Liphook Community Magazine Spring 2022

Volunteering Opportunities
By Jen
Woodsford.
PART 2 - DO y O u HAVE A SPARE HOu R OR TWO?
Cancer Research Liphook
Their charity shop is in Station Road. To volunteer in the shop
either pop in to the shop or phone: 01428 724664.
Liphook Food Bank
you can donate non-perishable food and other products at their
collection points in Sainsburys and the Co-op or at their base at
the Junior School or offer your services at the food bank itself,
see P 17. For information on donations or volunteering see their
website: www.liphookfoodbank.com/#givesupport
Liphook In Bloom
Liphook In Bloom always welcome more volunteers to help with
the flower beds in the centre of the village. See their article on
page 17 in this issue of the magazine, have a look at their
website: www.liphookinbloom.co.uk or give Joan Holdsworth
a ring on: 01428 724903.
The Heritage Centre
Are you interested in local history or have IT skills? The Heritage
Centre is upstairs at the Millennium Centre and is open Monday,
Wednesday and Friday mornings. Run by a friendly bunch of
volunteers more help would always be welcome. Have a look
at their website for more details: www.liphookheritage.org.uk
or ring: 01428 727275.
Liphook Carnival
The carnival is normally held at the end of October and is a
great social and fundraising event in Liphook’s calendar. Lots
of opportunities to get involved. Have a look at their website:
www.liphookcarnival.org.uk
Community Magazine
And last, but not least, there is us, your community magazine.
Maybe you could deliver a few magazines to the houses where
you live? Or you could just offer to be a “back-up” to help with
deliveries in times of sickness or holiday. Would you be able to
write a short item? Do you write poetry or like taking photos of
the local area? Contact our editor Fay Boyett, email:
fay.lcm@btinternet.com or for distribution Sue Knight on:
01428 723502.
Of course, this list is not exhaustive and does not include
national bodies as details of those can be easily found online.
Also volunteering opportunities with children and young people
have not been mentioned. The Scout and Guide movements
and the library come to mind but there will be many other
possibilities.
I hope this has helped some of you with ideas of new projects
for 2022!
Highfield & Brookham Schools
BRIGHT AND BREEZy START TO A NEW SPRING TERM
Happy Highfield children all
smiles after the Christmas break.
It’s only been a matter of days
but eager children at an
independent school in
Liphook have picked up
exactly where they left off
before the Christmas break.
The Spring Term at Highfield
and Brookham Schools may
be less than a week old, but
already it’s been incredibly busy
– and it shows absolutely no
signs of slowing down!
year 2 youngsters at Brookham
took an exciting trip to the
South Downs Planetarium in Chichester which they described
as “out of this world”, year 4 immersed themselves in a day of
rich and colourful African adventure complete with drumming,
beading and dance courtesy of Southampton-based African
Activities, and year 8 went straight into study mode ahead of
this week’s mock exams.
But there’s much more still to come as this week also sees the
start of the popular house creative writing competition, the
resumption of external sports fixtures with netball and rugby
matches against friendly rivals from Amesbury, Eagle House
and Edgeborough, and a fun-filled boarding trip to Coral Reef
Waterworld in Bracknell.
Add in a return visit from intrepid adventurer Nick Carter who
will regale year 5 with his amazing travel tales, cushion concerts,
scholarship visits to Benenden and Bryanston and a year 3
Burns Night ceilidh and it promises to be an all-action January.
Highfield Headmaster Phillip Evitt said: “One thing I truly love
about our schools is the sheer enthusiasm of our children. After
the Christmas break, one could perhaps expect a degree of
tardiness and listlessness, but that’s definitely not the case with
our wonderful children.”
School trips and specialist groups and individuals who visit
schools add real breadth and depth to the curriculum, enabling
children to get involved in a hands-on way while learning
through real-life experiences.
Mr Evitt added: “This first week of term has again
seen a happy and seamless
transition back into school life from all year groups, both in and
out of the classroom, and it’s been an absolute pleasure to hear
the vibrant sounds of busy and excited pupils around the
school once more. And I’m delighted to say that the children
have so much more in store.”
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