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WANTED Cardmakers

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It would be great if we could include a small card, just to say hello, in all the grocery bags we deliver to vulnerable people, to those living and working in care homes and to others who are having to self-isolate.

Could we ask you to ask anyone aged 2 to 100 years to produce a card and One Community will act as postman? 

Cards can be dropped off at 75 Leigh Road (there is a letter box if we are closed). We will ensure they go out with shopping deliveries.

Cards can be drawn or created using photographs, we only ask that there are no identifying personal details – so please avoid people in any photographs, or house numbers etc.

If you wish to sign the card, please only give your first name as we will NOT pass on personal contacts.

We want to brighten people’s days.

Thank You.

Supporting VE Day

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One Community Supporting the VE 75 Celebrations

On Wednesday 6 May we were asked to be part of an Eastleigh Borough Council initiative – a collective effort among the Eastleigh Coronavirus Support Support hub in Eastleigh – to get party fare to care homes across the borough to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

Our community transport team scheduled deliveries for Thursday afternoon on our minibuses and half a dozen of our CV Response volunteers went out to shop for every bodies party favourites.

Pictured are David and Sally Lloyds out doing volunteer shopping.

We were delighted to do this as part of our CV Response work. If you are need of shopping, prescriptions or someone to phone and have a chat, let us know on 023 8090 2400 or info@1community.org.uk  

VE Day celebrations (Home School pack.)

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VE Day Home Schooling and Stay at Home Street Party Pack Launched.

Home schooling resources and a “Stay At Home Street Party” pack have been launched by Fareham Borough Council to help residents across the Borough mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on May 8th.

The Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has meant events planned to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of hostilities in Europe in 1945 have had to be shelved.

The early May Bank Holiday has been moved to Friday 8th to allow for a weekend of national commemorations, street parties and other events; these may now be held later in the year.

However, VE Day was 8 May in 1945 and Fareham Borough Council wants its residents to be able to mark the occasion on the actual 75th anniversary.

The Council has teamed up with a teacher to produce home schooling lesson plans and supporting resources for parents to help young people in the Borough learn about VE

Day.

The home-schooling pack is designed to be used each day in the week leading up to 8 May. The Council has also produced a “Stay At Home Street Party” pack for residents. It includes:

  • A competition for residents to design their own bunting to hang or stick in their front windows, with a
  • chance to win a home-delivered afternoon tea.
  • A VE Day themed quiz that they can use with family and friends virtually on video conferencing services, or
  • among the family at home.
  • A VE Day themed Word Search.
  • Some war-time recipes based on the rations available in 1945 for residents to try at home themselves
  • The words to We’ll Meet Again, the Dame Vera Lynn song made famous during the war and recently
  • referenced by The Queen in her address to the national during the pandemic.
  • a Spotify playlist of war-time songs compiled especially by the Council for the VE Day Stay At Home Street
  • Parties

The downloadable home schooling and Stay At Home Street Party packs, and the Spotify playlist link, can be found at https://www.fareham.gov.uk/leisure/ve75.aspx

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Corona Virus- One Community Services.

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One Community – Able to Help
Although our normal services are suspended, our teams, in both Eastleigh and Fareham, are still able to either offer direct help (shopping, prescriptions, dog walking) or signposting to the help available.
Ring 023 8090 2400 in Eastleigh or 07702 802555 in Fareham, 9am-4pm Monday to Friday.

Help for charities.

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Yesterday the chancellor announced a package of support for charities. It’s an important start, but the government needs to go further, and NCVO (of which one community are members of) will be doing everything it can to make sure it does.

What’s in the package?

A total of £750m in new funding was announced for charities responding to the crisis in the UK.

£370m will go to small and medium-sized charities, channelled through the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) and other organisations. It will support locally-focused charities doing most during the outbreak.

Another £360m will be allocated to charities providing essential services and supporting people during the crisis. Some is specifically earmarked for hospices, St John’s Ambulance to support the NHS and Citizens Advice to allow more staff to provide advice. Children’s charities and victims’ charities were also mentioned.

The government will also match public donations to the BBC’s Big Night In charity appeal, with a minimum donation of £20m to the National Emergencies Trust.

It’s a start, but it’s not enough

With charity shops shut and fundraising events cancelled, we estimate charities stand to lose around £4bn in 12 weeks as a result of the crisis. We know how many people and communities rely on the services charities – NCVO members and non-members alike – provide.

This is an important start, but we know it won’t be enough to prevent good charities around the country from closing their doors. Even many that survive will look very different in a few months’ time, with a severely reduced capacity to provide the support that people rely on.

You can read more about the package, and our response, in Elizabeth Chamberlain’s blog post.

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