a loss to the area if it went and were replaced by a stuffy old place without such wide appeal.

  Jan, Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  Lovely place in the community

  A supporter in Boscombe · signed 5 days ago

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  It’s a beautiful community place. I live a three minute walk away and I love seeing how many people get to enjoy SOBO

  A supporter in Christchurch · signed 5 days ago

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  I've built many great friendships with many people I've met at Sobo events, especially at the many events and groups at their venue. It's such an inclusive, relaxed atmosphere there accepting people for who they are without judgement. The place is so unique in this area that it has received national newspaper coverage, which is great for the local economy, not just Sobo. How many places do we have locally that receive that kind of publicity for the area.

  A supporter in Southbourne · signed 5 days ago

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  I like walking there with my grandson and having a coffee.

  A supporter in Christchurch · signed 5 days ago

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  A pleasant beachfront

  Michael, the UK · signed 5 days ago

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  It's a great place to go for coffee and food with such a good vibe and chilled atmosphere. Lots of hard work has been put in to the venue and would like to see it stay with continued success. Was there just yesterday 11 Oct.

  Mike, Poole · signed 5 days ago

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