On Winchester Now this week:
- We meet Sally Stoodley and her daughter Jannine, whose challenges are inspiring others and raising money for our local hospital.
- News-in-brief:
- Hundreds of people have packed a public meeting to oppose plans to build nearly 200 homes on land at Teg Down.
- Hat Fair will return to Winchester again this Summer, but for one day only because of funding cuts.
- Hampshire has been awarded more than £6.5 million for new walking and cycling projects.
- Celebrations have continued at the Gurkha Museum after it was awarded a grant of over £2.6 million to transform it into a global reference centre for Gurkha heritage.
- News-in-brief:
- Invitations are being sent out to thousands of people living in Hampshire encouraging them to take up a free Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine.
- An historic landmark in Winchester is to get a makeover. Improvements, cleaning and conservation work are planned for the grade 1 listed Hyde Abbey Gateway.
- Sunday is the deadline for people to nominate a local hero for a Mayor of Winchester’s Community Award.
- Shout-outs:
- To community nurse Hannah Thomson from Hampshire Hospitals who has been awarded the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse.
- To a Winchester couple who have taken on a virtual 10 mile run to raise money for a community defibrillator in Kingsgate.
- Happy first birthday to Winchester’s Renew Café which helps people with their mental health.
- To staff at the Nationwide Building Society who have raised nearly £900 from a book sale for Winchester Youth counselling.
- If you’re looking for some entertainment next Saturday, look no further than the Arc. There will be samba music, choirs, rock, ukuleles, poetry, acapella and more. It’s the second Sound Winchester – an all day free event to highlight the wealth of music and sound in the city. We hear more.
