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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.
Rushmoor Borough Council – Supporting Families
Our team from Rushmoor and Hart had a great day yesterday at the Rushmoor Borough Council Supporting Families Event. They were joined by CEO Mo Tutty and Chair of Trustees Lynn Ludford for the day, which saw lots of interest in the services provided by Home-Start...
Royal Navy Health Fair
Home-Start Hampshire joined forces with Home-Start Portsmouth for the Royal Navy Health Fair at HMS Nelson last week. It was a successful day promoting our service to families and attracting potential volunteers. Thank you to the Royal Navy for inviting us along and...
Thank you Waitrose in Hythe
Christine Galpin, Chair of the Local Action Team for Home-Start Hampshire in the New Forest was delighted to collect a cheque for £450 from Waitrose in Hythe recently, having won the token collection in August. We would like to take the opportunity to thank Waitrose...
Charity Concert with Bournemouth Male Voice Choir & The Friday Girls
Join us on Saturday 12th October at 7pm at St. Saviours Church, Brockenhurst for a wonderful evening of music! Hosted by Bournemouth Male Voice Choir with The Friday Girls, this is a free event with retiring donations for CET and Home-Start Hampshire in the New Forest.
Alton Santa Run – Saturday 30th November 2019
Join us for a day of festive fun on Saturday 30th November in Alton for our annual Santa Run! A great day for the whole family, in addition to the fancy dress Santa races there will also be Hampshire’s biggest tombola, an ice rink, entertainment and of course, Father...
New Group Opens for Home-Start Hampshire in Weywater
Karen Turnbull and Jo McGregor (Group Family Co-Ordinator) at Weyford Infant School where the new Home-Start Hampshire Group has opened this week. A very generous donation from Karen and her company - Loadbalancer- enabled Home-Start Hampshire to finance this group in...
Families Charity Supported by Rotary Golf Day
Home–Start Hampshire in the New Forest were very fortunate to be one of the two main nominated beneficiaries of a recent and very successful 34th Charity Golf Challenge Day and Dinner organised by the Rotary Club of New Forest. The event on a sunny 4th September was...
Tea by the Sea!
Volunteers and friends of Home-Start Hampshire enjoyed a glorious sunny afternoon by the sea at Calshot on September 13th. In order to raise funds for Home-Start Hampshire New Forest, Christine Galpin chair of the Local Action Group opened her beach hut at Calshot...
Staunton Park Family Day!
On Wednesday 21st August we enjoyed a wonderful day out with eleven of our families at Staunton Park in Havant. The weather was glorious; we had a picnic lunch and everyone enjoyed seeing the animals and letting off steam in the play areas. We were joined on our day...
Opera Loki at Alton Maltings
*UPDATE* We are delighted to confirm that Opera Loki was a huge success and raised £956 for Home-Start Hampshire in Weywater. Thank you to everyone that volunteered and supported the event and of course everyone that attended - we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we...
A Fun Day in Gosport!
We enjoyed a lovely family day at the 17th Century Village in Gosport last month. Several families attended and we all met at lunch time for a lovely picnic. Big thanks go to volunteer Gloria for the home made cakes which were very popular! This was funded by Tesco...
Barn Dance – 21st September 2019
*UPDATE* We had a fantastic night at the Barn Dance and are delighted to confirm that £550 was raised for Home-Start Hampshire in Weywater. Thank you to everyone that helped make the event possible and everyone that came out to support us - until next time! If...
Charity Plane Pull – A Great Day!
For the second year, running Home-Start Hampshire, led by the Meon Valley Local Action Team, entered the Sponsored Dorset Plane Pull. With an enthusiastic team, including several new ‘pullers’ we managed to knock two seconds of our 2018 time, coming in credibly near...
Garfield Weston Grant
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing a grant from Garfield Weston and have been awarded £25,000. This will fund one of our projects providing parenting support, mental health support and help relieve loneliness and...
Ascot comes to Liphook!!
Great fun was had by all who joined us at Ascot comes to Liphook!!We are delighted to report that the race night was a phenomenal success raising in excess of £2,500 which is staggering. Thank you to our hard working Local Action Team who work...
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