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ShopMobility and Dial-A-Ride

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Would you like to look round the shops, stop for a coffee and have a sit about in the park? Is this a distant dream as you have had a recent operation, a poorly leg, iffy balance, an accident or just poor mobility?
Maybe you have a medical condition that makes you exhausted quickly and you just need a bit of physical support but don’t know which one would suit you best.

We have a FABULOUS solution for you here at Eastleigh ShopMobility. Recently we have won the BID Gold Award for customer services. We are open from 9-4.30 Monday-Friday. 9-4 on a Saturday (Closed on Sundays.)

You can hire; Scooters, Powerchairs or manual chairs.
To register or just make a booking please telephone 023 8090 2402 or email us here
The Shopmobility office is located at:
Unit 2, Swan Centre, Wells Place, Eastleigh, Hants SO50 9SG.

It is a flat cost of £8 to become a member of ShopMobility. Once you are a member you can benefit from a much cheaper rate of hire.

You can book a manual wheelchair for a day- £3 for a non member and £1.50 for a member, if you wanted an extended lease (as in overnight) this can be arranged for a further £1.50

If you are a member you can book a powerchair or a scooter for a day for £3 or £5 if you are a non member.

If it is difficult to drive or get a lift into Eastleigh, please contact our Dial-A-Ride services who will happily book you on one of our friendly community service buses.
Pre 9.30am, local shorter journeys eg from Boyatt Wood or Cherbourg Road to Eastleigh ShopMobility cost £2 (return) per passenger. After 9.30am the cost is £1.50 return. For longer journeys e.g. from Hedge End to ShopMobility in Eastleigh it would be £3.
For further information please contact the Dial-A-Ride office on 023 8090 2450 or
023 8090 2432. Or email: lplestead@1community.org.uk

We are looking for volunteer drivers- if you would like to apply- email Charlotte volunteer@1community.org.uk

Eastleigh Museum & Eastleigh ShopMobility win awards.

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Successful Awards Night for One Community

One Community had a very successful evening at the Eastleigh BID Mystery Shopper Awards, held at The Chalet on 11 June.
Sixty retailers and businesses in the town of Eastleigh received a mystery visit or enquiry and were rated on their window displays, interior layout, and customer service. The mystery visits were carried out by an independent organisation, Insight6.
Awards were presented to the businesses who achieved outstanding results in the following categories: charity, dining, leisure, retail, health and beauty, and pubs.
Two One Community Services entered this year: Eastleigh Museum and Shopmobility, and Eastleigh Museum received a Highly Commended Award in the Leisure Category, and Shopmobility won the Gold Award for the Charity Category.
Head of Voluntary Sector Support, Julia Allan, said: “This is a great achievement and the staff and volunteers at both Shopmobility and the Museum deserve huge congratulations.”
Jean Roberts-Jones, Chief Executive of One Community, was also presented with flowers in thanks for her term as Chair of the Eastleigh BID.

Finished your exams?

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Really great to have finished those tricky exams and tests.

Tempting as it is to put the whole lot of revision stuff on the bonfire, please hold onto to your revision books for us!

Bring them into Eastleigh and drop them with us at the Museum (opposite Iceland supermarket.) Or into Fareham and our One Community shop.

We will tidy them up and they will be helping the community and next years students.

Celebrating Volunteers.

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Celebrating Volunteers

Making the most of Volunteers’ Week 2019 (1-7 June), One Community, held two Volunteer Awards events on consecutive evenings. The first was at The Point in Eastleigh on Tuesday 4 June and the second at Ferneham Hall in Fareham on Wednesday 5 June. Over the two events 152 volunteers from 26 organisations were recognised, receiving their certificates from the Mayor of Eastleigh Cllr Darshan Mann and the Mayor of Fareham Cllr Pamela Bryant.

            The presentations provide the opportunity to tell the individual stories of the volunteers, both amusing and touching in turn. The organisations represented reflect the diversity of the roles undertaken, from Front of House volunteers welcoming and serving visitors to Westbury Manor Museum in Fareham, to Street Pastors, who have been listening, caring and helping people on the streets of Eastleigh on Friday nights since July 2009.

Fareham fun in the picture:

            Guests described the events as “life affirming”, volunteers spoke of feeling valued, and another said that the lovely words written by her nominator, read out at on the night, “brought tears to her eyes.” A volunteer manager who accompanied some of her volunteers to the Fareham presentation said: “I really enjoy the evening, it is so positive, and it really makes me feel part of something wonderful.”

            The Eastleigh event incorporated the Mayor of Eastleigh’s Youth Awards, celebrating the work of young volunteers, aged 11-18, in the borough, an initiative that is supported by The Lions Club of Eastleigh. Silver and Gold Award runners up and winners were announced and certificates presented to 11 young people. (Pictured below.)

            Gold award winners, who have completed more than 100 hours of volunteering were Stuart Tucker who helps swimmers with special needs learn to swim at Eastleigh Swimming Club & Learn To Swim; Amy Merewood who has worked in the local Marie Curie Charity Shop for over a year, clocking up over 200 hours; James Wiseman, a young leader at the 10th Itchen North Beaver Group; Laurel Beer who helps out with young children in her boxing club; and Josh Doyle who has contributed greatly to promoting Scouting and music and is now Deputy Director of Music of the Spitfires.

To find out more about volunteering contact One Community’s Volunteer Centre on 023 8090 2458 or volunteer@1community.org.uk

 

Volunteer Awards 2019

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** APOLOGIES ** For the previously upside down photos, we did not hold awards in Tasmania after all!

Wow what a wonderful time was had on Tuesday 4th June 2019! The mayor of Eastleigh Darshan Mann was there and it was great to see him keenly supporting volunteering in our area.

Held at The Point, Eastleigh, it’s a fabulous evening celebrating the significant work of our volunteers. These amazing people are volunteers within the Eastleigh area. Their personal dedication and a great sense of giving to the greater good in a diverse range of projects has been celebrated.

We were delighted to receive so many nominations. We especially wanted to mention those from the Eastleigh Street Pastors who have celebrated their 10 year anniversary recently.

We had a lot of fun with the selfie frame.

Congratulations and many thanks to all those attending this warm, encouraging and uplifting celebration volunteer award evening.

We are an independent charity that takes Gift Aid.

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Because we run so many excellent services and supports for the communities around Eastleigh and Fareham, sometimes it is easy to forget we are the best local charity to support.

We are incredibly grateful to our volunteers, supporters and staff and those who help fund our work including those groups, organisations and individuals that finance our work.

The Eastleigh Mayor has chosen the One Community Visiting scheme as one of his charities to support this year.

Would you like to give us a one off donation or a regular amount of money to help us continue supporting people in our community lead fulfilling, independent lives?

You can donate easily via mobile phone, or email us for details info@1community.org.uk
Pop in and see us in our Eastleigh office, Eastleigh Museum or Fareham Shop.

If you do, please have a look at this form. It is for gift aid. If you pay tax, (which includes people on ESA and certain other allowances) you can give money to us and the government will give us more.

Gift Aid Form

Like driving? Drive for us!

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Look at these glorious buses!

Aren’t they beauties?

If you have a few hours to give (literally 2 hours would be fabulous), we would LOVE to have you driving these buses. We do MiDAS training and will get all your forms up together.

We are fundraising through LIONS for a brand new bus, (Quiz night coming up)maybe you will get a go on that? Tempting eh?

Here is a comment from one of our drivers about the variety of journeys they get involved with.

“The day trips I do are normally to different pubs. The favourite pub is the Inn By The Swan at Lee on Solent. They love the carvery there and the staff are so very helpful, we stop off at the sea front on a good day and they like to have an ice cream and watch the sea for a while. We then stop at a local farm shop where they all trundle off the mini bus and buy fruit, veg and flowers of the season. I normally have two bus loads and the drivers help me with getting the food for passengers that have difficulties.”

Also, we need people to drive their own cars about to take people from A to B.

It is good fun and we have a wonderful set of passengers who would love to meet you.

Email us volunteer@1community.org.uk

Ring us on 023 8090 2400 and ask about joining our volunteer drivers team.

Bitesize Training to get, support and keep volunteers.

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We have a fabulous opportunity for organisations who need, are working with and would like to keep hold of their volunteers.
Our training is FREE OF CHARGE, and we have sessions in both Eastleigh (held at the Point) or in Fareham (Priory Park Community Centre, Fareham, So31 6PT.)

You need to book as places are limited by emailing rwebb@1community.org.uk

 

NEW! Drop In Information Sessions.

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We have set up a number of new Information Sessions. You can just Drop In at Eastleigh Shopmobility.
Here is a map.

If you would like to view our poster, without downloading it onto your devices look here:

If you would like to download the poster onto your device please download it here.
Drop Ins Eastleigh May 2019

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