Page 16 • The HERALD • 20th April 2023 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v WATERSIDE NETWORK GROUP: MEMBER FOCUS by Simon Chadwick Now we’re well into spring, I’d like to introduce you to a Waterside Network Group member that’s a perfect t for the year ahead. Have you always fancied getting out on to the water but the costs of owning, maintaining and mooring a boat are out of your reach? Well, Freedom Boat Club o ers another way. Freedom Boat Club o ers hassle-free boating where they take care of the boats and all you have to do is turn up and use them. eir aim is to make boating accessible to all, so it doesn’t matter what previous experience you have, Freedom Boat Club will o er full unlimited training to ensure you have the skills you need. Based in Hythe Marina, members get to enjoy unlimited use of the boats available. But there’s more to membership than just getting out onto Southampton Water and the Solent. Freedom Boat Club has over 380 worldwide locations, so if you’d like to go boating elsewhere in the UK, across Europe, and all over the USA, then you have access to those boats as well. It’s a great way to plan, and make the most of, future holidays. Freedom Boat Club encourages the social side of club membership, so whether that’s meeting up with fellow members, bringing family along, or introducing your own friends to a trip out on the water, there’s much to enjoy. Between the 21st and 23rd April, Freedom Boat Club will be exhibiting at the South Coast Boat Show in Ocean Village (tickets are free), so please feel free to pop by and say hello. Or, you’re welcome to call in at the clubhouse on Hythe Marina at any time where you’ll be assured a warm welcome. To nd out more, please contact Alex Farrow at Freedom Boat Club directly using the contact details opposite. Alex Farrow, Freedom Boat Club COOKING UP A STORM! Tickets are selling quickly for the Hythe and Waterside Rotary annual Foundation Dinner on Wednesday 17th May but it’s not too late if you would like to attend. A warm welcome awaits! Courtesy of Lord Montagu, this dinner will again be held in the beautiful historic surroundings of e Domus at Beaulieu with a glass of bubbly on arrival followed by a four course meal. is year’s a er-dinner speaker will be Luke Holder, Director Chef at Lime Wood Hotel, Lyndhurst who will give a talk entitled ‘Culinary Travels – A Chef’s Life’. Tickets are £40 and all pro ts raised from this event will be used to support local, national and international Rotary charities. If you would like to know more about this event or to book tickets please email: charitydinner@hwrotary.org or telephone 023 8181 8187. OLD TIME MUSIC HALL e Inner Wheel Club of Hythe & District is proud to present an Old Time Music Hall in the Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe on Saturday 29th April. e evening’s Chairman will be o ering you, ‘at enormous expense’, a nostalgic and light-hearted tribute to music hall stars, songs and favourites, including musical medleys, instrumentals, comedy songs and monologues – plus a little ‘audience participation’! Step back in time and join in this celebration of music hall entertainment. Doors will open at 7pm with an opportunity to purchase a beverage at the cash bar before the performance, and again during the interval. ere will also be a ra e, with all proceeds from the evening supporting the Beaulieu based charity, The Countryside Education Trust. So, dust o your glad-rags and join the fun ‘Down At e Old Bull and Bush’. For tickets at £15 each, contact denise. saundershq@gmail.com Age Concern New Forest would like to thank the local Facebook Group ‘Waterside Women’ for their wonderful £500 donation. e Charity was nominated as a local good cause and received the most votes. Age Concern New Forest CEO, Teresa Blakey said: “Age Concern New Forest is very thankful for all the votes and this kind donation for our local Independent Charity. This donation will help support all our local services for our local older people.” Thank You for the Donation
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