Pea and Mint Soup
(vegan and vegetarian option – do not add the cream) Time – 30 minutes Cost £2.50 – 50p per portion Makes 5 good portions Ingredients 1 bunch spring onions, trimmed and roughly chopped 1...
Category: News
Rotary Helping Turkey & Syria
SHELTERBOX Saturday 18th February saw Rotarians in Basingstoke and friends of Rotary in Festival Place collecting to help Turkey and Syria after the devastating earthquake. Thanks to Festival Place Management team who gave us...
Congratulations to Revd Andrew Micklefield and Revd Michael Smith
Many congratulations to Revd Andrew Micklefield and Revd Michael Smith, who have both been appointed to the role of Honorary Canon at Winchester Cathedral. This is in recognition of their dedicated service to the...
Disability Awareness Day
The Malls, Basingstoke Town Centre Friday 28th April 2023. Basingstoke and District Disability Forum (BDDF) is a local charity Basingstoke Deane Rotary are happy to support and showcase what BDDF are doing to help...
Local History Snippets
Jane Austen and the Prince of Wales at Kempshott Park From her home at nearby Steventon Jane Austen would have been a regular visitor to many of the local large houses and she was...
Generous grant means art wellbeing project can continue to help local homeless and vulnerable people
Staff and volunteers at The Camrose Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed people recently hosted Lord and Lady Lymington, who visited to find out more about the creative arts and wellbeing project artWell that...
Taking Steps Towards Net Zero Carbon in Basingstoke
When the heating system at Saint Mark’s Church in Kempshott was condemned as unsafe, the Church Council knew they had an expensive problem, and one which would limit the building’s use by the community. ...
HOMELESSNESS CHARITY CALLS ON COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE BIG BASINGSTOKE SLEEP OUT
Local homelessness charity Julian House is bringing the Big Basingstoke Sleep Out back to May’s Bounty Sports Ground on Friday 24th March 2023. Families, friends and colleagues are being challenged to sleep outside for...
Schoolreaders Needed to Spread the Joy of Reading in Hampshire Schools
Children’s literacy charity Schoolreaders is looking for more volunteers who can help spread the joy of reading to children in Hampshire primary schools – especially around Basingstoke. A recent survey1 of young people by...
Focus on the Friends of the Willis Museum
“Museums are not static but dynamic”: thus wrote George Willis, (1877-1970) Basingstoke shopkeeper, antiquarian and local historian, one time mayor, first Freeman of the Borough, and, in 1931, the founder of the Borough Museum...
