Charity

Kind-hearted care home residents have helped families in need over the summer holidays by teaming up with Christchurch Food Bank.

Charity leaders say they are delighted after plans to build an indoor learning and sports facility on the Forest got the green light.

A life-saving defibrillator has been installed on the outside wall of a Lymington pub.

A charity set up to support children with additional needs has launched a new project to help them with speech and language in local nurseries.

A charity which provides help, advice and friendship to people affected by Parkinson’s could be forced to close if a new chair is not found.

World class long-distance runner Julian Goater joined a team of cyclists for an epic ride in aid of the Honeypot Children’s Charity.

AN ARMY veteran from the New Forest is spending almost three months hiking across the Alps on a 1,368-mile fundraising odyssey.

AN exhibition bringing together local artists and craftspeople is to open to the public tomorrow.

Charity Autism Unlimited was shortlisted for a national award for its transformation of a former Christchurch car parts warehouse into a sixth form.

A Lymington RNLI rescuer received a hero’s welcome by fellow volunteers when he returned after a trans-Atlantic sail from the West Indies.

A New Forest MP has urged the Charity Commission to undertake an “urgent” investigation into the sale of the Foxlease activity centre.

RNLI volunteers came together at their stations to take group photographs for a special montage marking the life-saving charity’s 200th anniversary.

Hundreds of spectators turned out to cheer on competitors in an annual raft race, helping to raise a record amount for the RNLI.

Famous faces are set to grace a fundraising charity auction in Lymington tomorrow for a celebrity edition of the BBC show Antiques Road Trip.

A New Forest family feel overwhelmed after a fundraiser for their son’s oxygen while on a trip of a lifetime hit its target in just 24 hours.

The RSPCA is urging people not to abandon their pets after four rabbits were dumped at their Ringwood centre late one evening.

A development of 30 houses would have 15 homes for over-55s to ensure the “peace and tranquility” of Oakhaven Hospice next door.

Attractions including bubble shows, inflatables and a classic car display have helped raise more than £20,000 at the annual Oakhaven family fun day.

Celebrations have been held to mark the retirement of stalwart Neighbourcare New Milton volunteer and founder Phyllis Inglis.

A campaign group hoping to buy the Girlguiding centre in Lyndhurst has been left “exceedingly disappointed” after its over-market offer was rejected.