Volunteering The Macmillan White Christmas Dip is run on the day by a band of wonderful volunteers who give their time to make sure the event is run safely, and is a fun, family friendly fundraiser. If you have a few hours spare on Christmas morning, and would like to volunteer at the UK’s biggest […]
Our Christmas Dip is open to all! We encourage “Dippers” to seek sponsorship from friends, family, employers and businesses by using Just Giving, where monies get paid directly to our charity Macmillan Caring Locally. The link to set up a Just Giving Page is here. If each “Dipper” raised just £50 in sponsorship we would […]
Macmillan Caring Locally The Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital is a Specialist Palliative Care Unit and Hospice for patients in South East Dorset and South West Hampshire. The charity, Macmillan Caring Locally (MCL), works in partnership with the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust to provide the services at the Macmillan Unit and in our […]
Register For The White Christmas Dip When and Where? The dip takes place at 10.30 am on Christmas morning to the right of Boscombe Pier (as you are looking out to sea). We recommend all Dippers arrive in plenty of time, park away from the pier and walk down as it can get very congested […]
A Short History: The White Christmas Dip On Christmas Day morning of 2008 John White, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer was visiting some of his family when they all decided to join the Bournemouth Spartans in their annual Christmas morning swim. Unlike the Spartans winter swimming team, the family decided they would partake […]