Hordle april may 22

Helping Older
People New Forest
(HOPe) Information &
Advice service
Our HOPe Information and Advice team
welcomes the opportunity to help make the
lives of older people across the New Forest
easier, safer and more fulfilling. You don’t
need to come to us: we will happily come to
you. And as a registered charity, our time is
always completely free of charge.
We see many older clients who are
challenged by the digital age we live in. Those
who have lived, and managed, perfectly well
(until now) without the need for a computer
find it increasingly difficult to manage their
financial affairs (e.g. insurance, utilities and
even banking) when the ability to speak to a
real person is obstructed by long waiting
times on customer service helplines and pop
up chat boxes on websites with ‘bots’ rather
than real-life agents on the other end. This is
just one way in which we help our clients,
either in their own homes or at our New
Milton office.
Whatever your problem or enquiry, we will
try our best to help (from form filling, helping
you to dispute wrongful claims to seeking
sources of support in the home).
Our New Milton office is open Monday, Weds,
Thursday, Friday 10 – 2 pm. Home visits can
be arranged by making an appointment in the
shop or calling 07842 204 829.
Tel: 0797928500, or view our
website
www.newmiltonmensshed.org
and our Men's Shed New Milton Facebook
page. Email newmiltonmensshed@gmail.com
The New Forest Quilt Group
are now enjoying monthly meetings
once more.
We meet on the 1 st Monday of each
month, 7.00-9.00pm (or the 2 nd if the
1 st is a Bank Holiday) at The New
Milton Community Centre, Osborne Rd, BH25
6EA.
If you have an interest in patchwork and quilting
then please pop along to meet us, we would love
to see you. All abilities are welcome. Members
come from all areas of the Forest including
Ringwood, Bournemouth and Lymington. We are
now able to offer our full programme of events.
At meetings we have a library loan scheme, sales
table, raffle, sometimes a local trader and
speakers or a social sewing opportunity to display
projects. And don’t forget to bring along if you
would like to, your completed item that you have
sewn for our ‘Show and Tell’.
We regularly raise money for local charities and
are involved in making quilts for children and
babies in our local hospitals and for young people
leaving the care system. During the last two years
we have made over 500 reusable bags for our
local foodbank.
We are a membership organisation, but we do
have some spaces this year.
Our next meeting is on March 7 th which is our
AGM. On April 4th we look forward to welcoming
Jennie Rayment (from Just Hands-On TV) to give a
talk entitled ‘Nipper and Tucker’ followed on
Tuesday 5 th April by an all-day workshop ‘Fizz
Bang Wallop’. All talks and workshops are open to
visitors at a cost £5 and £30 respectively. The
programme of events is advertised on our
Facebook page
Members of the New Milton Men’s Shed are celebrating the planning approval of their
permanent shed at Fawcett’s Field. Formed three years ago, this local group is affiliated to the
established U.K Men's Shed Association, and have been involved helping with community
projects. They are currently working from a temporary shed supplied by New Milton Council from
which they have been able to create items to contribute to our projects and to sell in order to
raise money for their new shed.
Future fund raising events include The Lions Easter Extravaganza at New Milton's Recreation
Ground between 11 – 4pm on Saturday 16 th . April, followed the next day at the Fawcett's Field
Sunday Car Boot Sale, which we are organising between 7am to midday.
On the social side, they meet every Friday between midday and 2pm at the Fawcett's Field Social
Club (Christchurch Road, New Milton) where we keep up to date with events, the occasional
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informative talk and discussions.
To advertise email: jqpeacock@gmail.com, or call 01590 643969 / 07801 562358