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1. Worries and joy of an instant family
Get Hampshire, Wednesday 24 December 2008Action for Children — formerly the National Children’s Home or NCH — specialises in finding adoptive homes for children who, sadly, because of their age, are more difficult to place than babies and toddlers.
2. Santa and the Aldershot Rotary Float
Get Hampshire, Friday 5 December 2008Aldershot Rotary is once again taking to the streets of the town and calling at houses collecting for local charities as they have done for more than 50 years.
3. Singing helps keep minds active
Get Hampshire, Tuesday 21 October 2008What a glorious feeling - they’re singing for the brain.
4. Intrepid Tom gets ready for three months in Nepal
Get Hampshire, Monday 6 October 2008An intrepid 22-year-old from Yateley is heading off to Nepal on October 12, as part of a project to promote under-standing and fight poverty.
5. Bra-vo - We've plenty to get off our chests
Get Hampshire, Monday 6 October 2008An Aldershot shop is helping the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice to raise money — by collecting unwanted bras.
6. Fun from interacting intensively
Get Hampshire, Thursday 2 October 2008Adults with learning disabilities living in Surrey, Hamp-shire and Berkshire are particularly fortunate to have a valuable resource at their disposal — a charity called Parity for Disability.
7. Be a Source of support
Get Hampshire, Friday 26 September 2008Volunteers are needed for a youth charity that mentors and offers life skills to disaffected young people.
8. Help raise funds for veterans
Get Hampshire, Thursday 25 September 2008New volunteers are needed for this year’s Poppy Appeal.
9. Band shows a touch of brass
Get Hampshire, Thursday 25 September 2008Alder Valley Brass Band musicians could have been forgiven 15 months ago for sounding The Last Post as membership had declined so dramatically that they had to downgrade to a ten-piece band.
10. Sign language courses are not just for the deaf
Get Hampshire, Thursday 11 September 2008For around 70,000 profoundly deaf people, British Sign Language is their first language and it offers an open door to fluent communication, friendship and, in some cases, employment opportunities.