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Club & Societies - local activities

Bishopstoke Players - review

Street Pastors - a community project

Southern Crime Stoppers - community news










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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!


Clubs & Societies
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 available.

Fair Oak Gardening Club   t: 80 692305 

2nd Monday 7.30pm Village Hall, Shorts Road

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

Fair Oak Women's Institute   t:80 694145

 Last Wednesday 7.30pm Village Hall, Shorts Road

Bishopstoke Players   t:80 693032

Rehearsals / Club Nights Thursdays 7.45 back room Bishopstoke Memorial Hall

Fair Oak Bowling Club   t:80 600111

Fri, Sun and Mon afternoon/evening Village Hall, Shorts Road

NCT First time mums group

Ring Julie on 80 275955

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.

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.

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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