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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!

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.


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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.

Very generous Easter Bunnies!

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Our wonderful passengers help young carers.

For Easter many Hedge End Park & Dial-A-Ride passengers collected over 200 Easter eggs for young carers. They have collected so much for the lovely young carers who deserve all the great gifts donated by our kind passengers. This is not the first time they have provided such generous gifts and over the years hundreds of eggs have been given alongside other lovely things.

Our passengers have noticed that a little bit of kindness really does go a very long way. We think they are GREAT!

You could give us a bit of kindness very easily.

  1. Sign up for AmazonSmile when you do your shopping online.
  2. Volunteer for a few hours a week, we will find you something to suit your talents and time.
  3. Train with us and DRIVE OUR BEAUTIFUL BUSES (with these cracking passengers on them!)
  4. Donate £5 by texting 1COM5 to 70085 for us to run dial-ride & our other services, like young carers (we won’t bother you with marketing texts.)
  5. Ring us on 023 8090 2400 or email info@1community.org.uk and register to use our bus services.

The Amazing Aloe Adventure.

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We need more drivers to volunteer with us. Have a read of this and see if it chimes with you? Is this the sort of thing you would like to get involved in?

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin! One day one of our passengers booked his dial-a-ride as he wanted to go to Haskins in West End to buy an Aloe Vera plant. All ready to go, he was geared up but when the day came, he was not well enough to go. He was ever so disappointed.

There was no chance of getting one any other way.

But One Community’s transport team swung into action and someone took time out at the weekend and bought him an Aloe Vera plant!

He was overjoyed with his lovely plant and the genuine kindness shown.

We would LOVE to hear from you if you could offer a few hours volunteering as a driver for us.
Telephone 023 8090 9400 Email volunteer@1community.org.uk

Know a GREAT volunteer?

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We have some awesome volunteers here at One Community. They really are vital to us as an organisation.

Do you have some really GREAT volunteers in your organisation, either via one community or elsewhere?

Get them some of the recognition they deserve! They get an award ceremony and certificate.

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY APRIL 26th 2019

Please complete the details on this simple form.

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NEEDED- Volunteer Drivers

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Volunteer drivers are always needed. Just a small amount of time enhances wellbeing significantly. Please contact One Community for all the local driving opportunities. Some in your own car, some driving a minibus.

Julia or Charlotte can help you fill in our volunteer application. We will run some standard checks and offer you training and support as necessary.

GET IN TOUCH WITH US volunteer@1community.org.uk 02380 902400

Calling all managers of volunteers!

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If you manage volunteers please come and meet fellow people doing the same sort of thing. It is on the 28th February 2019, at 10.30. Held at the Magistrates Court, Church Street, Romsey SO51 8AQ.
Email and book a place volunteer@1community.org.uk

For further details, please see the links below.

Managers’ Forum poster Feb 2019

EASTLEIGH MUSEUM NEEDS YOU!

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Is this your seat?

We are a friendly, happy and welcoming bunch of people who volunteer at the museum.

Anyone can apply & we like to take on people who are from any age or social group.

We are looking for people who can cover holidays. Also, we are starting to look for someone to do Thursday afternoons.

Just speak to the volunteer centre on 02380 902458

Or email: volunteer@1community.org.uk

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