One Community Researcher, Kylie Barton is the successful winner of a Halifax Community Giving Extra Award 2016. Kylie received her award certificate, rosette, and £300 in vouchers for herself last night (9th February 2016) at the Young Carers Youth Club she regularly volunteers for.

The awards take nominees from right across the country. Over 2000 applied in the South East region alone, and only 66 local winners were picked from around the UK. Nominees’ cases were put before a panel of Halifax Community Ambassadors who whittled the numbers down until they found their winners. [Read more…]

Mayor of Eastleigh, Councillor Jane Welsh launched the Eastleigh Youth Awards back in December after a successful council youth conference that took place at the end of November.

One Community joined forces with the Mayor’s office to publicise the awards, which look for young people between the ages of 11 and 18 who have volunteered in the local community over the last 12 months.

There are two awards available, both of which will be presented to the well deserving young people during One Community Volunteers week in June. To be eligible for the award, a young person must have volunteered for fifty hours for the Silver award, or one hundred hours for the Gold award. [Read more…]

One Community have launched a new domestic abuse report entitled ‘Once Called, Twice Shy’ which is the culmination of a short six week project commissioned by the Hampshire OPCC. The project’s goal was to gather victim opinions and experiences on the police response in domestic abuse cases.

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Written by Amie Simons, Hampshire Young Carers’ Choir Coordinator, Eastleigh Young Carers Project

The Star Awards is a celebration of the Saints Foundation, which is an independent charity aligned to Southampton Football Club, and in particular the achievements of some of the charity’s participants who have worked hard to change their own and other’s lives for the better during 2015.

It therefore seemed fitting that this year, One Communities very own young super stars were asked to perform at this prestigious event. The Young Carers Choir, which began in June 2015 with thanks to a grant from Youth Music, comprises of 14 Young Carers from across Hampshire, including Eastleigh, Romsey and Winchester. During the month of December, they worked alongside other young musicians from Newtown Studio’s, including MC’s, drummers, saxophone players and guitarists, to put together a fantastic performance for the Saints Foundation awards ceremony which was held at St Mary’s Football Stadium.

The Star Awards performance, which took place on Tuesday 15^th December 2015 and was to an audience of over 100 people, can be viewed here. We are very proud of the young carers who were involved. It was wonderful to see their confidence flourish throughout the rehearsals and the enthusiasm and spirit was amazing.

From now till the end of February 2016 Eastleigh Lifeline are offering all new users a special discount of two free months.

Sign up now by registering your interest at 023 8090 2416 or 023 80 2417 or by sending an email to: jgrew@1community.org.uk . Be sure to use promotional code OCLIFE to ensure you have the first two months rental free.

Fareham Borough Council has confirmed the appointment of One Community to provide support for community and voluntary groups
in Fareham and help lead the Council’s new ‘Big 3’ initiative.

Seeking to build strength, capacity and opportunities to provide a vibrant community and voluntary sector in the Borough, the ‘Big 3’ will provide a focused package of support for the benefit of local groups. It was developed following a county-wide consultation with community groups and specific focus areas were identified:

• Volunteering and skills exchange
• Funding advice and support
• Governance and building community resilience

One Community has been awarded a two year contract that takes effect on 1 October 2015.
Chief Executive of One Community Jean Roberts-Jones said, “We are delighted to be awarded the tender. We are really excited about this new opportunity and we’re looking forward to working with some new groups and new branches of groups we already know.”

Impact Report 2014/15

Please click on the link below which will take you to an online version of the 2014/15 Impact Report

https://view.publitas.com/p222-815/one-community-impact-report-2014-2015/page/1

One Community and the PCC have been working together over the last year to research how best to support young people in Hampshire who have experienced domestic abuse historically. Positive Steps Project Researcher Kylie Barton submitted the report in March and has since received much positive feedback from participants and professionals in the field.

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