8th January 2026 • The HERALD • Page 35 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v HANDY HANDS HANDYMAN SERVICES Your Local Handyman For ALL Your Small Jobs • Gutter Clearance & Clearing • PVCu Fascias, Gutters, Soffits & Conservatory Cleaning • Pressure Cleaning of Paths & Patios • Window Cleaning • Interior & Exterior Painting • Grass Cutting, Strimming • Hedge Trimming • Shed Re-treated/ Roofs Re-felted • Flat Pack Assembly Fully Insured Free Estimates Work Guaranteed References on Request T: 023 8084 0096 M: 07840 860202 ALL ASPECTS OF ELECTRICAL WORK UNDERTAKEN • Full Rewires • New Circuits • Consumer Unit Replacements • Electric Vehicle Charging Points • Landlord Certification • Smart Homes • Central Heating Controls 023 8089 0932 or 07534 343631 www.alnelectrical.co.uk info@alnelectrical.co.uk New Year, New Challenge: Book Now For The Oakhaven Walk Looking for a challenge for 2026? Get set for The Oakhaven Walk sponsored by Pennyfarthing Homes! Taking place on Saturday 16th May, this fundraising promenade along the spectacular Dorset and Hampshire coast is the perfect challenge for the New Year, providing the opportunity to get out and enjoy our beautiful local shoreline with friends, family or colleagues whilst raising much-needed funds for Oakhaven Hospice. Choose to walk one of three distances along stunning seafront and coastal paths to Oakhaven Hospice in Lymington - approximately 26 miles from Sandbanks, 13 miles from Mudeford or 8 miles from Barton-on-Sea. From now until 31st January you can benefit from special ‘Early Bird’ registration prices! Registration opened on 1st January at www. oakhavenhospice.co.uk/oakhaven-walk, with ‘Early Bird’ prices available until 31st January: • 26 miles from Sandbanks to Oakhaven: £25 (+ optional £12 coach transfer) • 13 miles from Mudeford to Oakhaven: £22.50 • 8 miles from Barton-on-Sea to Oakhaven: £20 e registration fee includes a technical T-shirt to wear on the day, snacks and water at selected points for all distances, lunch for those walking 26 miles, plus refreshments at the nish line. Entrants are asked to commit to raising a suggested minimum of £150 in sponsorship for Oakhaven Hospice. All funds raised will help Oakhaven to continue providing compassionate palliative care and support to patients and their families throughout the New Forest, Totton and Waterside community, free of charge. As well as ten beds in its Inpatient Unit, Oakhaven Hospice cares for patients in their own homes - currently over 450 at any time. In addition, thousands of local people receive support and guidance from Oakhaven Wellbeing at the Coates Centre, following the diagnosis of a life-limiting illness, whilst caring for a loved one, and in bereavement. families navigating a life-limiting illness - supporting our communities from diagnosis to bereavement.” The Oakhaven Walk provides a great way to start 2026 - challenge yourself to train for and participate in a great outdoor activity while supporting a vital local cause. For any enquiries about e Oakhaven Walk, please get in touch with the Oakhaven Fundraising team email: fundraising@oakhavenhospice.co.uk or call: 01590 677773. entry fees cover the costs of the event. This means that every penny raised in sponsorship will help to make a difference to local Oakhaven Walk 2025, walkers at Mudeford Oakhaven Walk 2025, walking between Barton on Sea and Milford on Sea with dogs Oakhaven’s running costs amount to over £9 million each year. With just 11% of funding covered by the NHS, your local hospice relies on kind donations, fundraising, gi s in wills and income from its charity shops and home care provider, Oakhaven Care Ltd, to cover the remaining 89% of costs. Jill West, Oakhaven’s Community and Events Manager, said, “In 2025, we were delighted to welcome over 700 people on our coastal walk, which raised a phenomenal £168,700 for the charity. It’s a great day out and this year, we hope to welcome even more participants. We would like to thank Pennyfarthing Homes for their continued sponsorship of the Oakhaven Walk in 2026. This financial support and the funds from the event If you have an item sitting at home, not working, take it along to the Waterside Repair Café on the last Saturday of each month. eir volunteers will do their best to repair it, and if they can’t they might know someone who can. If your item is beyond repair the team will tell you the best way to dispose of it. From clocks, household electricals to umbrellas, they have seen it all. Go on down and say hello and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake whilst you wait. e Repair Café takes place on the last Saturday of each month from January to November at the Black eld Baptist Church Hall. ey take a short break in December and return in January. Doors open at 10.30am, with the last repair checked in at 1pm. Free parking is available on site. Follow the Waterside Repair Café Facebook page for regular updates. WATERSIDE REPAIR CAFÉ e Lordshill and Lordswood Historical Society meet on the second Thursday of the month, 10.30am - 12noon in the lounge of Manston Court, Lordshill, SO16 8HF. Thursday 8th January Roy Larking will talk about ‘ e Invisible Corps’. No membership fees, just £2 on the door which includes tea/ co ee and biscuits. ere will also be a ra e. Any further information contact Chairman Bryan Norton on: 07866 348032. The Invisible Corps
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