Sea of Purple has a special meaning
Purple 4 Polio Earlier in the spring you may have noticed masses of purple crocus on banks and open spaces around our local towns and villages. These crocuses have been planted to draw attention...
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Save the date for Basingstoke Festival
Save the date for Basingstoke Festival Friday 25 June to Sunday 11 July 2021 Discover art in unusual places in unusual times! There’s fun for all the family at this year’s Basingstoke Festival. The...
Invitation to Hustings Q&A on Weds 21 Apr @ 7pm for Council Elections
The first council elections for 2 years are upon us. And, on May 6th, we will choose most of the councillors who will be in power for the next 3 years. These will be...
Easter biscuits
Hello everyone, Amanda from Indigo Bakes here. I hope you are all well and staying safe. Hopefully, a lot of you will have had your first vaccination jab, I’ve still got a few months...
Volunteering testimonial from the Boaz Project- ‘Learning and Working Together’
Galina was made redundant in September 2019 from her role as a project manager with a large bank, and before returning to professional employment she volunteered at the Boaz Project, a therapeutic work environment...
Basingstoke Foodbank – supporting local people out of crisis
With the help of volunteers from churches and the community, Basingstoke Foodbank continues to reach out to people in need throughout the region. Over double the number of people were fed in 2020 compared...
Camrose Centre for Homeless and Vulnerably Housed people in Basingstoke
Thanks to the amazing staff at GO Outdoors Basingstoke who went above and beyond recently when we went to purchase boots for our clients only to find our voucher had expired! We had been gifted the...
Hampshire Together: Building a better network of care
The ambition of the Hampshire Together programme goes beyond building a new hospital to serve north and mid Hampshire – the aim is to give local people a truly joined-up system of NHS and...
Isolation busting group launched
Peter and Margaret Humphreys are a Basingstoke couple who have suffered from tinnitus for many years and it has got worse as they have got older. Tinnitus is the name for noises in your...
Local Basingstoke Business Owner and Podcast Host Matt Holman helping to improve the conversation of Mental Health in 2021. Talking Mental Health for 24 Hours.
Matthew Holman, a local Basingstoke resident from birth and owner of Mental Health training and consulting company Simpila Healthy Solutions (www.simpila.com), and Podcast Host – ‘Matt Holman Talks Mental Health’ is planning a talking...
