Due to the new GDPR which will take effect from May 2018, we are required to seek the permission of everyone on our ‘contact members list’  in order to retain their personal data. These details are : their name, address, email, phone number and name and age of child if relevant This information is held on our protected computer site and all printed items are filed in our lockable filing cabinet. We also continue to practice our policy that such information is private and confidential and never passed on to any other agency. Those wishing to remain on our contact list […]

This is always an important item in any home and more so when there is a child with a disability.     So it was, having enquired about help for an aid which the school had after all provided, we learned of the problem the mother was having with her well worn washing machine. With the necessary information about model, cost, etc. on our application form we were able to meet the cost and hopefully she now has a clean son and she a happy mother.

“The St Barnabas Church Hall was ideal for this year’s AGM.   Although we would have liked to have seen more General Members, it was nevertheless an enjoyable day.  Our Cream Tea was as popular as ever thanks to our gallant cake making volunteer Helen Stevens – her scones, cupcakes and chocolate brownies were enjoyed by us all. The discussion held on our revamped website was fruitful and we hope will mean we have a much improved website when we complete the work of transferring these ideas to our web. A vote of thanks was given to Peter Dudley for the […]

Our next in June, AGM September 20th  then December 2014. This year our AGM will be later in the year – on Saturday 20th September2014  from 2 .00 to 4.00pm.  Our speaker will be from “Kids” telling us about the “Face to Face” Befriending Service which they have been developing in partnership with national Scope. “Face to Face” is a support service for families who have recently discovered their child has a disability, their child is in the early stages of diagnosis or in a particularly challenging transitional  phase or time of their disabled child’s life.  It provides a network […]

In memory of his brother, Ben, who died at the age of 19 two years ago, Ollie Wade, 18, has composed and released his first-ever single called ‘Free’. Ollie originally wrote ‘Free’ at the age of 16 and performed it for the first time at Ben’s funeral Following on, Ollie sung the song in front of Duchess of Cambridge when she visited Naomi House on Monday 29th 2013. This powerful song has now been released as a single and is available to buy from iTunes store. Ollie is donating all proceedings from the single to Naomi House who supported Ben […]

Wednesday 30th June 2010, 9.30am-4.00pm at The Maltings, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1DT It’s that time of the year again! You will have an opportunity in June to have yoursay on the way social care and health services are provided across Hampshire – the right people will be there to listen! The theme for this year’s conference is “how the onset of a neurological condition can have a life changing impact” So, if you have any ideas on how health care services are delivered, please come and share them whilst having the chance to network with others who are either afected […]

On Thursday 17th September at 7.30pm, we will be joined by a speaker from Naomi House who will be talking about the latest developments and their plans for the future at the next Executive Committee meeting. This wil be an opportunity to hear about the care they provide for families and about their planned expansion and improvement of their services. Despite being hit by the financial crisis and the collapse of the Icelandic banking system, the construction work on “Jack’s Place”, the hospice for teenagers and young people, is nearly finished. Naomi House are looking forward to opening the new hospice next year, […]