Volunteers’ Week for One Community began with a thank you tea party for One Community volunteers and their guests at the newly opened Lakeside Centre at Lakeside Country Park, where on a hot summer’s afternoon on 2 June the glass walls were drawn back and everyone could admire the views over the lakes. Home-made cakes and scones were served and Chief Executive Jean Roberts-Jones took the opportunity to thank the volunteers who make the delivery of One Community services possible. [Read more…]

One Community’s Eastleigh Young Carers project held a Showcase last week, to allow young carers across the Borough to display their talents in singing and poetry. The Mayor of Eastleigh sat on the judging panel, and selected a winner from the 10 entrants. [Read more…]

One Community is now part of the online causes portal ‘Benevity’. It is a workplace giving scheme to which large corporations sign up to raise funds for local and national charities. [Read more…]

We are delighted to announce that the Care Navigation service which works in the Eastleigh Southern Parishes has won The Thames Valley Leadership Academy Outstanding Team (non-clinical) award for 2017. [Read more…]

Written by Naomi Stock

A couple of weeks ago Eastleigh College contacted me at the museum to see if I could take on a student on work experience who was having difficulty in finding a placement.  This particular student was autistic and also has additional learning difficulties.

We take on students from time to time, as the museum gives them a good variety of jobs to get stuck into which is invaluable experience for them as they think about moving from education into the work place. This particular candidate provided us with a new challenge, to try and find something suitable for his individual needs. However, we persevered and all ended well.  Although the student was not suitable for a permanent placement at the Museum, his short time there over two weeks in February, five days a week, allowed him to gain a more suitable position at the British Heart Foundation. [Read more…]