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Features
These features represent the best of news, information
and reportage across the area - there may be more
specific information in the area links to the right.
Please do send us your news!
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Clubs & Societies
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Fair Oak Art & Craft Society t: Linda
Butcher 80 601431
Wednesdays (except last Wednesday) Village
Hall, Shorts Road. 7.30 pm. Full Programme and workshops
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Fair Oak
Gardening Club t: 80 692305
2nd Monday 7.30pm Village Hall, Shorts Road |
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Free Health Walks t:80 684813
Regular walking can help prevent heart disease,
strokes, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and diabetes. Fridays
9.30am Fair Oak |
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Fair Oak Women's Institute t:80 694145
Last Wednesday 7.30pm Village Hall, Shorts
Road |
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Bishopstoke Players t:80 693032
Rehearsals /
Club Nights Thursdays 7.45 back room Bishopstoke Memorial Hall |
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Fair Oak Bowling Club t:80 600111
Fri, Sun and Mon afternoon/evening Village
Hall, Shorts Road |
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NCT First time mums group
Ring Julie on 80 275955 |
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Eastleigh
Group of the Ramblers Association
Click here for the website
Quarterly walks programmed with dates and
meeting times. All walks graded normally between 5 and 12
miles. |
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Wyvern FC
community youth football club t: Colin Hazeldine 02392 723665
Based at
Wyvern school campus in Fair Oak. Boys and girls ranging from
under 8's to under 18's Partnered by
Southampton FC. |
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Lions Club of
Eastleigh t:80 252196
1st Friday
monthly at the Holiday Inn, Eastleigh at 8pm
Please let us know if you'd like your
club or society listed here!
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Babes In The Wood
- review
Babes in the wood was fun. Especially for
our children; although on the night we went the audience were
actually more children at heart rather than in age! Slapstick,
singing and sinister laughs (from the Baddie - not the audience
you understand) were the order of the day. We joined in with
gusto – or at least I did whilst our boys sort of fidgeted
embarrassedly.
There were some new faces as well as the usual favourites, all
decked out in bright and colourful costumes.
Everyone enjoys a good dame and you always get a good one with
Jon Morgan who sported a dizzying collection of wild frocks and
even wilder hair. I always think that a dame with less than 10
changes of clothes is no dame at all (although I don‟t know if
Jon would agree with me. He should get an Oscar for “fastest
costume changes”)
A special mention must go to the pianist Glenda Paris who did an
awesome job accompanying the singing.
All in all an enjoyable evening.
Next up : A comedy called “A Foot in the
Door”
Oh no it isn‟t!, Oh yes it is!
www.bishopstokeplayers.org.
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Following meetings between
Church Leaders and the Police of the Eastleigh Borough,
agreement was reached that it would be good to explore
the possibility of utilising the national initiative
known as Street Pastors to further supplement and
bolster the community interface between the community
and the Police and local Parish Council in Fair Oak and
Horton Heath. The Church is in a unique position to
provide such volunteers. On 18 June 2007, Chief
Inspector Diana Boyles made a presentation, together
with Church Leaders, to the Fair Oak and Horton Heath
Parish Council. After fielding questions following her
report, the Parish Council voted unanimously to give
permission for training of Street Pastors to begin!
The Rev. Les
Issacs, Leader of Street Pastors, will be visiting the Parish on
5 September 2007 to discuss with Church Leaders, Local Authority
Representatives and the Police, the format of the training and
the oversight and guidance that Street Pastors will offer from
its national headquarters, The Ascension Trust. It is then hoped
that training will begin mid-September 2007 for all interested
Christian people. The training will be carried out over the
period up to Christmas 2007 and permit an early 2008 launch of
the Street Pastors.
It should be
emphasised that the Street Pastors initiative is not a reactive
response to any crime in Fair Oak and Horton Heath, rather it is
the next logical step following the great success of the arrival
of the PCSO's. Street Pastors simply exist to express "love on
the streets" at the Pubs and outside "gatherings" that occur,
particularly on Friday and Saturday nights. In this way, it is
hoped by the Churches that a Christian presence of unconditional
love on the streets, week-in, week-out, will make Fair Oak and
Horton Heath an even safer and more loving place to live than
presently. It is genuinely hoped that by expression of acts of
kindness and building of relationships over time, it will bring
even greater community cohesion and be a weekly reminder of the
very close partnership between Church, Police and Local Council.
If you would like to know more information
about Street Pastors, please check out
www.streetpastors.org.uk. The local Street Pastors
Co-ordinators are Peter Broom and Sheena Graham. If you would
like any more local information, please contact the St. Thomas'
Church Parish Office between 9am and 2pm weekdays on
02380 695786 and the Church
Administrators can then get Sheena and Peter to contact you.
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Crimestoppers is appealing to the public to give
information they may have about domestic violence, or
abuse of a loved one, colleague or neighbour. Two women
are killed every week by a current or former male
partner in England and Wales. Domestic Violence accounts
for around 35% of all murders.
Due to changes in the Domestic Violence, Crime and
Victims Act 2004, victims have increased protection
available to them. Third party information can now play
a prominent role in building a prosecution case around
domestic violence, due to changes in legislation.
This has meant that Crimestoppers can now be more active
in asking for information from third parties, as the
identity of the caller is protected by anonymity. Their
information can play an important role in getting
offenders prosecuted.
Crimestoppers has piloted domestic violence campaigns
elsewhere in the country over the past year. The pilot
saw an increase in the number of calls to Crimestoppers
and to the local police forces. Following the successful
pilot, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Crimestoppers is
encouraging people to call the charity anonymously on
0800 555 111 to pass on information they may have about
someone they know is suffering from domestic abuse or
someone they know who is doing it.
Many people may still see domestic violence as a private
issue. It isn‟t. It is a crime, and information is
needed to help make arrests and build prosecution cases.
It is vital that people are aware that the information
they have on domestic violence can help bring offenders
to justice and safety to the victim.
Domestic violence is one of the most harrowing crimes;
for someone to be physically and mentally abused by a
person they love and trust is hard for most people to
imagine.
If you’ve information about any crime, please call
Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or
log on to
www.mostwanted-uk.org.
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