One Community

Open and ready!

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Yesterday, several of our services opened up fully for the first time since lockdown.

Transport team’s Dial-A-Ride is ready to take bookings once more. Groups can again book our One Community accessible transport.

To book, call ? 023 8090 2450

If you need to register you can complete the form on line.

Shop Mobility in Eastleigh is open and taking bookings for mobility equipment hire at a small cost. Call ? 023 8090 2402 to book.

Our One Community shop and Volunteering Centre have reopened and are looking for donations of wool & craft materials and good condition books. The shop is inside Fareham shopping centre, opposite Millets and is open Monday- Friday 10-4 and Saturday 10-12.

Please check out our superb short clip about our shop opening .??

Keep checking our website and social media for further information, opening times and other details. If you would like to know anything about our services call ? 023 8090 2400 email info@1community.org.uk

World Parkinson’s Day

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One Community is supporting a YouTube event with people from around the world and all walks of life who have a connection to Parkinson’s.

Learn how others have overcome challenges, found support, connected during lockdown, and how they manage their condition. Share your concerns, celebrate each others’ triumphs, and share in dreams and hopes for the future.

When?
11-April Parkinson’s Awareness Day – All Day Long

Who it’s for?
This is for you. Whether you have Parkinson’s, or care about someone who does. You might be a researcher, maybe you work in wellness and support. You might be one person on your own, or a whole family, charity, or group. Anyone with a connection to Parkinson’s, anywhere in the World.

How do I attend?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLDhVy4lptbsD0msTY_C0g/featured

ARK Eastleigh

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Offers & Requests!

Our friends at ARK have sent this to share with you all.

ARK have been doing a spot of sorting out and have a selection of
jig-saw puzzles which would be suitable for (maybe) 10-14 year olds (?)

There is a 1000 piece ‘Where’s Wally’ jigsaw and a Harry Potter ‘Scene-it’ puzzle.
2 x 500 piece map jigsaws – one of the British Isles and the other of Europe
and a 300 piece Horrible Science ‘Loony Lab’ jigsaw.

We also have a need of the following please:
An electric lawn mower
pieces of carpet or rugs.
If you have any of these going spare (or know someone who has) we would love to hear from you to see if we can collect and deliver to some clients in need.

Call: 07736 764 160 or 07515 287 109

Workplace Covid Testing

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Do you have 10 or more people working in your organisation?

You can pick up lateral flow tests for them to do at home or in the office.

Lateral flow tests are very quick and you know within 30mins if you are positive for COVID-19. If you do test positive, you would isolate immediately and go & book to have a standard PCR test at a testing centre.

With as many as 1 in 3 people not having any symptoms regular testing is an important element in the fight against the pandemic.

Your organisation will need to register.

For further information please click HERE.

If your organisation has fewer than 10 employees, please use he lateral flow centres in your area.

For more information about these or any other matter re community responses to covid, call us on 023 8090 2400.

This weeks radio show.

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Yesterday (Tuesday) our Naomi interviewed Charlotte from CAP.

CAP helps people manage their money. It stands for Christians Against Poverty and helps people from all faiths or none.

Listen ? to the podcast here:

https://www.podcasts.canstream.co.uk/unity101/index.php?id=24333

Here is a link to an article about help managing debt:

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2021-03-09/debt-charities-warn-thousands-could-face-money-crisis-when-lockdown-eases

Grants available for employers.

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Solent Supporting Employment’ Programme
Grants of £30,000 – £60,000 Available Now

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) is delighted to announce that Round 2 of the Solent Supporting Employment Programme is open from 1st February 2021, providing an exciting opportunity for community groups, charities and not-for-profit organisations to apply for grants of between £30,000 – £60,000 to help local people into employment.

Grants will be made to organisations in the Solent LEP area of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to help people improve their job prospects and move closer towards or into work. The programme is focusing on supporting people in the most deprived communities, with the closing date for applications being midnight on 1st March 2021.

Grants are aimed at organisations with a proven record in employability, that are able to reach and work with people facing complex barriers to employment, including BAME communities, older people, people with disabilities and people experiencing mental health issues and homelessness.

We strongly advise that organisations wishing to apply for a grant should register for one of our briefing webinars, giving full details about the grant programme.

Register here for your ‘Solent Supporting Employment’ Webinar

HIWCF will be holding four webinars at 10am on Monday 8th, Wednesday 10th and Tuesday 16th February 2021 and 9.30am on Thursday 18th February 2021.
Please register for your preferred date below:

REGISTER – 10.00am, Wednesday 10th February 2021

REGISTER – 10.00am, Tuesday 16th February 2021

REGISTER – 9.30am, Thursday 18th February 2021

For more information about these grants, please go to www.hiwcf.com/funds/solent-supporting-employment-programme/lo

Please click on the map to see which areas of the county are included in the Solent LEP area.

For any queries on the Solent Supporting Employment Programme, contact Helen Stratton-Evans on helen@hiwcf.com

The £1.76m grants programme is part-funded by the European Social Fund, and supported by Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Southampton City Council and HIWCF donors. These grants represent the second round of funding made under the Solent Supporting Employment Programme, following the first round of grant awards made during Autumn 2020. Photographs above courtesy of Pompey In the Community and Minstead Trust.

Meet the Volunteer. This is Imogen

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I have recently begun volunteering with One Community to help people in the local community who may need some extra support. The impacts of the pandemic have made running errands, food shopping etc a daunting challenge for many, and it’s nice to know that by giving up a small amount of time, you’ve made life easier for someone. The effects of the lockdowns have also been tough, and it saddens me to think of someone feeling lonely or isolated. Making a Companion Call is so simple but can make a huge difference to the happiness and wellbeing of that person, and I love to chat so nice to put it to good use. I’ve lived locally with my husband for the last six years and recently having been enjoying exploring some of the beautiful countryside on many walks! In my spare time I like to bake and socialise with my friends and family.

If you are interested in volunteering yourself email us volunteer@1community.org.uk tel 023 8090 2400
Training and induction costs £20. Text 1COMM20 to 20085 to give £20.

World Cancer Day

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On the 4th of February it is World Cancer Day and at One Community we would like to add our support.

This year, the theme is “I will and I can” then you can choose which action you take.
We were really impressed by their website as it has loads of information and help for individuals, organisations and groups that would like to challenge cancer in our communities.

Here is their website.

Please look out for our social media posts this week and like, share and follow them. This makes a huge difference to community awareness and ultimately reducing the incidence and seriousness of cancer.

We are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. Come and find us!

Meet our volunteers! Here is Zeina Nazer

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We have a broad range of volunteers working with us at One Community.

This is all about one of them, Zeina.

Zeina Nazer (British/Lebanese) is Co-Founder of Cities Forum and ITS ARAB and Researcher at University of Southampton. Zeina has over 20 years’ of global experience in strategy, consulting, research, and platform development at firms including KPMG, Parsons and AECOM. Zeina led Advisory services for governments and major global players in Intelligent Mobility, Road Safety, Sustainable Transport, Smart Cities, energy, and the public sector in the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia and the USA.

After 7 years working in the USA with KPMG, Parsons, and AECOM, Zeina moved to London to support international projects including leading international consultancy work with Arcadis for M25 Design-Build Integral Demand Management. Zeina also provided support to financial design of the New Zealand Toll System project with Deloitte, supported Booz & Co in the PMO for Abu Dhabi DOT and supported in shaping the future of transport for Dubai Government.

Zeina has a BSc in Civil Engineering from American University of Beirut, MSc in Transportation Engineering from University of Texas at Austin, MBA from the University of Chicago. She is a Professional Engineer licensed in the USA. Zeina is currently pursuing her PhD in Autonomous Vehicle and Smart Cities at the University of Southampton.

Zeina was the chair of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Working Group TC204 WG1 on ITS Systems Architecture and served as Director on the Board of Women in Transportation (WTS) in the USA.

A keynote speaker, author and presenter of over 100 papers submitted to magazines and conferences around the world.

Zeina is fluent in Arabic, French and English and is passionate about helping with translation. She helped out many Syrian Refugees in Luxembourg. It was an amazing experience to see how their lives have changed when they were able to communicate with others. Zeina would be more than happy to help individuals and families from Arab and French countries to be able to communicate in the UK and to transfer her life experience in this country to others during the 16 years of living in the UK.

If you would like to be a volunteer with One Community, or sponsor a volunteers training by donating £20, please email volunteer@1community.org.uk or call 023 8090 2400.

Encouraging a good environment.

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At One Community we would like to encourage everyone to look at their environmental impact.

In December we had a good radio interview with Giles Gooding (Sustainability officer at Eastleigh Borough Council) about conserving energy and trying to protect the world where we are.

Podcast here

If your organisation would like free advice and support about sustainability, please get in touch with Giles here.

With many families working from home and home schooling, when you do get a chance to spend time together maybe have a go at these recycling makes.

First, check out this great little film aimed at children about reducing, reusing and recycling. We have been sharing Facebook posts about making bird feeders.

Here are some solitary bee ? houses to try and make. HERE

In the meantime you might have seen on BBC Winterwatch a U.K. wide societal science project.

From 29th-31st January is the Great Garden Birdwatch, RSPB: https://buff.ly/3bBY8dk


We would love to have your bird pictures to post on the website and on social media so please send in your art & photographs. #birdwatch

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