• Rural living and access to healthcare

    Hampshire is a predominantly rural county, home to the South Downs and the New Forest, [...]

  • Empowering Women’s Health: A day of inspiration, collaboration and action

    Representing HIVCA as part of the panel at the Empowering Women’s Health event, to discuss [...]

  • Devolution, abolishment of NHS England and benefit cuts… where do we start?

    Nicky Judd, our CEO believes there are so many topics we need to 'respond' to [...]

  • Village Halls Week: What gives a community centre a ‘wow factor’

    At Action Hampshire we often hear about the amazing work happening in our community centres [...]

  • International Women’s Day – “who is your female role model?”

    It’s International Women’s Day on 8 March, and the team has been asked ‘who is [...]

  • And the winner is…find out who won at the 2025 Hampshire Changemakers Award

    On Thursday 27 February, we hosted our first ever Hampshire Changemakers Awards ceremony celebrating the [...]

  • Village Halls Week: Matthew meets parish councillor

    Our Community Projects Officer Matthew Winnington talked with Jonathan Williams, who is a Parish Councillor [...]

  • Understanding the value of research

    Read Anna's blog which explore the meaning behind research using the example of selecting where [...]

  • What does you village hall or community building do that is out of the ordinary?

    When we picture local village halls we often think of parish council meetings, dance classes, [...]

  • Community Buildings here for you all year round!

    My Action Hampshire colleague Corinne and I recently visited the village hall and community shop [...]

  • Mastering the art of saying no!

    For far too much of my life I have been a people pleaser who could [...]

  • Anna’s tips and myth busters about energy

    The 20-26 January is Big Energy Saving Week by the Energy Saving Trust (in partnership [...]