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Here you can find news stories about One Community, what’s happening here, and general updates.

Staging Faith Interview.

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Today, live on Unity101fm we interviewed the wonderful Joanna from Staging Faith.
We talked about loads of things! The point being that Staging Faith is a group set up for children and young people from year 4 and up. The children who go come from various churches, faiths and religions but come together to do a play about common values. This time the play is called “Vincent” and is all about kindness. As you will hear on the podcast, Joanna and her team have put their all into providing an exciting evening entertainment that gives young people a chance to hone their skills.

Here is the podcast.

Staging faith has a few tickets left for Friday 31st May and several tickets left for Saturday 1st June. They cost £2 a ticket. 7.30 start. At Chandlers Ford Methodist Church.

HACK for good

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HACK2!

A little while ago One Community applied to HACK2 with a project idea- to improve the body image of older people. With such large charities applying, like Shelter and Mind we were not sure that we would get through. But! We have got through! Yesterday, our very own Abi Benham went along and saw some extremely talented individuals and teams and their awesome ideas on developing our project into a reality. One Community are SO excited to be part of HACK for good, discussing with team @etch how body image affects older people and what we can do about it!
Here is a link to the HACK2 information. https://lnkd.in/e5Qn4EC

Calling Local Business’, groups and kind people.

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Please help our raffle.

We have a quiz and supper night at the Eastleigh Railway Institute on Friday the 31st of May. It is being run by Eastleigh Lions and the aim is to help raise money for much needed new One Community bus.

These buses help vulnerable, disabled and older people to access services and the community. These buses provide a door to door service for people. The drivers and assistants make sure everyone is safe and comfortable. They give a cheery “Hello” and help the person on and off as needed. It is a great thing for people who are perhaps lonely as the regular passengers form a community of itself and have a chat on the bus. Honestly, it is a wonderful thing to support.

At this event we will be having a raffle and we need four more prizes. Ideally we would like some services or lovely things to give away as prizes.

If you have a service or an item you would like to give to us, please call 023 8090 2400 or email info@1community.org.uk.

Thank you!

 

Selfies in Fareham!

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Want to star in our selfie frame? Come on, you know you want to!

Just stop by our one community shop in Fareham shopping centre, right near B & M and Debenhams. We can chat to you about volunteering and why it would be a FABULOUS thing for you to be doing- even for just a couple of hours. We have a range of things you could think about from helping in shops to making cups of tea for someone and watching the cricket.

There’s such a great team of volunteers at Fareham we thought we should celebrate you all so you would be extremely welcome in our selfie frame of glory!

Here is Santa trying it out!

Young Carers, mental health and recycling.

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It is mental health week and we are looking at getting more funding and volunteers to help with our young carers, at risk of mental health.

We are really lucky in the Eastleigh area to have some amazing young people. Some of these are young carers. They spend a lot of time with a person who has a significant impairment and this effects their lives in many ways.

Because of the extra pressures and worries involved in life, together with other factors, they are at greater risk of mental health issues.

To combat these issues and increase happiness, our young carers team run various events and offer family support. There is; a young carers choir, youth activity groups and holiday time activities. Sometimes our young carers project gets a donation of Easter eggs, a day out or Christmas hampers. Our supporters are amazing, especially our One Community bus passengers, the ROTARY and LIONS.

Ideally would like to have more spaces to support more families. This will improve mental well-being and increase the chances of young carers to reach their potential.

So a young carer and her grandad have come up with a FANTASTIC idea to raise money for us.

Here is our Facebook post explaining all about it:

#eastleigh #youngcarers #mentalhealthweek we run young carers activities for yr3-yr13. Improving mental health as we go. To help us do some #Recycling of

mobile phone and ink cartridges

Listed below are the places you will find collection boxes for these items:

1 = Cherbourg Campus, #Crestwood College,

2 = The Crescent School,

3 = Eastleigh Library, in the Swan Centre,

4 = Eastleigh Baptist Church, (in coffee shop) Wells Place

5 = One-Community Office Romsey Road in the Reception,

6 = #ShopMobility, Wells Place

(next to McDonald’s),

7 = Tesco Extra #Hamble Lane #Bursledon SO31-8GN at the customers information desk

8 = Good Luck Chinese Take Away in Twyford Road #Eastleigh.

These locations are visited and collections made regularly, and the phones and ink cartridges are sent off to recycling companies and the money sent directly to Young Carers Bank Account.

Please keep supporting this great group of young people.

With thanks to Georgie and Georgie’s grandad for helping us 🙂

Citizen of Honour Award

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What wonderful news!

Prof Sri Kandiah (ex chair of trustees for One Community) and volunteer Audrey Steele received a special award from Eastleigh Borough Council, “The Citizen of Honour”.

Many people attended the award ceremony last week. They were completely overwhelmed by the amount these two people have given to helping others in our community.

The Citizen of Honour awards are given by the Council every two years in recognition of long and exceptional service for the community. Each person received a Citizen of Honour badge and certificate.


Cit Of Honour 19

Do you have a LifeLine?

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Do you worry that you are on your own, could fall and need help? Have you had an accident and need some back up? Or do you have a loved one who is a bit vulnerable and you worry about them?

Consider having a LifeLine put in from One Community.

As part of our Options team we have an expert in Lifelines, Dill. We have LifeLine units but also bracelets for people to wear with a phone number on it in case the emergency happens when they are out from their home.

A Lifeline is a special emergency service for people who need some extra peace of mind and support. You just press a button and help is arranged for you.

Here is what one of our Lifeline holders told us recently:

‘It was wonderful to have Lifeline fitted for myself when I broke my leg in several places. I knew I could call for help day or night by just pressing that red button’

We can book you in for a Lifeline and the fitting is neat and tidy. Ring us 023 8090 2417 or email Dill on DWinnington@1community.org.uk

Grants available- be a cancer champion.

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GRANTS AVAILABLE for Communities Against Cancer.

 

  • Small grants (up to £500) – closing date 13th May 1pm
    Large grants (up to £10,000) – closing date 20th May 1pm

Communities Against Cancer is a project to help people reduce their risk of cancer, be aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer, and seek help at an earlier stage.

The project is focused on the Isle of Wight, urban south Hampshire, and south Dorset. You don’t need to be knowledgeable about cancer to apply for a grant, as we will provide Cancer Champion training. More info here: https://actionhampshire.org/news/communities-news/grants-cancer-awareness

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