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Home-Start is the UK’s leading family support charity.  There are Home-Start branches all over the country and the first Home-Start scheme was launched in 1973.  Each local Home-Start is an independently registered charity.

Home-Start Butser was established in 1998 by the local community to support families with young children.  It covers a large area of East Hampshire, from Greatham in the North to Rowlands Castle in the South.

I have been able to help Home Start every year that we have awarded grant funding by £500 and while the support they give in each area is confidential I do know that they have made a significant difference to households in Clanfield and Horndean.

Here is a link to find out more about Butser Home Start

Clanfield Co-Op site between the parishes of Clanfield and Horndean and an excellent location for a Defibrillator station to give vital support for the community. Horndean Parish Council have a network of Defibrillators by Nico’s, Napier Hall and Jubilee and Clanfield have also added to the network.

In the event of a heart attack chest compressions will keep the blood circulating around the body which keeps the brain alive until help arrives – but every minute help takes the change of successful resuscitation drops by 10%. CPR alone is very unlikely to restart the heart but a Defibrillator has a much bigger chance.

If you dial 999 to get help for a heart attack victim the operator will ask if you have someone with you who can get a local defibrillator and they know the location of all of the closest machines. These are generally opened with a number code that the operator will give.

In a grant award earlier this year I was able to support the scheme by £745

The New Blendworth Centre are another great local organisation that support adults with learning difficulties and disabilities. they actively engage in the local community and have a fleet of ageing minibuses to move their users about. One of these life expired vehicles was in desperate need of replacement and I was very pleased to be able to support with £610 to help complete the funding. Cllr Elaine Tickell also supported the fund raising as did Aviva with a large contribution.

The charity have another few vehicles that are nearing the very end of their service lift so if you are a business with a vehicle you might like to donate to help then I am sure they would be very pleased to hear from you.

The centre also has plant sales to help raise funds and to find out more visit their website on this link here: New Blendworth Centre

Councillors Elaine Tickell and Guy Shepherd visited us on Friday to have a look at our new minibus that was generously donated by the Friends of The New Blendworth Centre and partly by the Aviva Community Fund.

The New Blendworth Centre is a day provision for post 19 year old people with varying degrees of learning difficulties/disabilities. The Centre offers its Service Users a work orientated placement in a semi-sheltered environment, situated in the village of Horndean in Hampshire. The Centre aims to develop and support individual goals, encourage friendships, raise self-esteem and promote confidence and independence. Referrals for placement at the Centre can be made through either your local social services office or by contacting the Centre direct.

Within the Centre grounds there is a small nursery outlet with many poly tunnels and potting sheds which facilitates the service users activities. From seed sowing, plant cuttings, potting on, cleaning stock and generally keeping the nursery and its display areas clean and tidy, makes for a busy day at the Centre. The end product of these on-site activities can be purchased by the general public in our nursery shop.

In the last few months I have been able to support a number of local charities and organisations that give invaluable support in the community – Here is a bit of information about one of them, The Rosemary Foundation, who provide a “Hospice At Home” support service.

The Rosemary Foundation was established in June 1997 when a group of Palliative Care Nurses formed an ‘At Home’ service following the closure of Bordean House, just outside Petersfield.

From the early days of four patients and financed entirely by personal contributions from the Nurses and volunteers involved, The Rosemary Foundation has grown into a highly respected and important provider of care within the communities we serve. We now care for around 250 patients 24/7 annually, although still completely voluntarily funded, we have cared for 2500 patients in the last 21 years.

Based in Petersfield, our reach extends to an approximate 15 mile radius of Petersfield, and our nurses and carers travel the equivalent of driving twice around the World each year.

It costs nearly £1500 per day, every day of the year, to deliver our services, which are provided by our 16 wonderful , caring and dedicated team of nurses and healthcare workers along with a loyal team of volunteers.

Rosemary Roundation Website link

A while ago Outline planning permission was granted on Land East Of Horndean. Since then the land owners and developer have been organising site investigation works to establish the extent of the sink holes so that they can develop the masterplan to come to a fixed layout.

Bloor Homes who have the option on Hazleton and Pyle Farms will be presenting the updated masterplan to the community for comments.

This will be at Merchistoun Hall on Wednesday 12th December 2018 from 2:30pm to 8:00pm. Written invitations will be going out to local residents and adverts placed in The Post and The News but this consultation is open to all residents of Horndean and Rowlands Castle who have views on the scheme. All are welcome.

The revised masterplan will still deliver the primary School, Community building, MUGA, Playing fields and other S106 items.

The sinkhole survey results also show that there are very few issues with the land so there is also the possibility to build more than 700 homes on the same allocated site. this will have two significant benefits – It will prevent another green field being built on somewhere else in our community and will also result in a further opportunity for some S106 items.

Please fill in feedback forms at the consultation and also feel free to post your comments here on this blog too so that they can be shared with the community at large.

Below is the formal invitation on behalf of Bloor Homes who are running this consultation.

Dear Resident,

INVITATION TO A PUBLIC EXHIBITION

Bloor Homes would like to take this opportunity to invite you to a Public Exhibition relating to their updated proposals for Land to the East of Horndean (please see site map on the reverse of this invitation).

The exhibition will be held at Merchistoun Hall, 106 Portsmouth Road, Horndean, PO8 9LJ on Wednesday 12th December 2018 from 2.30pm to 8.00pm

As you may be aware, the site already benefits from outline planning permission for new homes and supporting infrastructure, including community facilities. Since the original application was granted, the project team has undertaken a significant amount of technical work which will inform a new outline planning application to be submitted to the Council in early December 2018. Although this application will follow the broad principles established as part of the previously approved scheme, we would like to share our updated plans with you and provide you with an opportunity to ask questions of the project team who will be in attendance on the day.

In the meantime, if I can provide any further information please do not hesitate to contact me via our freephone number: 0800 232 1794.

Yours sincerely

Jeremy Handel For and on behalf of Bloor Homes

The Cllrs and Staff at Horndean Parish Council would like to invite us all to the carol service on Tuesday 11th December starting at 7:00pm in the square in Horndean. Please bring a few coins for the charity collection supporting the Two Saints Charity.

Urgent Police Appeal

FOUR boys, who attempted to a rob a man in Clanfield were armed with a ‘small axe’. Police are investigating the incident which took place at 12.15am on Sunday in South Lane Meadow, off South Lane. A police spokeswoman said: ‘At about 12.15am a 21-year-old man was walking through the field off of South Lane when he was approached by four boys.

One of the boys had a knife and demanded the man’s phone and wallet. At that time another boy produced a weapon, which was described as a small axe. ‘The man fought off the boy with the knife and fled the scene.’

The boy with the knife was described as aged between 10 and 16 years old, five foot eight with dark hair. He was wearing black jeans and a dark grey hoody with a Thorpe Park ‘swarm grenade’ logo. A police spokeswoman added: ‘We’d like to hear from anyone who recognises the boy from the description given.

‘Does your son, or any of your children’s friends have a hoody like the one described? Was your son out in the early hours of Sunday? Did he come home with any injuries?’ Call police on 101. 

Read more at: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/four-boys-armed-with-axe-and-knife-attempt-to-rob-man-in-clanfield-1-8712797