Eastleigh Lions invites local charities in Eastleigh to bid for a donation. Prizes for the successful bids will result in one £350, one £250 and one £150 donation, making a total of £750.00.
Bids should be in a statement of no more than 100 words on how they would spend the donation from the charity chest.
Club Directors will draw up a short list of three from the entries. The chosen bids will be invited to make a ten minute presentation at the 3 May 2019 monthly meeting. The members at the May meeting, will vote for the first, second and third recipients. The cheque presentations to the winning bids will be made at the winning recipient’s club meeting or as agreed.
Invitations are open to all charities in Eastleigh and bids are to be submitted to dkandiah@yahoo.co.uk, by 20 February 2019. The chosen three bids will be notified and invited to make a presentation on the evening of 3 May 2019 at The Point, Eastleigh.
Grants Available
If your group is involved in supporting parts of the community, then please look at these grants that may be available to you.
HIWCF FUNDS NOW OPEN!
Tampon Tax Community Fund
The Tampon Tax Community Fund would like to award grants of between £5,000 an £10,000 to support marginalised women and girls, to help them overcome barriers that may prevent them from fulfilling their potential. The fund will support a variety of projects that make a long-term difference to health, well-being, confidence and social/economic activity, as well as addressing equality. Projects may cover supporting women and girls to learn new skills, building confidence to apply for new jobs or to return to the workplace, teaching women how to look after and improve their mental or physical health and live in good health for longer, or connecting women through building social networks to share experiences and offer support to each other. The fund hopes to target those organisations that have been established by women or girls and/or are led by women and girls, and which have been established with the key aim of working with women and girls only. Please apply before 19th October 2018.
For the full criteria please click here: http://www.hiwcf.com/funds/tampon-tax-community/
Businesses Supporting Older People (BSOP) Fund
BSOP would like to award grants of £500 to small community groups or community initiatives that support activities for members aged over 55 years old, such as bowling clubs, coffee mornings, luncheon clubs, trips and projects, so they can reduce isolation and loneliness in the community. The aim is to enable older people to access services and encourage new people to join in and participate in community clubs and activities. Please apply before 12th October 2018.
For the full criteria please go to the HIWCF website: http://www.hiwcf.com/funds/business-supporting-older-people-fund/
How Caregivers Can Manage Panic and Anxiety
Written by Jenny Holt, Freelance Health Writer
Caregivers typically help family members or someone in the home who needs assistance on a regular basis. Spanning from daily to weekly services, carers are often related to the cared for person, usually they are adult children (and sadly sometimes minors too) who are now taking care of senior parents. Being a caregiver is physically and emotionally demanding, with many adult children feeling forced into a corner leading to feelings of guilt and frustration. Over time, the stress can grow and negatively impact the experience for the carer, as well as the person receiving the care. [Read more…]
Young Carers Awareness Day 2017
Written by Kylie Barton, Eastleigh Young Carers Assistant Manager
Here at One Community’s Eastleigh Young Carers Project, every day is Young Carers awareness day. [Read more…]
Where Is My Mind: The Truth Behind Common Mental Health Myths
Written by Jenny Holt, Freelance Health Writer 
Health is vitally important to all of us. We have all surely heard at one time or another the old adage that ‘your wealth is your health.’ Yet, for many of us, this concept of health stretches only as far as the physical limits of the human body. Illnesses like cancer and heart disease are front and centre when we think about health problems, but we rarely stop to consider several other, equally dangerous and distressing ailments – mental health issues. People are afraid of talking about mental health problems – afraid that acknowledging these issues will lead them to be considered ‘crazy’ and to be shunned by society – or worse still ignored. [Read more…]
Flexible working – your rights
It is a little known fact that after 26 weeks of working you are entitled to request flexible working hours. Here at One Community one thing we are looking at presently, is how we can ensure carers are not excluded from working due to the responsibilities of the caring role.
Flexible working could be the answer for many carers who are concerned they may need to reduce their hours resulting in economic hardship, or give up their job all together which as well as the reduction in disposable income could lead to increased social isolation.
We understand here at One Community that it is a difficult balance to strike as a carer – helping a loved one maintain their independence whilst also maintaining your own. Work can provide positive stimulation, a break from the caring role, and also allows a person to follow their own ambitions. [Read more…]
Community – what does it mean?
Written by Jean Roberts Jones, One Community Chief Executive.
Most of my working life in the Voluntary Sector could be described as community development, and I have a clear vision of what my role has been. To facilitate, advice, support people of all ages, regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or income, their family’s situation and/or their immediate environment. [Read more…]
Cyberbullying – the bully hiding behind the screen
Written by Kylie Barton, Researcher, One Community
Cybercrime, and by extension, cyberbullying is one of those ‘under the iceberg’ crimes that we are still figuring out how best to tackle. Simon Hayes, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight said:
As we embrace technology and conduct our lives online, so crime has changed and moved online to follow us.”
Did you know its Bisexual Health Awareness Month?
Written by Kylie Barton, Researcher, One Community
You probably weren’t aware but March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month (#BHAM). After a somewhat controversial episode of Loose Women at the end of last month spurring outrage on Twitter, we thought as a community organisation that works to promote inclusivity we would take a little look at the issue. [Read more…]
A sensitive subject…
Written by Jean Roberts-Jones, Chief Executive, One Community
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – Benjamin Franklin.
I was reminded of this quote during the week when I and a colleague ran an awareness briefing over lunch for local solicitors. These legal people are often dealing with wills, and so our discussion turned to legacies. Legacy funding is something many charities utilise to raise much needed funds. In essence, it is when someone decides to leave a proportion of their estate to a charity either in the form of money, possessions, or in the form of a trust. [Read more…]
