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Here you can explore what we have coming up, as well as look back on past news, stories, and events.
You might even discover something from our archive that inspires you to host a similar event or take on a challenge of your own. If so, we’d love to hear from you – please do get in touch if you’d like to discuss your ideas.
Home-Start Hampshire Virtual Santa Run
For the past few years Home-Start Hampshire has proudly been part of the Alton Santa Run, a wonderful community event for the whole family. Sadly, this year the event is not able to take place and we've heard (on the Elf grapevine) that there are a lot of disappointed...
Hampshire Design Studio
As a local charity we pride ourselves on developing strong and meaningful relationships with the community we work in, including local businesses.
Celebrating working in partnership with Solent Mind
We're delighted to share the news that we are joining together in partnership with leading Hampshire mental health charity, Solent Mind. This partnership will work to ensure that families receive the mental health support they need and deserve. The aim with this...
Tesco Bags of Help
We are proud to be supported by Tesco via their Bags of Help scheme. We recently had the opportunity to join Tesco to talk about the impact of the funding for us and what it means to the families we support. Special thanks to Home-Start Hampshire Co-ordinator Vicki...
Local Team of Volunteers create Story Bags for New Forest Families
Home-Start Hampshire are celebrating a wonderful team of local volunteers who have been busy putting together story bags for families in the New Forest that are currently supported by us. The story bags, which are all themed around an age appropriate popular story...
National Emergencies Trust (NET) Funding Awarded to Home-Start Hampshire
We are delighted to share the news that we have received further funding from the National Emergencies Trust (NET) to Home-Start Hampshire to enable us to continue training new volunteers and supporting families in need across Hampshire. The funding has been made...
Home-Start Hampshire: Looking to the Future
Over the summer we spoke to some of our stakeholders about our response to the current health crisis. We would like to take this opportunity to further explore some of the feedback we received, specifically looking at digital services and how we can potentially use...
A Message from our Operations Manager
An update from our Operations Manager, Amanda Hardacre We are constantly reviewing the support we can offer to families and adapting to the ever changing Government regulations to ensure we operate both in compliance with these but also ensuring everyone’s safety,...
National Emergencies Trust (NET) Funding Awarded to Home-Start Hampshire
Coronavirus has reminded us of the importance of community, with local charities and community groups playing a key role in supporting people affected by the crisis. A grant of £4268 has been awarded from the National Emergencies Trust (NET) to Home-Start Hampshire to...
Open-Air Summer Market, Alton Public Gardens
We're delighted to confirm we will be at the Local Open-Air Summer Market on Saturday 8th August from 10am until 2pm. The event is taking place at Alton Public Gardens and we would love to see you there for lots of family fun! We will have a Tombola and children’s...
Home-Start Hampshire Annual Report 2019/20
We're delighted to share with you our 2019/20 Annual Report. Over the past year we have continued to grow and develop, increasing the number of volunteers we have in our network (family support and community team) and the number of families we support across the...
CMPP Twilight Runway Challenge, Saturday 26th September
We're happy to announce that we are a partner charity for this years CMPP Twilight Runway Challenge, which is taking place at Blackbushe Airport on Saturday 26th September. "The Twilight Runway Challenge is the Community Matters Partnership Project (CMPP) flagship...
Story Bags in the New Forest
Our Community Team in the New Forest have been busy over the past few weeks creating story bags for some of the local families that are supported by Home-Start Hampshire. The project, which is supported by the Rotary Club, has seen volunteers creating amazing soft toy...
Home-Start Hampshire Covid-19 Survey
Home-Start Hampshire, like many organisations has needed to adapt ways of working and delivery of services to respond to the current public health crisis triggered by Covid-19.
As the situation continues to evolve we are constantly reviewing our offering and would like to reach out to you, our stakeholders, for feedback on our response to date and receive your input on the way forward.
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