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New Family-Run Printing Business Launches in Andover
A new family-run printing business, Hampshire T-Shirt Printing Services, has launched in Andover, offering fast, affordable and high-quality custom garment printing for individuals, businesses, schools and community groups. Founded by local entrepreneur Dmitrijs...
Charity Seeking Supporters to Trek Great Wall of China
A local charity is getting ready to embark on an overseas challenge and is looking for a team of supporters to join them. In October next year, Winchester Hospice will trek the Great Wall of China to raise funds to support the hospice care of local people. The charity...
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care hosts palliative care lecture
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care brought together healthcare professionals, students, and community partners with a guest lecture at Bournemouth University on 12th February. The event examined how palliative and end-of-life care is currently delivered both locally and...
Wessex’s First-Ever Family Charity Shop Now Open in Christchurch
Families charity Home-Start Wessex is delighted to announce the opening of its first-ever family charity shop and family support hub in Christchurch, Dorset. Work began last year to transform empty retail units in Christchurch, Dorset, redesigning and refitting the...
Eyes Along the Coast
National Coastwatch is a charity staffed and managed by volunteers whose mission is to help save lives at sea and around the UK coastline. If you, a family member or a friend uses the coastal waters or the shoreline – maybe kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, boating...
Bats to Benefit from New Forest Nature Recovery Project
A New Forest nature recovery project is shedding new light on local bat populations and improving habitat for these elusive nocturnal hunters. The New Forest is a national stronghold for bats, and of the 18 species found in the UK, 14 can be found here. In 2025,...
Bramshaw Golf Club win National Matchplay Championship
Bramshaw Golf Club, near Lyndhurst, has been crowned National Team Matchplay Champions at the Academia Golf Club Classic this weekend. They beat Yorkshire club Malton and Norton by 4 ½ points to ½ in the grand final, held at Montecastillo Golf and Country Club in...
DJ Property £1,000 donation helps Family Matters provide safe sleeping essentials for local children in poverty
A simple question during a visit to Family Matters Baby Bank at Granby Trading Estate sparked a practical donation that will help 40 local families facing hardship access safe sleeping essentials for their children. When Mickey Jones, Chief Executive of DJ Property,...
‘THINE BE THE GLORY’
Andover Chamber Choir celebrates the spring season with their concert, ‘Thine be the Glory: Choral Favourites for an Eastertide Celebration’. While Easter Sunday may have passed, the fifty days of Eastertide are in full flow, and the choir’s latest programme is...
Arooj Aftab and African Soul Rebels
Lighthouse is delighted to announce concerts by two of the most exciting names in contemporary world music – Grammy-winning artist Arooj Aftab and a long overdue return to Poole for African Soul Rebels. “I’m really excited for the opportunity to host these incredible...
Tools for Self Reliance Spring Activities
Tools for Self-Reliance is looking forward to a busy and social spring, and we would love to see more local people getting involved with what we do. Join us on National Quilting Day on Saturday, 21st March, when we’ll be holding a special sale. It’s a great...
Swing from Paris bring Vintage Gypsy Jazz to Dorset This Spring
Dorset-based charity Artsreach is delighted to welcome the acclaimed quartet Swing from Paris to the county this March for three uplifting evenings of gypsy jazz, vintage swing, and sparkling musicianship. ★★★★ “intelligent, interesting and inventive” The Jazz Mann...