YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL MAGAZINE WINTER 2014

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Christmas time! Festive fun in the county See page 10 WIN – One of four family tickets to Paultons Park See page 12 WIN – A new composite front door from Ideal Window Solutions See page 29

IN THIS ISSUE Gray Image: Tony Adoption A stroll in Giving children a Old Burghclere positive start in life Getting the long view – see page 18 – see page 26

www.hants.gov.uk From Councillor Roy Perry Welcome Leader of Hampshire County Council Hampshire is and the positive difference it is This kind of approach to working a place that making in local communities differently – joining up and sharing I’ve happily (pages 8-9). services where we can, is ensuring called home for that Hampshire continues to provide almost 50 years, Adoption is also featured strongly high quality, public services at the and I feel very in this edition of Hampshire Now - lowest cost to the taxpayer. Our key fortunate to live illustrating the remarkable impact performance highlights, over the last in a county which it has on the lives of vulnerable year, are set out on page 24. regularly features at the top of children, and their adoptive families Finally, I do hope you will be able surveys for ‘the best place to live (pages 18-19). Resources continue to to make the most of the seasonal in Britain’. Hampshire owes much be prioritised for those residents in events and markets around the to its residents, many of whom most need, supported by innovative county - many of which will be volunteer their time and energy partnerships with other agencies, showcasing local foods and crafts for the benefit of others. I am very such as the collaboration between (pages 10,11 and 20). May I also pleased to be able to promote our Adult Services and colleagues take this opportunity to wish you some of the voluntary work being in the Health service, through the an enjoyable Christmas – and a very undertaken across the county, Integrated Care Teams (page 28). Happy New Year. To find out more about your County Council visit www.hants.gov.uk or call 0845 603 5638*

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Phone: 0845 603 5638* @hantsconnect * Call charges apply, see page 30 Inside this issue 4 16 26 News around Hampshire Improving wellbeing Hampshire walk What’s happening around the county Supporting people to stay safe Enjoy a stroll in and healthy Old Burghclere 8 Volunteering 18 28 Making a difference in communities Adoption Working together for you Giving children a positive start in life 10 Adult social care is changing It’s Christmas time! http://lifelink.radian.co.uk Festive fun in the county 20 30 What’s on Contact us Ideas for things to do this winter How to get in touch with 14 the County Council Good Neighbours Awards Can you nominate a good neighbour? Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk Healthwatch winners Three Hampshire schools have News around Hampshire been awarded cash prizes after pupils entered a competition to design a new Healthwatch Hampshire Wanted: school school logo. escorts for children with Healthwatch Hampshire is the health Special Educational Needs and social care ‘champion’ that helps the public get the best out of their Travelling to school in a taxi when you local health services. are very young would be a worrying experience if it was not for our The organisation is developing a supportive school escorts. They help network of ‘Healthwatch Schools’. children with special needs to get Schools that can show that they have On song: a great year for Hampshire Music Service! to school. taken a ‘whole school approach’ to raising awareness of Healthwatch, A Christmas Celebration at Earlier this year, 2,370 ukulele We currently have around 640 school and health services in general, will be Winchester Cathedral on players played themselves into escorts but would like to recruit more. awarded the accreditation. 5 December for children from the Guinness World Records as Preparing for winter We are on the lookout for kind, caring the county’s Special Schools they joined forces to be the largest The logo competition was won by people. We do not require any formal kicks off a month of festive ukulele orchestra performing on Last winter saw unprecedented • Cut back foliage to ensure that Thomas Alexander, aged 11, and qualifications but experience of working events and concerts featuring stage, at a special record-breaking rainfall leading to the worst flooding saplings do not get established Maddy Rose Forster, aged 10, both with children is essential. A Disclosure the orchestras, choirs and Uke ‘n’ Sing event held at St Marys in recent history, causing severe in the bed or banks of the pupils from Owslebury Primary School. and Barring Service check (previously ensembles supported by Stadium in Southampton. They watercourse. The school was awarded £200 to help damage to the county’s roads. CRB) will also be necessary. We offer a Hampshire Music Service. were supported by more than them run more activities to promote We were awarded £11.5 million • Keep the ditches clear at all full package of training and support. 1,233 singers. healthy living and improve local These include Carols in Winchester by the Government from its Flood times. Do not be tempted to It is an interesting and worthwhile job services. Pupils from the Crescent with the County Youth Band on 13, Further success came in this year’s Recovery funds to assist with dump grass clippings or other but do not just take our word for it. Primary School in Eastleigh and 20 and 24 December – guaranteed Music for Youth National Festival the repairs following the floods. rubbish in them. 4 Sian Buller has been a school escort for Crofton Hammond Infant School in to get shoppers and visitors to the in Birmingham. Five ensembles 5 This has been divided between: In the event of ice or snow this the past ten years and loves it. She has Stubbington were runners up, with ancient city well and truly in the supported by Hampshire Music road resurfacing (£5m), road winter, the County Council’s salt been escorting 15-year-old Willow, who each school awarded £50. festive spirit! Service won regional rounds to get reconstruction (£3.5m), road and is autistic, for nine years. Each day they lorries will be on standby to treat Children in Hampshire have been through to the final. One of them, footway patching (£1.5m), drainage travel together to and from St Francis The winter events cap a triumphant main routes, and you will find salt telling Healthwatch what is good, not ‘The Bernstein Project’, picked up repairs (£0.7m), and bridge repairs School in Fareham. Sian said: year for the Music Service, which is bins in your communities for you to so good and what could be better the award for technical and musical (£0.75m). helping more than 26,000 children excellence for their dynamic treat pavements and minor roads. “If you like children it’s a great about health services. In most cases and young people to develop their This is in addition to the £35 million performance of work by composer job. I’d thoroughly recommend the changes that they suggest should musical talents through its work we spend on our highways as part of Parish and Town Councils also have Leonard Bernstein. be possible to implement quite easily, in schools, with orchestras, choirs our annual structural maintenance an important role in helping you it. The training is excellent and such as more chairs in a waiting room, and ensembles and through To find out more visit budget. Thank you for bearing with prepare during times of flooding I find it really rewarding.” more books and magazines for their and other emergencies. We are instrument hire. www.hants.gov.uk/hms us while this extensive programme Having Sian accompany Willow in age group, and more windows open. working with communities to of works is being completed. the taxi is very reassuring for Willow’s develop action plans and establish For more information visit UK Youth Parliament respective constituencies will be While we work together with various mum, Veronica. “It was nerve-wracking www.healthwatchhampshire.co.uk flood action groups. Some Parishes letting Willow go at first when she was needs you! held on Saturday 24 January 2015, in agencies to minimise the impact have already developed theirs, and or telephone 01962 857357. Winchester. Prospective candidates only five but I know she is in very safe Young people from across Hampshire of severe weather on communities you can contact your Parish or must attend this event in order to around Hampshire, householders hands. Sian knows her really well. They have the chance to stand for election as Town Council Clerk to find out more. have a great relationship. Sian is an complete their election statements. also have a vital part to play. one of four Hampshire representatives absolute superstar! I can’t speak highly Our Emergency Planning and in the UK Youth Parliament. The elections will be held between There are simple steps which you enough of her and the taxi driver who Resilience Team can advise 2 and 13 February, and candidates can take now, to lower the risk take Willow to school.” We are looking for young people any Parish or Town Council, or of flooding to your property, aged 11-18 who live in Hampshire will be able to stand for election community, which would benefit If you are interested in becoming a including: and are UK residents, to be the voice in these geographical areas: from having a local community school escort contact 01962 847169. of young people in the county, as New Forest and Test Valley; Eastleigh, • Carrying out maintenance of emergency plan. For information or to apply online, Winchester and Basingstoke; visit www.newjob.org.uk members of the UK Youth Parliament any watercourses and ditches Fareham, Gosport and Havant; and adjacent to your property, clearing For advice on emergency action from 2015 - 2017. To advertise your business in Hart, Rushmoor and East Hants. out the silt – preferably in the plans visit www.hants.gov.uk/ Hampshire Now please visit A briefing and workshop for summer months but it is not community-resilience www.hants.gov.uk/advertising young people wishing to stand For more information and to register too late to do it now. For more roads information visit call 01962 845520 or email for election as a Member of the visit www.hants.gov.uk/ukyp or call www.hants.gov.uk/roads [email protected] Youth Parliament (MYP) in their 01962 845312.

Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk Driving to support your community “Being a volunteer driver is thoroughly enjoyable. It’s a worthwhile use of my time since retirement and many of my passengers have now become my friends.” Clive, Volunteer Driver, Rushmoor. Do you enjoy driving? Do you have some free time? Would you like to help people in your local area by becoming a volunteer car or minibus driver? If the answer to those questions is ‘yes’ then get in touch because we are looking for volunteer drivers to help people in their own communities. Community transport is a lifeline for maintaining independence to older and disabled people, and those who would otherwise be unable to get out and about. Village shop is a family affair We are working with Hampshire Volunteer Centres, Hampshire CVS Getting up before 6am, not getting can from local producers in order Network, the Good Neighbours to bed until well after midnight and to support the local economy. 6 Support Service and local community 7 working seven days a week may Laura said: transport operators to recruit not be everyone’s idea of ‘living the volunteer drivers. dream’ but to Laura Stainton-Burrell “The support from the and her family, it is. community has been fantastic. To find out more visit www.hants.gov.uk/volunteerdrivers Laura, along with husband Jonny The grant from the County Council made an incredible and her parents Anne and Robin Access public Norris, took over Hockey’s Farm in difference. It allowed us to notices online South Gorley last year, transforming extend as quickly as we could a neglected site into a bustling shop Did you know you can access public and hub for the community. – without it we wouldn’t be notices and important information anywhere near where we are This Christmas will be their first about local authority announcements trading with an extended range of today with the shop. We in your area through our website? We goods in the shop. Although widely are living the dream but it has also publish statutory notices in the regarded for its meat, local people been jolly hard work.” Hampshire Independent newspaper, as wanted more from the only shop required by law. in the New Forest village. The shop Future plans include a coffee shop. Our online Public Notice Portal also serves the parish of Ellingham, “We have become a meeting place for provides you with a one-stop shop. Harbridge and Ibsley. people,“ said Laura. “It’s great to see. Statutory public notices feature At the beginning of the year, Laura The Village Agent has held information news about road closures and and Jonny applied for a Village Shop meetings here for older residents. diversions, speed restrictions and Grant from the County Council to We have held fundraising events for other traffic-related issues, as well as help extend the shop premises and charities. Local support has been closures of paths and rights of way. were granted £20,000. The money excellent. We want to build on that.” Non-statutory notices provide information on announcements helped them to double the size of For more information about such as tenders. the shop, enabling them to stock a Village Shop Grants visit: full range of everyday grocery and www.hants.gov.uk/village- You can also sign up for daily email household items as well as fresh local shops-grants alerts and tailor them to suit you. produce, cards, stamps and luxury To see public notices and access foods. Their philosophy is, where information about your area visit possible, to source as much as they www.hants.gov.uk/publicnotices

Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk Volunteering: saluting our Making the most of the in fact it’s part of the attraction for great outdoors! him. The tasks are very varied, from routine hedge cutting and dealing “Hard and hot work but the with overblown trees after the storms, community champions views are worth it!” to helping feed the animals at Staunton. Stuart Barilli, a former retail manager, “I think a society has been volunteering for Hampshire’s “Being a volunteer for the Countryside Service for a couple of Countryside Service ticked all which has months now and loves it so much that Ros, a volunteer with the volunteers is a he hopes it will help him on the way the boxes for me. Each day is Dementia Advisor Service better society.” to a career change. different and you can instantly “I often get asked by friends why That’s the view Stuart is part of a team of volunteers see the difference your work I volunteer and do something of Bruce Parker, who support our Countryside Service. has made. I’d recommend it to unpaid. My answer is simple – former BBC South He helps with conservation and anyone – it keeps you fit and because I love it. I meet lots of frontman and TV journalist. Bruce is countryside management work at healthy too!” a strong advocate of volunteering Crabwood near Winchester, and interesting people and I learn and is endorsing Hampshire Now’s Staunton Country Park in Havant. His To find out more about the about life from their perspective. celebration of the vital contribution volunteer role fits perfectly with his many different volunteering It’s rewarding knowing you have opportunities for the Countryside of volunteers who are the lifeblood studies of Forestry at Sparsholt College. helped someone.” of communities, supporting One person who is doing just that at the for all of us. It has so many stories to tell.” Service, both indoors and outdoors, Ros volunteers once a week for organisations like the County Cathedral is Sandra Showell, a retired Town dweller Stuart doesn’t mind visit: www.hants.gov.uk/ Read on to see how other volunteers Hampshire’s Dementia Advisor Council to provide services to the teacher who is a Cathedral guide. being outdoors in all weathers, countrysidevolunteering are making a real difference in their Service in Andover. The scheme is residents of Hampshire. “Guiding is very similar to teaching. I communities. For more information delivered for the County Council by Bruce says he was an ‘early convert’ want to help people learn as much as about volunteering opportunities in 8 Andover Mind and supports people 9 to volunteering. In his 30s he became they can about the Cathedral. It’s such a Hampshire visit: www.hants.gov.uk/ living with dementia. Ros has been a a member of Friends of Winchester beautiful place, so uplifting. It’s a resource volunteering-activities volunteer for the service for the past Cathedral, which has raised more three years and supports people in a than £4.6 million to help towards the Village a fire safety check, to people with range of different ways, according to upkeep of the Cathedral. Agents more complex needs who they can how dementia has affected them. put in touch with health and social He is now Chairman of The Friends Katie Smith care services. The role is flexible and Sometimes it is going for walks with organisation, which has around 3,600 and Jan as Village Agents they commit to four people, enabling them to continue members. It is currently supporting Murray – here hours a week, helping older people going to places they enjoy safely, the wider £19 million capital appeal to help you locally. and sometimes it is more practical - by Winchester Cathedral Trust, of helping people manage living with which he is also a member. Jan Murray and Katie Smith, both “It’s so varied” said Katie. “In Hook there the effects of dementia, such as retired, have been volunteering as are lots of people who look out for others labelling things in their home to help Bruce says volunteering gives people Village Agents in Hook for the past but we are part of that network; someone them cope with the memory loss. a chance to make a real difference to 18 months and thoroughly enjoy it. else to ask. We don’t always have all the “People shouldn’t be defined by the their local community, while at the Jan said: “It’s fun. It involves a lot of answers but we generally know someone condition they have. People with same time bringing great personal talking to make people aware of what who does. We are really helping people. dementia have led interesting lives and rewards. “Volunteering has no age support there is out there. We meet Even little things make a huge difference Volunteer lay visitors wanted had a range of experiences. They just barriers. It’s something everyone can some great characters, some really to people’s lives. That’s good.” do,” he said. wonderful people.” Would you like to be involved in monitoring the quality of care in need some extra support in their life now. For more information about Hampshire County Council homes for older people? It’s great when you make a connection “It’s good for your health, The County Council-funded scheme, the Village Agent scheme with someone. You know they may not it keeps you active and it delivered in partnership with Age contact 01962 892443 or visit: If so, we are looking for volunteers to visit our residential and nursing remember who you are the next time you homes to talk to residents, staff and relatives and find out what if feels keeps the brain cells going Concern Hampshire, currently covers www.ageconcernhampshire.org.uk/ visit but they know they can trust you 24 villages and ten hamlets where our-services/village-agent.html like to live in the home. and you are there to help.” which is good too! If you volunteer agents help older and In addition to the Village Agents, Volunteers will be asked to commit three or four days a year for this For more information about the have had a career and a range vulnerable residents to access advice Age Concern is currently recruiting purpose. We will be piloting the scheme in six of our homes in Denmead, Dementia Advisor Service visit of life experiences, you do and support services. Community Agent Volunteers for Eastleigh, Fareham, Havant, Emsworth and Bishops Waltham. Training and www.hants.gov.uk/dementia- have things to offer. It’s an The types of enquiries they get urban areas in the Winchester and support is available. advisor-service or ways you can excellent way to give range from simple things like finding Hart areas, which will be funded by For more information call 01962 667824 or visit become involved see www.hants. something back to society.” someone a handyman or organising district councils. www.hants.gov.uk/lay-visitors gov.uk/dementiafriendly

Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk Christmas time in Hampshire Christmas in Hampshire’s Country Parks It may only be November but it is not too soon to be thinking Our beautiful Country Parks have a selection of festive events too, to about Christmas. appeal to all the family. Here is a small taster of what is happening this winter. Festivals and farmers’ markets • Alton on 13 December meat to mature cheese, fruity wine This December, the county will be alive • Winchester on 14 December and homemade gifts, there is plenty Lepe Country Park to whet the appetite. with winter festivals and markets to • Alresford on 15 December Come and make a beautiful wreath tempt you with a wide range of festive • Denmead on 19 December A full, detailed programme of festive for your door using materials collected fare, music, activities for children, and activities is available from from around the park in our Christmas • Emsworth on 20 December local crafts which will make fabulous www.visit-hampshire.co.uk and Wreath Workshop on 9 December from gifts for friends and family. Many towns (dates correct at time of going to print) for more information on Hampshire 1.30pm to 3pm, or 10 December from in Hampshire will be hosting Christmas A special guest in a fur-lined red suit farmers’ markets visit www. 10am to 11.30am (£7.50 per person), or Fayres and Festivals, including (but not will be switching on the lights in hampshirefarmersmarkets.co.uk join our Rangers on 17 December from limited to!): Wickham on 3 December, ahead of the or www.hants.gov.uk/events where 10am to 12.30pm (£10.50 per person) As Christmas approaches, alcohol • Aldershot on 15 November Christmas Fair on 7 December, and he you can also submit your own events to to create a festive woven hedgerow And in the New Year… Dry January is appear for free on our website. can sneak up on our bodies, give our an opportunity to challenge yourself to • Andover on 21 November will be making another appearance in wreath. A mince pie and a hot drink are organs a hard time and make us put on go booze free, save money, lose weight Alresford on 10 December. included and booking is essential. • Fleet on 26 November more weight. You can still drink but aim and make a difference to your health. To book call 023 8089 9108 or visit • Lyndhurst on 27 November to have less by: Many cities will be holding Christmas www.hants.gov.uk/lepe Units of alchohol • Odiham on 27 November Markets and other special events. In • Pacing and spacing: sip slowly, So what is a safe amount to drink? • Lymington on 28 November Winchester, the Cathedral will holding Titchfield Haven space drinks out, have a soft drink/ an opening event with live music and • Men: should not exceed • Gosport on 29 November Come along to our Craft Fayre for water in between lanterns on Friday 21 November. And 3 – 4 units per day 10 some unusual gift ideas. The Fayre, • Swapping to a smaller bottle of 11 • New Milton on 29 November along with the market and ice rink • Women: should not exceed on 29 and 30 November, 9.30am to beer instead of a can, a single • Bishops Waltham on 4 December which starts on 20 November, there is 2 – 3 units per day 4.00pm, showcases quality local arts instead of a double • Basingstoke on 5 December plenty to entertain the family. and crafts, and is a great opportunity • Taking a break – try to have at least • Swapping your usual for a • Whitehill Bordon on 6 December to get away from the bustle of the two days a week when you don’t Hampshire farmers’ markets give you low-alcohol drink drink at all. • Petersfield on 7 December the perfect chance to buy fresh, local, high street to find a unique present for • Romsey on 7 December seasonal produce. From delicious someone special. For information call 01329 662145 or Do not fall foul of the Beware of unsafe electrical visit www.hants.gov.uk/titchfield festive fakers! chargers. Electronic gadgets make for popular Christmas presents but Royal Victoria Country Park, Hampshire County Council’s Trading make sure that you always use the Netley Standards has this advice to ensure you right charger for the product. Using can give your gifts with confidence. There are a variety of special events cheaper chargers, or chargers designed throughout December, starting with a Too good to be true? Avoid for use with another product, risks candlelit carol concert on 6 December buying fake goods: they are electric shock or fire. often poor quality and less safe (adults £5 and children, £3.50). Our Know your rights. Find out what than the original products, and it fourth Christmas Tree Festival is on you can do if anything you buy is can be difficult getting your money from 13 to 21 December. Father faulty or goes wrong at www. back if something goes wrong. Christmas will be in his Grotto on 13-14 adviceguide.org.uk. The Citizens Commonly faked goods include: toys, and 20-21 December (£5 per child). Advice Consumer Service can perfume, clothing, bags, jewellery Or you could take a ride on one of the be contacted on 03454 040506. Santa Specials steam trains (£12 per and shoes. Ask yourself: is it of poor person, including entry to the Grotto). construction and finish? Is it too For more consumer advice The indoor skating rink at the Chapel cheap? Where is it sold? Are your information visit will be open from 13 December to 4 online purchases operated by the www.hants.gov.uk/ January, except Christmas Day, Boxing brand itself? If you are suspicious tradingstandards Day and New Year’s Day (tickets £5). about a product, for any reason, do For information call 023 8045 5157 not buy it. or visit www.hants.gov.uk/rvcp

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NL185 Hampshire Now - Early Booking ad - Families Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk Improving wellbeing Seeing the funny side of life Brush up your driving skills to give constructive feedback. He said Marion, 73, from Church Crookham Do you want to update your driving I demonstrated a good, safe standard Here we focus on some of our services and support which enable is also visited under the scheme. skills and knowledge? Or do you of driving and, apart from one mistake Michelle visits her once a week and need some help getting used to a of which I was aware, I drove both people to stay safe and healthy, and enhance their wellbeing. supports Marion in any way she can. new car? safely and smoothly. I would definitely She recently took her to church and recommend the assessments.” Food and Friendship plans are afoot, once Marion is fully If so, why not sign up to our Driver For more information or to book a recovered from a recent hip operation, Skills Scheme 60+ which is available Ralph, 93, from Chandler’s Ford likes Driver Skills Scheme 60+ assessment nothing better than a stroll and a to get out and about a bit more, to those aged 60 and over. It’s a call our Road Safety Team on 01962 natter with Gren, a volunteer for Age taking Michelle’s two lively Westies for chance to sit with a qualified and 846100 or visit www.hants.gov.uk/ Concern’s Food and Friendship Service, a walk and going for a cream tea. approved driving instructor who will older-drivers commissioned by the County Council. “We have a laugh together,” said assess your driving and suggest how Marion. “We see the funny side of life you can enhance your skills. The County Council’s Road Safety The service runs alongside the Meals Team is also a member of the together. She wants to see me happy The assessments, which have been on Wheels service, and provides Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and well and her visits have really awarded the Prince Michael of Kent a vital link for older people. It also Older Drivers Forum - a partnership of made a difference to me.” Award for Road Safety, cost £30 and enables some strong friendships organisations who have experience Michelle added: last around an hour and a half but to develop as Hampshire Now has and expertise in road safety. They discovered… “It’s lovely seeing Marion get they are not driving tests – there’s no Hitting the cold spots pass or fail. provide advice, including: regulations her confidence back after her on driving licensing, assessments “It was the best Christmas searched for funding for a new The company of men operation. I may be a volunteer Pamela Chadwick from Hook, for people with notifiable medical boiler. The family eventually had “We hit it off straight away. I look present we had.” but I think of her as my friend. pictured with her first car, found the conditions, where to go for vehicle a new boiler fitted a week before forward to Gren’s visits – they are the session really useful: adaptions, and help for concerned That is how John from Andover Christmas. Jo said: highpoint of my week,” said Ralph, who The friendship works both ways. described the support he received family members. To book a more 16 lives with his wife Susan. The weekly As a volunteer you can gain a lot “We all get into bad habits don’t we? 17 from our Hitting the Cold Spots “It was a relief having meetings are a rare chance for him to and you can see life from other It is, after all, more than 50 years since specialist assessment, if you have scheme, a partnership programme someone to share the get out since he stopped driving. He people’s perspectives. I really I learned to drive and the roads are so a notifiable medical condition, funded by the County Council working or to obtain a copy of the Driving problems with and to find and Gren talk about his work in the enjoy it and would recommend much busier now. The instructor put me with The Environment Centre to chemical industry, and discuss the at ease and, although it was a bit like Safely for Life guide visit: out what help was available.” it to anyone.” provide advice and support to help news of the day. Susan says the visits a test, it was well worth it. It was very www.olderdriversforum.com “The temporary heating was a families stay warm and healthy. are good for Ralph: “I think men need To find out more about the Food helpful having someone beside me or call 01962 846100. big help. The cold damp conditions John, 57, suffers from poor health the company of other men,” she said. and Friendship Service or to become were affecting us all. It was affecting and is unable to work following a a volunteer visit www.hants.gov. John’s health but I was also getting stroke eight years ago. Although he uk/food-friendship, call 01962 stressed by worrying about it. is mobile, he is very susceptible to 892455 or email food&friendship@ Hitting the Cold Spots support and pneumonia, so when the boiler at his ageconcernhampshire.org.uk. advice was the light at the end of home packed up, it left him and his Our Meals on Wheels service is the tunnel.” family vulnerable. delivering more than 1,000 meals After struggling for several months To find out more about Hitting the a day. If you would like a hot two- course meal delivered to your door with no hot water or heating, and no Cold Spots visit: www.hants.gov. for £3.60 per day then contact the means to replace the boiler, John and uk/cold-spots. To see if you may be service at www.hants.gov.uk/ his wife Jo were reaching the end of eligible for help, call our Hampshire meals-on-wheels or call apetito their tether. The boiler was also leaking information line on 0800 804 8601* The visits are enjoyable for Gren too. on 01962 779338. The service is water, creating damp and unhealthy where a local team of friendly, trained staff are available to anyone He has always enjoyed socialising available to Hampshire residents conditions in their home and with older people. He is retired and aged 55+ who find themselves increasing the risk to John’s health. wanting information and advice. You can also contact the has been volunteering for the Food struggling to shop, cook or eat well. Jo’s sister suggested the family may team by e-mail staywarm@ and Friendship Service since the end An afternoon tea service is also be eligible for some help through environmentcentre.com of last year. “I enjoy the fascinating available to complement the daily the Hitting the Cold Spots scheme. stories. We have interests in common hot lunches and includes a savoury * 9am-5pm, Mon – Fri. May Wendy, a scheme Advisor, visited and similar backgrounds. We enjoy pastry, a sandwich, a piece of cake them and was able to supply not be free from mobiles. walking down to the lake at Hiltingbury plus a serving of fruit and a juice drink. oil-filled radiators as temporary Call 023 8033 6172 for where we sit on one of the benches and It currently costs £3.50 per day and is heating for the family while they landline rates. put the world to rights,” he said. delivered straight to a person’s home.

Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk Rebecca urges prospective adopters to Adoption: giving children think about older children: “Look at where you are in your life and think really hard about whether you a positive start in life will have the energy to look after young children. We have so much fun with Alice. Adoption Week at the beginning of this month (November) highlighted the need We can really talk to her and we enjoy her company. She wasn’t the age child we for families who can provide a safe and loving environment to enable vulnerable thought we’d adopt but sometimes you children to thrive. just have to take the moment and run with it. She is fabulous!” Hampshire Adoption is currently Is adoption for you? Taking the next step looking for more such adoptive families. Children who need adoptive families The Adoption Team is waiting to hear The call that changes lives They work with children and their often require a little bit extra from their from you. They can tell you about the families who, for a number of parents so we need adopters who children who are currently waiting for “We were thinking we would reasons, need a little extra support. can show: adoptive families. The team offers a never be a family. I am so glad comprehensive support service which Many families are helped to provide • Stability and security in their own lives we made that call when we starts from the moment you pick up the the care on their own that the to balance the experiences the child phone. Post-adoption support is also did. Less than a year later we children need. Some children may may have had. spend time in foster care before available. To find out more, call us now became a family.” • A readiness to accept the child as they on 0845 603 5620 or visit www.hants. returning home. That phone call changed the lives of are and understand that what has gov.uk/adoption. Here three adoptive Adele and John, but perhaps more However, a small percentage of happened to them might impact on parents tell us how adoption changed importantly it changed the life of children are not able to return their behaviour and emotions. their lives… home and need adoptive families. little Cooper. • Lots of energy to keep up with the Take the moment and “We had just moved to Hampshire and 18 We welcome people from all emotional and physical demands of run with it! 19 being a parent. were thinking we would never be a family Image: istock walks of life – regardless of your “We just saw a picture of Alice and that was when we decided to contact the Adoption • A good network of family and friends sexual orientation, or whether it. We knew she was the one for us even Team and we are so glad we did. Life is an adventure to think I was just ‘caretaking’ them until you are single or a couple. You can who can support them and their child. though she was nine years old and we had Suzie and Pete’s world was turned they got older. I feel we have both given “From the first visit the support we have live in your own home or rented • A resourceful and flexible approach to been approved for younger children.” upside down overnight when they the children something invaluable – she received from Hampshire has been great,” accommodation, but you must parenting, but also the ability to ask for Rebecca and Juan are both in their became the adoptive parents of three gave them life and we have nurtured and said Adele. “Even now we have Cooper we have a spare room and be aged 21 help if needed. forties and they had feared they may small children. supported them. know we can contact them if we have any or over. Our priority is to find the • A willingness to learn about different never have the family they wanted so queries or concerns.” Suzie and her husband had always “Don’t be threatened by the right families for the children in types of parenting approaches very much. Then last year Alice came wanted to adopt siblings but had memories the children may our care. including ‘therapeutic parenting’. into their lives and now they can’t Cooper was nine months old when imagined it would be two children. imagine life without her. Adele and John were first shown his have. It’s part of their story. Then, the day they were approved as picture but it was two months before Don’t let it be a taboo subject. “Originally we thought we adopters, they were told about three they met him for the first time as they siblings, a five year old boy and his two I think if you are open and would adopt two children aged began the process of getting to know younger sisters. your children can openly between two and five and that’s him before he was placed with them talk about their memories, what we were approved for.” permanently. “Having three children was right for us,” said Suzie. “It may not be right for it paves the way for them However, while they were waiting to be “It was hard,” said Adele. “But we knew everyone. It has been hard work but it has feeling secure. You can all matched with a child they were given it had to be that way. It’s easy to think it been a fantastic dynamic for us. I have live freely.” copies of a national adoption magazine is about us as adopters, wanting a child really enjoyed helping them deal with the featuring pictures of children looking and wanting to be a family. But it’s not. It’s challenges in their lives and watching Getting support in place is another for a family. They spotted Alice, who about what is absolutely the best for the them blossom.” top tip: “You need people you can talk to happened to be from Hampshire. child. Social Services had to be sure that we or turn to. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. were the right match for Cooper. Suzie has one top tip to prospective “We were worried she may There is support post-adoption – so adopters: accept your children have make use of it!” already have been adopted but “He is amazing. He is just so another family and do not let that were delighted when we found lovely. It feels like he was the one threaten you. “It has been a great adventure out she hadn’t. It was the best we were always waiting for. I “We set out to be very open with our having the three of them and it’s not over – there’s lots more Image: istock thing that could have happened would say to anyone thinking children. I didn’t want to regard myself as to us. She was so right for us.” about adopting – make that call.” usurping their birth mother, nor did I want to come.”

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FP Free parking Disabled access Dogs welcome Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk How is Hampshire County Council performing? Short breaks: have your say Delivering high-quality local services, at the lowest cost to the taxpayer remains our priority. 10% There is still time to have your say on our proposals for changes The highlights below show key achievements in the past year, from from 2012 to the way short breaks for children with disabilities are provided Shaping Hampshire – the Council’s strategic plan, which sets out our focus for the future, with Hampshire at the forefront of developing Ofsted rated Hampshire secondary and from April 2015. sustainable, modern public services. primary schools outstanding or good: The consultation is open until Find out more about the Shaping Hampshire strategic plan at 12 December 2014. www.hants.gov.uk/performancereport 84% We are reviewing these services so that we can continue to deliver a Highways maintenance satisfaction survey service which meets the needs of Hampshire children with disabilities Hampshire 2013 52.4% while representing good value for the Hampshire council taxpayer. 60% Hampshire 2012 of Hampshire students taking 51.7% GCSEs in 2013 obtained five or We are changing the way we work to National average more A*–C grades including 49.9% maintain effective delivery of statutory English and maths services that we must deliver, against (official 2014 data not available at time of print) Resident satisfaction a backdrop of increased demand and needing to live within our significantly Best County Council On track to secure reduced budget. for diverting fifth efficiency savings of waste from consecutive This has led us to look for the most landfill year efficient ways to provide services. 24 £250 We know how important they are 25 million to children, young people and their 2008 2015 families, but with increasing demands • Should we retain the Buddy Scheme? on statutory services for children, such as Do you need help to • Should we retain the individual safeguarding services, we cannot sustain support programme for children who have your say? All five of our Country Parks awarded the current levels of funding for the More children can’t access the funded schemes? Free support is available if you Green Flag Award for high quality eating healthy and open access short breaks programme. need any help in understanding No decisions have yet been made locally sourced This means we have difficult choices to the guidance booklet or the regarding these proposals. You do not school meals make, so it is very important we hear consultation questionnaire, or have to use short break services or be your views on the options for the future require assistance in completing Cost has remained held a parent or carer of a disabled child to provision of these services: the questionnaire. To access this at £2 for six years take part in the consultation – we are support, please telephone or • Should Hampshire retain keen to hear all views. email us, using the contact details management and administration The consultation will also inform an given opposite. Government grant of the scheme or ask the voluntary 2008 equality impact assessment which will sector to take it on? 43% cut be completed following the consultation If you are under 16 years of age: • Should it remain a grant administered period to ensure that any decisions are Your views are an important part 1,055 2018 scheme or should we change to a of this consultation. We would No increase in our made with a full understanding of the Hampshire households saved a direct payment to families model? impacts of those decisions. encourage you to discuss the combined £216,000 by switching share of Council Tax consultation with a parent or other energy provider using the Switch Since 2008 • Should we restrict access by: The responses will be analysed and final Hampshire Scheme responsible adult if you need help, – self assessment (by families proposals drawn up to be considered or there is something you do not themselves) by the Executive Lead Member for understand. You may also access SuperFast Broadband (minimum 24 Mbps) Children’s Services, in January 2015. – and/or by limiting the amount of the support described above. access each child gets To have your say visit www.hants. 95% + availability by 2017 gov.uk/disabled-children- – and/or restricting the age of consultation. Alternatively, paper Hampshire homes and businesses are eligible children copies can be requested by email to 490,000 now able to access Superfast Broadband – and/or by applying existing social disabledchildrenconsultation@ care eligibility criteria? hants.gov.uk or call 01962 846370.

Hampshire now www.hants.gov.uk P Old Burghclere D Sydmonton A circular walk from Old Court Gates A Burghclere via the Wayfarers Manor P A stroll in Old Burghclere Walk and Ladle Hill Farm Distance: 5 miles.

COUNT Time: 2.5 hours at a leisurely pace. RE Y Getting the long view I C Lime Kiln H O S U Cottages P N OS map: Explorer 144. M C A I L H Path condition: Mostly following

Beacon footpaths, bridleways and tracks Hill across farmland. Not recommended for pushchairs or accessibility Ladle Hill

vehicles, but off-road cyclists may

W K enjoy this route. A A L Y FA W R E R S Suggested parking: At Manor Fort Farm or along the roadside between Points A and D.

A34 Transport: Currently there are infrequent bus services 23 and 24 C Stone Stagecoach to Sydmonton and bus cairn services 7, 21 and 22 to Burghclere. Both services are Andover to Newbury Hare Warren Down routes. Please note services are likely Wayfarers Walk Images Matt Dobrowolski to change from 4 January 2015. Off-road cycling activity Contact Traveline for up-to-date route, fare and timetable information on About Burghclere special scientific interest. The firing of maps now on sale! 0871 200 2233 (calls cost 10p per 26 beacons kept on prominent hill tops We have partnered up with 27 Old Burghclere is about three miles minute plus network extras) or visit Great Litch eld Down was, for many years, an integral part of Ordnance Survey to create new, from Kingsclere in the north of www.traveline.info Hampshire, and very near to Highclere the defence system of the country. detailed maps which focus on five Castle, the setting for television’s specific activities: off-road cycling, More information: visit The 5th Earl of Carnarvon, owner of Downton Abbey. Settlement in this road cycling, road running, trail www.burghclere.net for information Highclere Castle, is buried here and running and horse riding. about the parish. Please note there area of the county dates back as far as Seven there is a memorial to him. The Earl, are no toilet or refreshment facilities Barrows 749 when King Cuthred granted the There are four packs of maps who financed the famous Egyptologist, available en route but local pubs and land to the church at Winchester. Clere B Howard Carter, died in 1923 from covering the north, east, south is referenced again in the Domesday restaurants are nearby. a mosquito bite while excavating and west of Hampshire. Each pack Survey of 1086. contains up to nine pocket-sized Tutankhamun’s tomb. ROUTE DESCRIPTION former railway bridge, through which walking up to the summit of Ladle Hill. maps displaying a range of routes The parish of Burghclere contains you can see the A34. Take the path Please note that to re-join the walk you To the south of Beacon Hill is Seven which vary in length, terrain and Point A many places of interest, including: to the left here, and begin the climb will need to re-trace your steps back to Barrows. Here, renowned aviation difficulty. Start at the road junction at Manor Farm the Herbert Plantation managed as a up towards Ladle Hill. Follow the path the stone cairn. pioneer and aircraft engineer Sir and turn right, following the footpath Local Nature Reserve; Old Burghclere The maps now are available to through, and then alongside the tree Geoffrey de Havilland made his first signposts, down the lane past Lime Kiln Point D Lime Quarry with its rare flowers and purchase from https://www. line. Keep to the track marked with test flight in a home-made aeroplane Cottages. Follow the road to the end Follow the path through the woods. abundance of butterflies (open to ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop footpath signs, turning left to continue on 10 September 1910. The site is and follow the path round to the right, When you reach the road turn left. members of the Hampshire Wildlife You can purchase a single route the walk uphill. at the end of the row of garages. Trust); and Sandham Memorial commemorated by a memorial stone. map, or a whole area, and they Follow the road through Old Burghclere back to the start at Manor Farm. Chapel housing paintings by Sir Wayfarers Walk are available in both paper and Follow the path alongside the Point C Stanley Spencer. The Victorian Gothic electronic formats. dismantled railway line, passing over The southern and western parts of Before reaching the site of an Church of the Ascension was built in it at one point, and following the field this walk connect to the Wayfarers If you have a smartphone, you unfinished Iron Age fort look out for 1838 and contains the Millennium line. The railway came to Old Burghclere Walk, a long-distance route running can also check your progress and a stone cairn where the path divides, Window, the last work by renowned in 1885 but the route and station were from Berkshire to Emsworth, and position using the free OS Locate with the Wayfarers Walk proceeding glass engraver Sir Laurence Whistler. decommissioned in the 1960s. You can following some of the old tracks app. The turn-by-turn guidance straight uphill. Turn left here onto the see Seven Barrows on the other side of Beacon Hill and Seven Barrows used to drive animals to fairs in and gradient profile also enable bridleway and proceed downhill with the A34. Ladle Hill and the hill-top fort on your The nearby Beacon Hill is a striking places like Farnham and Alresford. you to see the junctions, gates right, descending through the trees. landmark, hosting the remains of South-east of Ladle Hill is Watership and stiles before you start, as well Point B an ancient earthwork, and is both a Down, best known as the setting of as getting a feel for how many hills The path meets the Wayfarers Walk. The If you would like to see the Iron Age national nature reserve and site of Richard Adam’s 1972 book. you are about to tackle! path joins from the right, under a fort, you can divert from the walk here

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