Page 24 • The HERALD • 29th January 2026 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v ELECTRICIAN/HANDYMAN FULLY QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN (30YRS EXPERIENCE) • Mains Upgrades • Testing • Extra/Replacement Points/Lights • Outside Lighting • Sockets • Ponds • BT/TV Points • Ethernet Points • CCTV • Fire/Intruder Alarms • Basic Plumbing Repairs • Outside Taps • Showers • Heating Problems • Blinds/Poles Fixed • Flatpacks • Loft Work Boarding, Tidying etc ALL OTHER DOMESTIC WORK CONSIDERED Call Mick on 07738 166453 or email: michaelshelley80@googlemail.com OPENING YOUR HOME IN THE NEW FOREST: HOW LOCAL PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE from Step by Step is by opening their homes. Supported Lodgings supports young people aged 16–21, providing a spare room and day-to-day encouragement while they work towards independence. Fostering supports children and young people up to the age of 18, o ering stability and care within a family home. Both roles are fully supported by Step by Step, with training, professional guidance and nancial allowances. People are carefully matched, and support is provided throughout, so no one is expected to manage this alone. As the year gets underway, Step by Step would welcome hearing from people across the New Forest who may be curious about opening their home, whether now or in the future. To nd out more, visit www.stepbystep.org.uk/open-my-home Across the New Forest, from Hythe and Totton to Lyndhurst, the Waterside and surrounding areas, community life is built on people looking out for one another. It’s a place where local action still matters. At the same time, there are young people in our area who are facing signi cant transitions. Some are leaving care and stepping into adulthood earlier than most. Others are navigating family breakdown or instability. O en, what they need most is not complicated: a safe home, consistency, and an adult they can trust. Step by Step is a long-established local charity supporting young people across Hampshire and the New Forest. We work with young people in a range of ways, o ering advice, wellbeing support and access to safe housing options at critical moments. One of the most practical ways local residents help Supporting young people Hythe Indoor Market As well as the very popular Hythe Market held on the High Street, you will also nd an Indoor Market on Tuesdays in St John’s Church Hall from 9am to 2pm. e indoor market has been running for over 30 years, o ering a wide variety of stalls from local cra ers and sellers. e regular stalls include baby hampers, clothes and gi s, greeting cards, jewellery, homemade cakes, preserves and jams, knitted and textile cra s, engraved wooden gi s and much, much more! You can also take a break from the shopping whilst you are there and enjoy a hot drink from the small café, enjoy a tea, hot chocolate or a choice of co ees, accompanied with a biscuit or two! e Indoor Market will be running fortnightly, until 7th April when the market will be weekly.
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