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New Sandwich community fund opens with grants of up to £5,000
A new legacy-backed fund is inviting charities, schools and community groups in Sandwich to apply for projects supporting health, connection, children and the local environment.
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Eight volunteering festivals will help East Hampshire residents find ways to get involved
Community events across East Hampshire are bringing volunteering opportunities into towns and villages so residents can meet organisations face to face.
New parent packs offer practical support when a child's hospital stay comes without warning
University Hospitals Sussex has launched packs designed to help families cope with the practical strain of an unexpected admission.
Twenty-eight community organisations share £120,000 across Hart
Local projects supporting wellbeing, inclusion, connection and residents facing challenges have received grants through the Here for Hart scheme.
Oxford researchers win funding to pursue drugs that could prevent inherited bowel cancer
Cancer Research UK funding will support drug discovery aimed at preventing cancer in people with inherited polyposis syndromes.
Oxfordshire independent school marks record BTEC success
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Newbury Racecourse Station reveals impressive new mural created through a community project
There’s a vibrant fresh new look to Newbury Racecourse on-site station following a community collaboration. The project involved the Racecourse, Great Western Railway, Berkshire Youth and City Arts ...
East Hampshire climate grant helps fix up repair café
A new repair café where residents can get broken belongings fixed and learn how to repair items themselves has been launched with the help of a £10,000 climate grant.
Berkshire HIV and LGBTQ+ charity 'incredibly grateful' for six-figure lottery boost
A charity supporting people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ communities across Berkshire is ‘incredibly grateful’ for a six-figure windfall from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Preventative mental health reform plans backed by Oxfordshire charity
Oxford-based charity Response has endorsed the Government’s £343m plan to enhance existing preventative mental health care provisions designed to ensure fewer ...
Dozens of affordable homes to be built in South Wokingham
A forward sale of 81 homes has been completed at Holme Meadows in South Wokingham, with Vistry selling the properties to housing association VIVID.
Ramsgate fishing community raises more than £6,500 for RNLI as 79 children take to the water
A record 79 children joined Ramsgate’s junior fishing competition, while organisers Dawn and Jason Parrott received surprise community-service awards from the High Sheriff of Kent.
Design firm staff join forces for local conservation
Employees from ArchitecturePLB have rolled up their sleeves to help protect native habitats in Hampshire.
New research project targets New Forest biodiversity
A collaborative programme has launched to safeguard the most vulnerable species and habitats within the New Forest.
Berkshire Search and Rescue hosts MP for training visit
Clive Jones MP met with volunteers in Berkshire to see first-hand how the search and rescue team prepares for emergencies.
Oxfordshire volunteer marks four decades of service
Mavis Shortman was honoured with a surprise 80th birthday party to celebrate her long-standing commitment to Christian Aid.
Three-year Guildford study finds woodland can be 4.5°C cooler during extreme heat
University of Surrey researchers found all six green and blue spaces they monitored were cooler than a built-up site, with woodland showing the strongest protection during heatwaves.
Surrey team becomes first to run an experiment with world’s most advanced gamma-ray detector
University of Surrey nuclear physicists have led the first scientific experiment using the $58m GRETA detector at a US rare-isotope facility.
Brighton & Hove Albion and University of Sussex team up on research, students and community projects
Brighton & Hove Albion has named the University of Sussex its official Higher Education Partner, building on more than 30 years of collaboration.
Reading residents are painting a mural that will generate its own solar power
Residents are helping create an interactive mural at New Directions College using painted solar panels, lights, sound and motion sensors.
Reading’s contactless homelessness donations pass £7,400 and will continue until 2029
Tap for Reading has raised more than £7,400 and directly supported over 50 people, prompting the contactless donation scheme to be extended for at least three years.
Sussex bee study finds one simple way gardens can help during the late-summer food squeeze
University of Sussex research found honeybees have their toughest nectar-foraging period in late July and August, suggesting late-flowering plants and fewer mown weeds can help.
Five grandmasters and a five-year-old share the board at Sussex’s biggest chess tournament yet
More than 200 players took part in the University of Sussex’s largest chess tournament yet, ranging from five-year-old Aahana Gupta to five international grandmasters.
Petersfield Repair Café has already helped more than 200 people keep broken things in use
A £10,000 climate grant helped launch Petersfield Repair Café, where volunteers have already assessed or repaired more than 150 items brought in by over 200 people.
Golfers raise more than £30,000 for Oakhaven Hospice with a little help from Bruce Grobbelaar
Thirty-one teams took part in Oakhaven Hospice’s annual Barton-on-Sea golf day, raising more than £30,000 for hospice care across the New Forest area.
Berkshire project creates safer spaces and stronger voices for people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ communities
Thames Valley Positive Support has launched a National Lottery-funded Berkshire project focused on tackling isolation, stigma and barriers to support.
Southampton students turn the New Forest into a living laboratory for rare wildlife
Twelve University of Southampton students are working with conservation organisations on New Forest research covering bats, fungi, ponds, recreation pressure and crayfish.
Hampshire architects swap desks for waders to help clear invasive plants from the River Test
Staff from ArchitecturePLB spent a volunteer day in Whitchurch removing Himalayan balsam and monkey flower from a chalk stream habitat in the Upper Test Valley.
Brighton RNLI is looking for eight new volunteers to help save lives at sea
Brighton RNLI is recruiting six volunteer lifeboat crew members and two launch authorities as its station continues responding around the clock to incidents off the Sussex coast.
Twenty fundraisers abseil 100 metres down Spinnaker Tower and raise more than £14,700
Twenty supporters took on a 100-metre descent down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower, raising more than £14,700 for Trinity Winchester’s homelessness services.
Young people help transform Newbury Racecourse Station with community mural
Young people from Berkshire Youth helped shape a new mural at Newbury Racecourse Station, created through a partnership with local arts and rail organisations.
Volunteers collect more than 100,000 seagrass seeds to restore the Solent
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust volunteers have collected more than 100,000 seagrass seeds for a long-term restoration project in the Solent.