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November 2015

Hello everyone!

It was great to see you at the first clubs of the new school year.

For all of those who attended our ENERGY club, we hope you enjoyed the sessions being more tailored for your individual age groups, we think it was a definite SUCCESS! :)

Tuesday 3rd November– HYPE youth club Tuesday 10th November– ENERGY youth club Tuesday 24th November– ENERGY youth club Monday 30th November– Christmas craft session at our One Community offices, 4-5pm. @eastleighyc

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Calling all budding journalists!

We are holding a competition for our Young Carers.

You will need to produce an article for our newsletter.

You may wish to work with the theme of Christmas.

Or if you prefer you could write about your interests, hobbies or something in your community.

Whether this be in the form of a review, a photo montage, a short story, a poem or an interview, we are looking for writing talent and an original article.

The winner for each category will receive a certificate, a high street gift voucher and of course, see their winning article published in our New Year newsletter!

Category 1 - age 8-12 Category 2 - age 13-18

Please forward your articles to dsmith@1community.org.uk or bdosanjh@1community.org.uk or if they are in paper copy send in to our One Community offices at 16 Romsey Road, Eastleigh SO50 9AL.

The closing date is 1st January 2015.

The winners will be notified by 15th January 2015 and will be published in the January/February newsletter.

Please make written articles no more than 500 words long.

Thank you and Good Luck!

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Bonfire Night is a uniquely British event when we "celebrate" the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot against the King and Parliament in the early 17th Century.

Nowadays, nobody really pays attention to the origin of this celebration but we all do enjoy having a good time with our family and friends by having bonfires and watching firework displays!

HAPPY DIWALI The origin of Diwali comes from India and is celebrated for four days, each day has its own tale or myth. The word Diwali means 'rows of lighted lamps'.

Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights' because houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called diyas. The festival celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. **We hope everyone has a SAFE Bonfire and Diwali night. Don’t forgot to be careful when being around fireworks and sparklers :) ** For more information about Fire Safety go onto: http://www.fireworks.co.uk/safety/

op h s k r o w p i h s n o ti Healthy rela We have been given the opportunity for the Safe Partnership charity to come into One Community to hold a workshop for 12+ years old. It is a free workshop and all the participants will receive a free goody bag.

Refreshments will be provided.

The charity has developed a safeDATE programme and they help raise people’s awareness of abusive relationships, domestic abuse and violence.

This is most likely to happen during early January and if you would like to attend this workshop please either give us a ring at 023 8090 2418 or dsmith@1community.org.uk or bdosanjh@1community.org.uk

For more information about the partnership, go onto their website at http://www.safepartnership.org/safe-date/default.asp

School support Here are the dates for when Amie will be going into school during November and who the school contact is for the school.

Hamble school: Monday 2nd November 9am-12pm - contact is Paula Kirkman, the school Nurse Quilley school: Monday 2nd November 1pm-3pm - contact is Ms Tracy Jenney Crestwood: Tuesday November 3rd 9am-12pm - contact is Sue Hills Wyvern: Monday 9th November, 9am-12pm - contact is Mrs Vikki Wiggins Toynbee: Tuesday 10th November 9am-12pm - contact is Kim Miller Wildern: 1:1s are being arranged for the near future - contact Mr Hinks for more details.

Thornden: regular support and lunch groups - contact is Miss Beard

FANCY MAKING SOME HAND CRAFTED CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND CARDS? Book your place on our Christmas craft session at One Community, 16 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9AL On Monday 30th November, 4-5PM TO BOOK YOUR PLACE email or telephone: 023 8090 2418 dsmith@1community.org.uk or bdosanjh@1community.org.uk

BY FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

Free Tickets Eastleigh Football club is kindly offering Young Carers and their families free tickets to every home game this season.

Tickets will be available to collect from the Ticket Office on the day of the game - if you have any additional requirements that may help you on the day then please get in touch.

November fixtures 21 Nov 2015 - Kick-off 3pm

28 Nov 2015 - Kick-off 12.30pm

Eastleigh FC V Grimsby Town

Eastleigh FC V Southport

If you would like to register your interest for tickets please contact Jo at least 3 days before the game on 023 8090 2465 or jmiles@1community.org.uk

For more information about Eastleigh Football Club visit: http://www.eastleighfc.com/

Eastleigh Football Club The Silverlake Stadium Stoneham Lane Eastleigh Southampton SO50 9HT

SOCO Music Project is starting a new Young Carers Samba Drumming Group for Young Carers aged 10 - 18 years old.

No experience is needed and anybody can benefit enormously from Samba Drumming.

If you are interested in attending or would like to come along and try please contact Marie on

07988 683544 marie@socomusicproject.org.uk Transport can be provided

Young Carers Family Christmas Meal Join us for a fun filled

festive family AFTERNOON

We will be hosting a two course meal, with tertainment for Young Carers and their families on

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Monday 21st December 12pm -3pm 

Tickets for this event will include: Traditional Turkey lunch or vegetarian option (TBC)  Classic Christmas pudding or ice cream  Hot beverage or soft drink  Mince pie Tickets will be charged at £5 per Adult £2.50 per Child To book tickets for this event please contact the office on 023 8090 2465 or email jmiles@1community.org.uk

Football Fun Session On Thursday 29th October, 9 Young Carers went along to a football fun session hosted by Eastleigh FC. The Young Carers had the fantastic surprise of meeting the first team for a photo opportunity. Then the awesome guys at Eastleigh FC were extremely kind and gave every Young Carer a free football shirt which was a lovely touch.

The fun session gave the Young Carers the opportunity to run around, learn new skills and have a kick about. For the last hour of the session the Young Carers joined in with the Eastleigh FC Walking Football training which was so much fun. The Young Carers had a fantastic time all thanks to the wonderful staff and volunteers at Eastleigh FC.

On Tuesday 26th October we took 13 Young Carers to the Isle of Wight to see the festival of lights.

Unfortunately the weather was a bit damp but the lights brightened up the day :)

A big thank you to Paul and the team at Romsey Bath Travel for funding our bowling trip this half term.

Hype is held at the youth centre in Hamble school, Satchell Lane, Hamble SO31 4NE First Tuesday of every month 4-5:30pm TERM TIME ONLY

Please take note of the 3 new session times below. We have split the groups to enable us to provide more tailored activities for the age groups.

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: there will no longer be the capacity to discuss non-urgent issues when signing in.

Should you have any queries or problems, please contact the office: 023 8090 2465

ENERGY

Energy Youth Centre is near The Point at 79 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9DQ 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month.

TERM TIME ONLY New timetable for ENERGY: If you are in school years:

YR 3-6: 3:45-5PM YR 7-9: 5:15-6:30PM YR 10+: 6:30-7:45PM Any Young Carer registered on the project is welcome to come along to club, we would love to see you!

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