GET YOUR GRANT AND SUPPORT YOUR CHARITY

GET YOUR GRANT AND SUPPORT YOUR CHARITY

Despite being the largest grant maker to specialise in awarding grants, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation still flies somewhat under the radar. In response to the pandemic, it awarded 483 grants totalling £1.85 million to support local charitable groups and organisations across the region and it wants to encourage more groups to come…

CHEER FOR CHARITY: CHANDLER’S FORD FUNDRAISES FOR TEENAGE SCOUT
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CHEER FOR CHARITY: CHANDLER’S FORD FUNDRAISES FOR TEENAGE SCOUT

Local explorer, Matt Taylor, will be hitting the trail for the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea next year thanks to local fitness fans. He has been working tirelessly to gather money for both his trip and to help less fortunate guides and scouts attend. The team of personal trainers from Studio Twenty 3 at…

SOUTHAMPTON FC LEGEND FRANCIS BENALI RECEIVING AN MBE FOR RAISING £1.2 MILLION
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SOUTHAMPTON FC LEGEND FRANCIS BENALI RECEIVING AN MBE FOR RAISING £1.2 MILLION

Saints’ soccer legend, Francis Benali, who became the city’s marathon man, has been saluted by the Queen for raising £1.2 million for Cancer Research UK. The 52-year-old picked up the MBE from The Princess Royal who quipped: “Have you run here today?” Franny, who played football for 20 years for Southampton FC in nearly 400…

LOCAL YACHTSMAN REPEATS 700-MILE CHALLENGE 40 YEARS ON FOR HIS DAD

LOCAL YACHTSMAN REPEATS 700-MILE CHALLENGE 40 YEARS ON FOR HIS DAD

40 years ago, Chandlers Ford yachtsman, Jonathan Moon, watched his father take part in the Fastnet Yacht Race, a 700-mile offshore race starting at Cowes and finishing in Cherbourg. Jonathan said: “I still recall going to watch the start from the Green at Cowes and the feeling of excitement and worry, after all this was…

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