We've made our mark over the past 70 years. Below you'll find some of the impacts we've had, which were gathered for our 70th anniversary in 2021.
Our history
70 years of community impact
70 years of community impact
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Helping communities and people thrive!
Whether it’s a large charity, a small lunch club, or a social enterprise, we enable and inspire people, organisations...
Action Hampshire is proud to support local business leaders!
We are delighted to be working with the Solent LEP on the England-wide Peer Networks programme. This is a...
We delivered LearningNet – a workforce development project funded by the Learning and Skills Council
The LearningNet Consortium was created by a group of voluntary sector organisations. The aim was to strengthen the VCSE sector...
The village of Curdridge is the latest scheme to be developed with 8 affordable homes being built.
We have facilitated a working group with the Parish Council, the Landowner, Hastoe Housing Association and Winchester City Council...
From the early 2000s, our rural work had a big focus on community-led planning (used to be called village appraisals):
We worked with the parishes to create community plans where they identified their issues through wide consultation and then...
The LNF Scheme and Beat the Drum
The LNF was a scheme funded through the Department for Education and Skills. Grants of up to £7,000 were...
Warmth Matters with Surrey Community Action and SSEN
We started the Warmth Matters project in 2019, delivered jointly with Surrey Community Action, funded by Scottish and Southern...
In November 2007, we employed a social enterprise specialist to offer expert social enterprise support to individuals, groups and organisations in the VCSE sector.
We aimed to develop the capacity of the VCSE sector to support the development of social enterprise. Demand was...
Counselling for Survivors
In the late 80s, we (formerly known as Hampshire Council of Community Service) noted the need for more coherent...
We have been providing community building and village hall expertise since the 1950s!
When Action Hampshire was first founded we were known as ‘The Council of Social Service. In our 1961 annual...
In early 2011, we led on research showing that vulnerable adults do not always feel safe when they are out in the community.
The research was based on two focus groups. The first looked into the needs of older people, linking into...
Housing Needs Survey in Kingsley
In 2015, we carried out a housing need survey in Kingsley identifying a housing need from local residents and...
The Hordle Community Association
In 1988-89, Action Hampshire (formerly known as Hampshire Council of Community Services) supported a group of residents in Hordle...
Introducing and Fostering VCSE Relationships
Action Hampshire uses its networks and local knowledge to introduce and connect people so everyone can deliver more. We...
We provided guidance to Hampshire community buildings throughout the pandemic
We published 35 bulletins between April 2020 to September 2021. This included 371 contacts at 265 different organisations. The...