14th November 2024 • The HERALD • Page 31 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v 4 Windows 10 & Windows 11 4 iMac & MacBook Repairs 4 iPhone & iPad Repairs 4 Fast Turn Around 4 Audio Problems 4 Email Problems 4 Specialist Equipment Repairs 4 Any Fault Repaired 4 Priority Service 4 Phone Repairs 4 Tablet Repairs 4 All Computers Repaired Phone: 01794 517142 • Email: info@firstforitrepairs.co.uk 1 Corn Market, Romsey SO51 8GB These are just some of our services Visit: www.firstforitrepairs.co.uk for full list of services PVCu DOOR SPECIALIST LOCK PROBLEMS? We Can Help with ALL types of Locks • Fix or Replace • Gain Entry Call us on 07453 327708 or 023 8155 0025 (24hr Service) • Police Approved Key Safes • All Work Guaranteed • Fully Insured • No Call Out Charge • No VAT YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT LOCKSMITH HYTHE AND DIBDEN COMMUNITY CENTRE BRIEFING from Hythe and Dibden Community Centre their own projects. Worked roses are a favourite! Alongside their sewing they chat and get to know each other, also learn and discuss things relating to the past, present and even hopefully the future. us ful lling the U3A aim to Learn, Laugh, Live. If you’d like to join them, they meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday mornings of the month at Hythe & Dibden Community Centre. In other news: We will be opening the Centre on Saturday 30th November as part of the Mistletoe Fayre. e two halls will be open for anyone wishing to set up an indoor stall. Please contact Chris at the Community Centre if you wish to book a place – ursdays are best. And if you’re looking for that little gi for Christmas – we, along with e Herald are still selling copies of both: ‘Fawley and the Southern Waterside’ (with Clare Murley) and ‘Hythe: A Waterside Village’ by Graham Parkes and published by Waterside Heritage. Both books are well worth the read if you’re interested in the history of the Waterside. e third volume, on Dibden Purlieu, is in the works but delayed following Graham’s death last year. A reminder that the Games A ernoon is still programmed to take place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 2pm to 4pm. We have a selection of games, or please bring your own if you have a favourite that you would like to share. As before the cost will be £2 which includes a hot drink and a slice of cake. Visitors to the Community Centre are reminded that refreshments are available for visitors to and users of the Centre, during opening hours. is is number ve in our series of “brie ngs” informing Herald readers of some of the groups that meet here and their activities within the Centre. is next group, like last edition’s “Canasta” are also members of the New Forest Waterside U3A. e “Hand Embroidery Group” came into being just 2 years ago. U3A members who enjoyed the hobby of hand embroidery or who felt they would perhaps enjoy a new challenge were invited to join. An informal meeting was held to decide if anyone would like or were able to attend two meetings a month. ey could and they are now a friendly active group of all abilities of embroidery with new members always welcome. From time to time they set themselves new group projects which might include some stitches new to the group which they can then use on Local Charity Celebrates Share of £1million Fund e Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust based in Fordingbridge has received a £20,000 funding boost as part of Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards to support the vital work they do in the area. For the sixth year running, Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards is giving away over £1million to charities across the year and invites members of the public to nominate causes close to their hearts. e Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is a leading UK charity conducting conservation science to enhance the British countryside for public bene t. For over 90 years the charity has been researching and developing game and wildlife management techniques. ey use the research to provide training and advice on how best improve the biodiversity of the countryside. Further winners will be revealed later in the year and residents across Hampshire are encouraged to keep nominating local charities by visiting: movementforgood. com/. Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive at Benefact Group, said: “We would like to thank every single person who took the time to nominate a good cause as part of our Movement for Good Awards. Benefact Group is a family of award-winning specialist financial services companies and the third largest corporate donor to charity in the UK. Owned by a charity ourselves, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do. All of our available profits go to good causes and the more the Group grows, the more the Group can give. We are delighted to be able to donate over £1million to good causes each year through our Movement for Good Awards and are grateful to all our supporters, including the customers of the trusted insurer, Ecclesiastical, and the responsible and sustainable asset manager, EdenTree. We know that £1,000 can make a huge difference to the incredible work that charities do and we’re looking forward to seeing how this financial boost will change lives for the better.” Benefact Group has donated over £200million to charitable causes since 2014 and last year was recognised as the third biggest corporate giver in the UK. e organisation aims to reach £250million in donations by 2025. Movement for Good is funded by EIO plc, part of the Benefact Group. Visit www. movementforgood.com to nominate a charity now.
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