Every week we have new volunteering opportunities both in Eastleigh and Fareham.
If you would like some volunteers to help with your not for profit project or you would like to do volunteering, please ring 023 8090 2400 and ask for Julia or Charlotte. You can email volunteer@1community.org.uk
Here are two of the latest positions.
As you will be aware we are moving offices and will be operating from our new address at 75 Leigh Road, Eastleigh SO50 9DQ from 1st October 2019.
Just a few things to let you know in the run up to the move.
If you are a client of One Community, staff will have made you aware of our on call phone number.
Our main phone lines could be down for a few days so it is paramount that if you need to make contact you call either the main line on 023 8090 2400 or the on call phone 07515 993346.
Thank you for your patience, we will be back to normal soon.
The Team at One Community
We are having a lovely warm sunny afternoon at the park in central Eastleigh for the annual ‘Eastleigh Remembers’ event.
There are loads of stalls including our One Community and the very lovely www.prettymevintage.co.uk who are fund raising for us as part of the mayors appeal.
Come and find out stall and you can dress up in war time clothes including gas masks and wartime Air Force jackets. There are information packs about the war to look at.
We have lots of information about one community and volunteering at our stall alongside the ever popular tombola.
This week is remember a charity week. Here is Dancer and Celebrity Len Goodman to explain more about it. HERE.
We are a wonderful Charity and we have loads and loads of great people and projects we support in our community.
If you are considering making a will or changing it, please remember us.
We serve the communities of Eastleigh and Fareham areas and if you feel you would like to leave us a legacy in your will, or are just thinking about it, please do get into contact with us.
You can ring 023 8090 2400 and ask to speak to Jean Roberts-Jones. You can also email info@1community.org.uk
We may even be able to help you set up your will through local solicitors firm, Knight Polson.
We can hardly believe it either but WOW our very own ‘walking dead’ walkers have raised over a £1000!
Just such an amazing physical achievement and such a great Young Carers project to support.
Please see the poster below for all the details.
Feeling inspired?
Sponsored walking might not be your thing but perhaps you might like to try a pudding night at your WI or men’s group, perhaps a Zumba challenge at the gym or a sponsored tech famine at youth group? Short on ideas? We have lots!
Just email Jean at jroberts-jones@1community.org.uk 023 8090 2400
You can make a donation really easily to One Community. Including on line, in person or via text.
On Saturday 27 July, the brilliant Riverside Concert Band, which is based in Bishopstoke, put on a concert at the Bandstand in Eastleigh Recreation Ground from 12-2pm. The afternoon turned out hot and sunny after a drizzly start, and many a passer-by and shopper stopped to listen awhile. The programme ranged through film and show tunes to classic pop.
The idea was to raise funds for One Community, so a couple of us had collection buckets. We lost count of the compliments, both about the band and One Community, so it was a very pleasant couple of hours listening to some talented musicians – and we raised some money too!
I’d like to invite you to the performance of the Lullaby Project.
Produced in partnership with The Asian Welfare and Cultural Association, Hampshire Cultural Trust and The Point, and inspired by Manasamitra, an artist-led company from West Yorkshire presents a contemporary musical exploration inspired by songs Indian women sing to their babies whilst working in the fields.
Lullaby – Sonic Cradle combines live music with a soundscape linked to a visual display that ‘dances’ to the changing rhythms, pitches and volume of the performance.
This has been proved to be having a positive impact on people who are living with dementia, mental health issues and contributing to general well being.
The performance is on the 6th August, at The Point Studio Theatre. 7.30 pm.
Fully accessible venue.
It is a free entry, but places will have to be booked, via the Point Box Office.
Box Office: 0230806502333
Seating capacity: 50 (unreserved)
Please book asap, what promises to be a great experience.
Wonderful ‘walking dead’ walkers have raised £920 to support young carers in the Eastleigh area.
Thank you, whether you walked, supported, sponsored or were just cheering them on. It will make a big difference to our young people and can help us run the singing group, take them on a trip and help us run our youth groups.
It’s not a big deal. It’s just walking, right? We do that every day. This is what we
(Rachel, Declan, Jennifer and Chris) said before the four of us embarked on this journey from Dorking to Eastleigh non-stop.
We had decided to take on this challenge and had a few setbacks, including pushing the dates back and having a team member pull out last minute. However, miraculously we managed to conquer this challenge on Saturday 13th of July 2019. It ended up taking 33 hours and we all agreed it was the hardest thing we have ever had to do. There were many moments when we felt like giving up, but with some music, visits from friends and even a nap at 4am in someone’s front garden we managed to power on through. Whilst the walking certainly took a physical toll, we all agreed the hardest part of this challenge was the mental endurance. We got to 40km not even halfway through and was demoralised. Still, more than halfway to go and feeling like quitting, how can we do this extra 60km? Teamwork and Determination – that is all that got us through. Without the support of each other, we would be lost, we would have given up at 30km.
We picked Eastleigh Young Careers as our charity because it is such an important cause and makes a dramatic difference here in our little town of Eastleigh. What I didn’t understand before the walk is how much difference a good team makes. We got to experience 33 hours of exhaustion, pain and hopelessness and was shattered by the end of it. We slept well afterwards. Some children live their lives caring for others and never get the chance to rest or have a team to encourage them. We choose Eastleigh Young Carers for our charity as every child carer, when they feel exhausted and when they feel like giving up at 30km, need people around them to help get them to their 100km mark.
To see the article in full please see below:
If you feel inspired to raise money for a One Community Project, please contact us by emailing jroberts-jones@1community.org.uk or ringing us on 023 8090 2400
Yes! The kiddies are home an within a day or two (if you’re lucky!) the terrible words ‘I’m BORED!’ ring out through your homes.
Our fabulous Young Carers team have got awesome activities over the summer already booked.
There’s a live concert band playing on Saturday 27th July in aid of One Community (at the Eastleigh bandstand, Leigh Road Park from 12-2.) bring a picnic and relax to the Riverside Band playing everyone from Disney film music through to ABBA and lots of variety in between.
There are things on in general, which we will talk you through at the end of this post. The top things mentioned first are on in the next few weeks and are generally FREE of charge.
For ALL One Community activities in the Eastleigh Museum we ask for at least one responsible adult to stay with the child or children you are bringing. We are told the coffee in the museum is the best in Eastleigh, so maybe buy one whilst you’re waiting for your creative genius’ to finish their wonderful work.
Eastleigh Museum is fully accessible for people who use mobility aids including wheelchairs. We have an accessible toilet & no steps. If you have a hidden disability and would like to come along, please contact us on 023 8064 3026 or email Naomi nstock@1community.org.uk so we can be accommodating to your needs to enable access to our activities.
‘Made for Making’ FREE family craft activities at Eastleigh Museum.
Friday 26 July & Monday 5 August. Sessions at 11am, 1pm & 3pm
FREE but please book your place by contacting Eastleigh Museum on 023 8064 3026 or pop in and book.
In these free family workshops, led by artist Jackie Rolls, children will use their practical and creative skills to turn everyday materials and recycled materials from Southampton’s scrap store into fun or useful items, just as Ford factory workers did with left over materials from the factory floor.
Friday 26th July: Make your own balloon powered vehicle
Monday 5th August: Create your own wind powered weathervane
The sessions are funded by Radian and supported by members of the Wide Lane Round About café’s craft group. All materials supplied.
On Thursday 1st August at 10-12 in Eastleigh Museum FREE lava lamp making.
On Thursday the 8th August 10-12 at Eastleigh Museum is cress growing. FREE of charge and you get delicious cress to go in your salads and sandwiches in a matter of days (fingers crossed!)
Rain cloud making on 22/8/2019 from 10-12 at Eastleigh Museum. FREE of charge.
Other things to do in the Eastleigh area in the summer holidays.
The library has a summer reading challenge and this year in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landings- the theme is SPACE CHASE.
Under 18’s swim for free at the Places Leisure pool. All the summer holidays. Children must be accompanied. Monday-Friday 1-3. ALL under 8 year olds can swim for FREE in any session with a full paying adult.
Park Sport is running throughout the Eastleigh Borough. It is heavily subsidised so if not FREE places are low cost. They do get booked up fast but some sessions are still available.
The Hub in Bishopstoke is hosting a holiday club there are other locations around the county, run by YouthOptions. There is a cost for these sessions. Book here.
Local schools are running clubs during the holidays and these are worth exploring, even if to give a couple of days respite for a small cost.
The Point in Eastleigh has a full summer program including outdoor events, some are FREE.
If your child has a disability you may be entitled to support getting a break and help finding the right provision for your circumstances. You need to contact Hampshire county council for this. The scheme Hampshire use for this is called ‘Gateway card‘.
Further ideas.
There are lots of attractions and activities such as aquarium in Southsea, the royal naval dock yard in Portsmouth and Mary Rose, Go Ape (Alice Holt, Itchen valley country Park and others), Longdown Activity farm, Manor Farm, Marwell Zoo, Paulton’s Park, Hollywood Bowl, Hawk Conservancy, New Forest, Alpine Sports Centre, Alpaca walking, falconry, trampoline parks, Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium, cinema (the Vue have ‘mini mornings‘ at a considerable discount.)
Other things to think about are:
1) getting a Geocaching App on your phone to make a walk more interesting.
2) visit the outdoor water paddling pools.
3) enjoy a picnic at the country park.
4) catch the train to Bournemouth and have a day at the seaside.
5) further ideas below:
On a Monday late in the afternoon you might hear some lovely melodies floating out of the windows of the Point in Eastleigh. These fine young voices are being used in our very own Young Carers singing group.
Our Young Carers have an awesome sound!
We would love to keep this group going, get better and better and have lots of extra options of growing into the future.
“I like going to choir, my favourite song is This Girl is on Fire. I am braver now I have been to singing and I have even sung a bit on my own.” Ms.B.
Help Ms. B. and the other children increase their confidence and benefit from singing. You can share with other people that we have applied for this and this will help us win the £!
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