We support Hampshire VCSEs who support those who have experienced abuse

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Between 1987-89, Action Hampshire, then known as Hampshire’s Social Services Committee, identified a lack of clarity about where adults...

We promote and support communities with rural affordable housing

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By 2014, the average rural home cost 14 times the average income. Our booklet ‘A Home for Where the...

We delivered a series of workshops to support VCSE organisations with commissioning & tendering

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Between 2017-19, Lloyds Bank Foundation published a report: “Commissioning in Crisis. How current contracting and procurement processes threaten the...

Championing the experience and needs of rural communities and using evidence to inform policy

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In 1973, we started a two year research project to understand the impact of major housing expansion in 4...

Supporting Village Halls throughout COVID-19

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We acted as a key source of information for village halls and community buildings over the last several decades,...

We are dedicated to working with parish councils to deliver affordable homes for local people

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In 2002, we established the Rural Housing Enabler service in Hampshire and we continue to support the provision of...

We produce a State of the VCSE Sector report every two years, on behalf of Hampshire CVS Network.

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Whether you’ve been volunteering, shielding, furloughed, struggling with work-life balance, grieving, had work paused or cut short, been part...

We supported and promote the services of diverse communities

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As part of Community Action Portsmouth (CAP), we supported the Guinea Community of Portsmouth (GCP), which was set up...

We founded Hampshire’s CVS organisations

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Having operated for 15+ years. in the 1960s we started to establish local committees, which were initially part of...

We support and promote the work of environmental organisations

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As part of our work in Bordon, East Hampshire in the early 1980s, our first ever Environmental Officer/Ranger worked...

We promote community empowerment!

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In 2010, Action Hampshire administered the Hampshire & IoW portion of the South East Community Empowerment Awards, which was...

We support services that provide art, community, environmental and heritage activities

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From 1979-1983, Action Hampshire started a project in Bordon, a community based around an army base in East Hampshire,...

Our extensive networks mean we can engage with people that others often struggle to reach

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In 2016, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) had a challenge. They were publicly consulting about a significant restructure...

We help services that provide essential support to those that most need it in our communities

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Empowering 2 Change is a cooperative (not for profit) which aims to support people seeking recovery from addiction to...

We supported the promotion of local history in the community

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In 1953, Action Hampshire (previously called HCSS) formed the Hampshire Local History Council, with Bishop of Winchester as Chairman....