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News

June 2009

Could your organisation benefit from a grant? Organisations across the District are being invited to send in applications for the second round of the Small Grant Scheme 2009/2010. 01 June 2009

Street party to celebrate City’s new Kite Flyer A big street party will be held in Parchment Street, Winchester on 13 June to celebrate the official launch of the Kite Flyer – Winchester’s latest... 01 June 2009

Making our roads safer In line with National Drugs week, Winchester Community Safety Partnership is looking to raise awareness of the impact that drugs can have on driver... 02 June 2009

Walking the path to a healthier lifestyle Winnall Community Association and local residents have been working closely with Winchester City Council’s Neighbourhood Wardens and Hampshire Prim... 03 June 2009

Crashed car in Winchester High Street Winchester shoppers were surprised to see a crashed car in the High Street on Monday. The badly damaged car in St Maurice's Covert attracted a crow... 08 June 2009

Heritage Lottery Fund Brings Hyde Treasures Back To Winch... The Heritage Lottery Fund has just announced a £50,000 grant for the Hyde900 celebrations in 2010. The award will mean that an important exhibition... 09 June 2009

City Council Customers Come First It’s official - customers come first at Winchester City Council. The Council has committed to a three year programme of assessments under the natio... 09 June 2009

Information Day proves a hit with District’s older reside... Wickham Community Centre played host to an ‘Over 55’s Information Day’ on Tuesday 2 June; attracting hundreds of residents from within the Winchest... 10 June 2009

If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big su... The West Walk Woods will be the centre of play on Thursday 11th June 2009 from 11.00 am – 2.00 pm as young people celebrate it becoming the first f... 10 June 2009

Winchester Museums at Bishops Waltham Fete Have you found anything interesting when out walking, digging the garden or metal detecting - perhaps flint tools, pieces of pottery or coins? Wou... 12 June 2009

New Look for Winchester Tourist Information Centre Winchester’s award winning tourist information centre will be officially re-opened on 30 June at 11.30am following its major refurbishment. 15 June 2009

Hat Fair Photo Trail Hat Fair, the UK’s very first Street Arts Festival, is 35 years old this year. To mark this very special anniversary, photos and posters dating bac... 15 June 2009

Spotlight on Winchester at London’s V&A Museum One of the most valuable pictures in Winchester City Council’s art collection has been borrowed for display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum i... 15 June 2009

Showing support for our armed services Winchester's flag raising ceremony at 10.30 am on Monday 22 June will see representatives of all three armed services march behind a military band,... 15 June 2009

Regional Cultural Clout for City Council Winchester’s reputation as one of the leading cultural centres in the South East has been strengthened in recent weeks with the news of two importa... 16 June 2009

Food safety campaign Winchester City Council’s food safety specialists are supporting a national campaign aimed at helping the over 60’s avoid potentially life-threaten... 17 June 2009

Speed Networking event launches new support network for l... For its latest measure to help the business community, Winchester City Council has teamed up with Southern Entrepreneurs to provide free networking... 17 June 2009

City Council Backs New Businesses Winchester City Council is offering cash support to help new businesses in the Winchester District. Grants of up to £1,000 are being made available... 17 June 2009

If you go down to the woods today…. Young people from Winchester's southern parishes were joined by City Councillors, Forestry Commission Staff, and City Council Officers at West Walk... 17 June 2009

Visitors to be bowled over by new Cricketing Guide As 2012 approaches and the UK gets set to celebrate sport in all its forms, Hampshire’s links with a traditional British team game are being reveal... 17 June 2009

Real Help Now To help people cope during the recession, the Government has provided a range of online information. The advice is aimed at helping individuals and... 21 June 2009

Winchester organisations rise to the carbon challenge Organisations across Winchester, including Winchester City Council, have agreed to work together to reduce the District’s carbon footprint by 20 pe... 22 June 2009

First LEADER grants for local rural businesses The Fieldfare group, responsible for allocating LEADER funding across Winchester and East Hampshire district, has this week awarded its first grant... 22 June 2009

Road Safety plan aims to save lives In 2007, 19 people were killed on Winchester's roads - one of the highest fatality rates in Hampshire. As a result, the Winchester Community Safety... 22 June 2009

Towards Silence at Winchester Cathedral The UK premier of Sir John Tavener's most recent work will take place on 6 July at Winchester Cathedral. 22 June 2009

New cricketing guide launched Hampshire’s links with the traditional British team game are revealed in a brand new tourism publication by Winchester City Council. 24 June 2009

Parish councils learn about affordable housing Winchester City Council, together with its Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing (HARAH) partners, has been helping parish councillors to... 24 June 2009

Junior Warden Scheme gets ‘thumbs up’ from young people Winchester City Council’s Neighbourhood Wardens launched the Junior Wardens Scheme at Winnall Community Centre last month and, since then, children... 24 June 2009