COMMUNITY

Upper Itchen Benefice Churches

Within the Upper Itchen Benefice there are a number of benefice-wide community initiatives which support individuals, villages, and local and global communities - please see below for details of some of these. If you would like to join the teams of volunteers for any of these ventures, or you have other ideas you would like to see developed, please email: community@upperitchen.org.uk

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UPPER ITCHEN VOLUNTARY CARE GROUP Need a helping hand with something? Please call our special Voluntary Care Group (VCG) mobile number for assistance: Telephone: 07906 954566 Our team of volunteers can help you with small tasks such as shopping, collecting prescriptions, transport to appointments/lunch clubs/mobile library, brief respite for carers, walking a dog, visiting for a chat, emergency meal assistance, small garden or household help etc Please leave a message with your telephone number if nobody can answer your call. You can also email: caregroup@upperitchen.org.uk. Find out more, plus details for volunteers, on the Upper Itchen Voluntary Care Group page here.
UPPER ITCHEN COMMUNITY LUNCH CLUB Please Join Us for Lunch! Monthly Community Lunches at a different Parish venue each month Everybody very welcome to come along to join in a simple, sociable lunch which gathers people together locally. All you need to do is book a place before the day so that we can cater for the correct number. Optional £3 contribution on the day towards the costs of lunch (any profits go to the Voluntary Care Group funds). Please see News page for details of this month's community Lunch Club, and who the coordinator is so that you can book a place. Please phone the Voluntary Care Group mobile number if you need transport (provided by VCG volunteers). Hope to see you there. Please spread the word and invite people you think might like to join us - Invitations to lunch available to printout here (please adjust to include correct date and contacts)
BIG BENEFICE EVENTS Benfice-wide, big social gatherings, to help bring all 6 villages together and help raise funds for a nominated Benefice Charity and for general benefice funds (to fund Church & Village magazine etc). Events in 2009: BIG BENEFICE ADVENT CAROL SERVICE November, All Saints Church, Hinton Ampner BIG BENEFICE BARN DANCE October, North End Farm Barn, Cheriton BIG BENEFICE EASTER EGG HUNT April, Hinton Ampner Farm Field.
BENEFICE NOMINATED CHARITIES 2009 See the Charities page for details of the 5 charities we currently support for special focus across the Benefice, and how you can help
CHERITON PRIMARY SCHOOL VOLUNTEER CLASSROOM HELPERS A message from the Headteacher: Would you like to help some of the younger community with their school work? We are looking for people who could give up an hour a week or even just half hour to help with a variety of activities. We would love help with reading, sewing, cooking, woodwork or even gardening. Perhaps you have a skill you would like to teach the children in a lunchtime club? We would prefer lunchtimes or afternoons but can be reasonably flexible to fit in with you. Any of your time would be gratefully recieved and would benefit the children enormously. We look forward to hearing from you. Please email co-ordinator Nicola Cecil if you are interested in helping.
BENEFICE BLUE BUCKET DEC APPEALS Look out for the Blue Bucket Collections in church whenever the DEC announces an Emergency Appeal. All money goes directly to the DEC.

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COMMUNITY