On Winchester Now this week:
- We hear about a special week taking place in Winchester to raise awareness of dementia and the help available.
- News-in-brief:
- Police are appealing for witnesses to a fight in Winchester.
- A roving NHS vehicle visits Winchester on Monday. It’s being used to deliver COVID-19 vaccines as well as other basic health checks.
- A consultation into proposed cutbacks at Hampshire County Council received almost 14,000 online responses.
- Winchester charity Friends of the Family is to receive almost £20,000 Lottery funding which will double the number of families it can help.
- More than £2 million has been awarded by the Arts Council to help fund music education across Hampshire.
- A novel recycling idea is taking place in Olivers Battery this Saturday, called the big outdoor swap.
- We take a tour of Winchester’s community allotment as it holds an open day to demonstrate its benefits to physical and mental wellbeing.
- Shout-outs:
- To members of the Friends of King Alfred Buses who volunteered their time to give people a fun day out on Bank Holiday Monday.
- To local midwives on International Midwives Day.
- To hospital Head of Catering, Rob Strachan, who has won a national award.
- For winners of the 3rd annual Winton Society Awards, which recognise the achievements of Winchester University and King Alfred’s College alumni.
- To students at the University who put on a talent show to raise money for Winchester hospice.
You may have seen them busking in the city centre, but now a new choir is taking centre stage at Winchester’s Theatre Royal. We join Winchester University’s ShowChoir as they rehearse for the big day.
