Charity

A son has honoured the memory of his father by raising over £12,000 by setting himself a 72 mile sporting challenge to be completed in a day.

The winners of an annual window decorating competition in Ringwood during the festive season have been announced.

Giving golfers swung a birdie when they raised £2,000 for the helicopter ambulance service that responds to New Forest emergencies.

Two friends have raised over £7,000 for Oakhaven Hospice after undertaking a gruelling cycling challenge.

Hundreds of spectators lined a 20-mile route through the Forest to enjoy a New Year’s Eve tractor run.

A large number of local organisations in Christchurch are celebrating having won vital funding for initiatives which will benefit the community.

Three local charitable organisations have benefited from a total of £6,000 in hand-outs from New Milton Town Council.

Walking group members have raised more than £5,000 for charity on a tour of Forest war memorials.

A popular New Forest steam show has handed out over £30,000 to local charities and good causes.

A fledgling New Milton youth charity whose myriad of achievements have included helping isolated teens, was awarded a £13,000 town council boost.

Tireless charity worker Tracy Robertson has been named Lymington’s Citizen of the Year.

It was a “bittersweet” moment for Mudeford RNLI rescuers as their lifeboat of nearly two decades was replaced.

A cyclist has undertaken an epic bike ride from Rome to Sicily to raise money for a breast cancer charity.

A beloved toy monkey was given a new lease of life thanks to Ringwood Repair Cafe.

Lymington sculptor Michael Turner raised almost £6,000 for the Royal British Legion after organising a community treasure hunt and auction.

A charity supporting young carers in the New Forest is urging people to give what they can to its Christmas appeal.

A New Forest-based charity supporting over 300 people with learning disabilities has launched its latest appeal to help them unlock their potential.

Lymington was awash with Christmas cheers as more than a thousand festive fundraisers stepped up for the town’s annual Santa Dash.

The countdown to Christmas was officially launched when a Barton street was illuminated with tens of thousands of sparkling lights and festive scenes.

A family has raised more than £11,500 for a children’s cancer charity as their five-year-old continues treatment for leukaemia.