Homecall fundraising events and reports
Support for any events will be greatly appreciated. See list below for what’s on in the Bexhill area and how you can join in. Our grateful thanks go to everyone who has already kindly offered to help with donations, sponsorship, and making us beneficiaries of these activities.
If you have any fundraising ideas such as holding a coffee morning, boot sale, plant sale or anything to raise even a few £’s, or if you would like to join our fundboosting team please contact the Scheme Manager.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wednesday February 15th 2012
Bexhill Goes Digital — Talk
Many of our clients and volunteers who have a television set are no doubt aware of the TV Digital Switchover that is taking place in Bexhill at the end of May 2012.
From the end of May the analogue signal will be switched off in Bexhill and will be replaced with a new stronger digital TV signal. This digital changeover will affect quite a few people living in the Bexhill area and with this in mind we have asked for a digital representative to come and give a talk and take questions from our clients and volunteers.
A representative from Action in Rural Sussex will conduct a briefing session for Homecall clients and volunteers in order that we will all be digital aware at the end of May. Some people will need to take no action, others will need to re-tune their digital TV or box at the time of the switchover, others may need to convert their TV or they will lose their channels at the time of the switchover.
The talk will take place on Wednesday 15th February. The talk commences at 2pm and the event will finish at 5pm. Refreshments will be served. This talk will be aimed at the visually impaired with regards to the digital changeover and the speaker will go around to each table to answer individual questions during the tea break. After tea there will be a further talk by a local television retailer who will explain in greater detail how the digital changeover will affect those of us living in the different areas of Bexhill with regards to the TV reception that we are likely to receive after the end of May.
If any person who is partially sighted would like to attend but has no means of transport, I can arrange for a Dial a Ride service to and from the event for them at no charge, but this must be booked with me before the 20th January.
If you would like to attend please call me on 01424 214458 in order to reserve your place.
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February 2012
Charity Store Collection at Tesco Supermarket at Ravenside Retail Park
Homecall have been very fortunate to have been invited to hold a fundraising collection at the Tesco Supermarket at Ravenside over a 2 day period this month. If you have 1 hour to spare on either the Friday or Saturday that you could offer up in order to help us collect much needed funds for our charity it would be very much appreciated please contact the Scheme Manager for full details on 01424 214458
Saturday 26th May 2012
Sparkling Diamond Strawberry Garden Party
Hosted by Homecall’s patron Amanda Hamblin this promises to be Homecall’s event of the year. Homecall was presented with the The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service in 2006 and it is therefore only natural that everyone at Homecall will want to take a very active part in this special Diamond Jubilee year. This is an invitation only event in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Amanda would like to welcome all of Homecall’s clients, volunteers and supporters to enjoy a very special garden party at her lovely home. Invitations will be sent out in due course. This will be a garden party event with style! As well as an afternoon tea there will be a glass of bubbly for each of us to enjoy. This beautiful garden is located in the Heathfield area and coaches will be booked from Bexhill in order to make travel so much easier for everyone. There will be a variety of stalls selling bric-a-brac, books, homemade cakes, fresh produce and plants and a raffle with wonderful prizes to be won. If you have a garden party type hat this will be the time to wear it!
Sunday June 10th 2012
Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Walk
A wonderful way to spend a June Sunday morning is to take part in the Rotary Club of Bexhill’s Annual Community Charity Walk and at the same time knowing that you are raising valuable funds for Homecall. There are a choice of walking distances to suit all standards, from a leisurely 2 mile stroll or the 7 mile cross country walk to the 15 mile walk for those really serious walkers amongst you. If you would like to take part in this fun walk and would be interested in walking for Homecall please call The Scheme Manager on 01424 214458 or email maureen.homecall@gmail.com to get your sponsorship pack.
Saturday 30th June 2012
Armed Forces Day Celebration at Egerton Park
Homecall are delighted to be supporting this wonderful annual event at Egerton Park again this year. This very popular family day out has some something for everyone to enjoy. Homecall will be there from 9am with our stalls selling a wide selection of books to suit all tastes, bric-a-brac, jewellery and much, much more. Do come and say hello on the day, you never know you may win a prize on the tombola!
Saturday 7th July 2012
Open Garden Cream Tea at 2, Collington Rise, Bexhill
Last year’s open garden cream tea event was such a success this year we’re holding two open gardens almost for the price of one! Located just off Birkdale the first garden is a delightful level garden bordered by shady trees and a variety of shrubs. Our second beautiful garden is in the Peartree lane area. Included in the price will be a traditional cream tea with homemade scones with lashings of fresh cream to enjoy. There will be a number of stalls selling fresh produce, plants, books, homemade cakes and bric-a-brac. Both gardens have easy parking nearby. Admission on the day will be £5.00 for admittance to both lovely gardens, which will include a wonderful cream tea.
Friday 14th September 2012
Annual General Meeting
The 27th Annual General Meeting for Homecall will be held on Friday 14th September at The Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club in Withyham Road, Bexhill. Refreshments will be available from 10am prior to the meeting, which will begin at 10.30am. If you would like a copy of the minutes of last year’s meeting or further information please contact the Scheme Manager, details can be found on the Contacts page of this site. We look forward to seeing there.
PAST EVENTS
Friday January 27th, 2012
Quiz Evening
Homecall held it's 5th annual Quiz Evening with supper on Friday 27th January at Christchurch Methodist Church Hall, Bexhill. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the supper, which included a jacket potato with cheese, green salad and sausages followed by a selection of delightful home-made cakes. We were grateful to Barry Turnwell for affording us the use of the church hall and to Bernice who was our 'Quizzer'. The popular raffle with your generous donations of 'unwanted Christmas presents' raised a fantastic £133. Many thanks to all those who came and enjoyed the event which enables us to continue to offer support to Blind and Partially Sighted people living in and around Bexhill.
The Winning Team with Homecall Scheme Manager
Maureen Daley
It was thirsty work for the losing team
Thursday December 15th 2011
Care at Home Christmas Tea Party
Homecall Trustees were invited to attend the Care at Home Christmas Tea Party at St Martha's Church Hall just before Christmas.
Care at Home Christmas Tea Party
It was a delightful afternoon and very much enjoyed by all who attended. Clients of Care at Home had a lovely afternoon tea followed by carol singing that was performed by the local Brownie group. Homecall provided a stall with Christmas cards, bric a brac and Jenny's home made jams. Care at Home kindly donated the proceeds of the raffle to Homecall thereby raising in total of £73.50 for our charity.
Tuesday October 25th 2011
Peking Garden Restaurant, Little Common
Homecall’s annual fundraising dinner hosted by The Peking Garden Restaurant in Little Common on Tuesday 25th October was an outstanding success.
The Proprietor Mrs Alice Foo ensured that the evening would be one to remember. The 3 course meal was truly delicious and with such a variety of wonderful food to choose from it was difficult at times to make a selection. Everyone wanted to sample all of the 20 dishes on offer, and of course at this event they could do so.
Keeping an eye on the auction prize
Alice gave a demonstration of Chinese Cookery at its best. She cooked two special dishes for this occasion and then kindly offered them as auction prizes donating all the proceeds to Homecall.
We would like to express our gratitude to Alice and her attentive staff for hosting this fundraising event for Homecall. In addition we would like to extend a very big THANK YOU to everyone who came and enjoyed the evening helping us to raise an amazing £587.50. Without your support none of this would have happened!
Looking forward to the next course
Thursday September 22nd 2011
Annual General Meeting
The 26th Annual General Meeting for Homecall was held on Thursday 22nd September at Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club in Withyham Road, Bexhill.
Refreshments were available from 10am prior to the meeting, which began at 10.30am. The meeting was well attended and reports from the Chairman, Treasurer and Scheme Manager were all well received.
A total of 11 Volunteer Long Service Awards were presented by our Patron, Amanda Hamblin, who paid tribute to those Homecall volunteers that have supported their clients for 5, 10 and 15 years respectively.
If you would like a copy of the minutes of this meeting please contact the Scheme Manager, details can be found on the Contacts page of this site.
AGM VOLUNTEER LONG SERVICE AWARDS:
Saturday August 13th 2011
Afternoon Cream Tea at 294 Turkey Road
The sun came out almost on cue for this year’s Open Garden Cream Tea event in August. Over 84 people attended the event enjoying a cup of tea and homemade scones with strawberries, jam and lashings of clotted cream. The variety stalls and the range of goods and produce available, proved to be a big success.
Guests included The Mayor of Bexhill Cllr Stuart Wood, Councillor Mr Michael Ensor, our Patron, Amanda Hamblin, Homecall clients and volunteers along with family and friends and other supporters of our charity.
The sum raised was an amazing £740 after all expenses were taken off. We are very grateful to all those who helped with the event, both before and during the event and especially to our host Sandy Melvin whose delightful garden, was enjoyed by everyone who came.
Saturday July 16th 2011
Little Common Business Association Fayre at St Martha's Church
Little Common Business Association Fayre is always a great success regardless of the weather. Due to the rainy conditions on the day this popular event was held inside St Martha’s Church Hall.
We would like to thank the many people who supported the Homecall stand buying our greetings cards and showing so much interest in the charity. The evening raised £44.90, but with the interest shown it is hoped several new volunteers will soon be enrolled and information on the support we offer will be passed on to several potential service users.
Saturday 25th June, 2011
Armed Forces Day Celebration
Homecall were delighted to be supporting this wonderful annual event at Egerton Park again this year. Unfortunately the weather was not as kind on this occasion as it has been in the past. Nevertheless the event was well attended by the public and with a parade to be proud of this was Bexhill at it’s very best!
Our grateful thanks to all those who supported our stand helping us to raise £112.74 to enable us to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill on Sea and the surrounding areas.
Sunday, June 12th 2011
Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Walk
In less than ideal weather conditions Homecall’s 12 walkers braved a chilly and somewhat showery morning in order to take part in this year’s Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Charity Walk. Everyone was well wrapped up and ready to go. Our first 2 walkers set off at 9am in order to complete the 15-mile round trip to Battle. The main group of 9 walkers set off at 9.45am for Crowhurst for the 7-mile walk and 1 walker began his 2-mile walk at 10.30am for the seafront walk. Everyone completed their walk in good time (despite 4 walkers getting lost for a while but they quickly got back on track), thereby raising money to enable the charity to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill and the surrounding area.
Despite the miserable weather, the walk was very much enjoyed by all who took part.
A very big THANK YOU to all our walkers and to all those who have supported them with sponsorship and encouragement.
Homecall Walkers still
smiling despite the weather!
Rita and Jenny looking forward to the walk
April 2011
Beauty Haven Raffle
Beauty Haven in Buckhurst Place, Bexhill kindly held a raffle throughout April in order to raise funds for Homecall. There were three pampering prizes to be won each designed to make every winner feel like a Princess during this Royal Wedding month.
The draw took place on Saturday 30th April raising the sum of £40 in total.
We would like to thank all the staff at Beauty Haven and their customers for their kind support, it is very much appreciated.
Friday January 28th, 2011
Quiz Evening
Homecall held it's 4th
annual Quiz Evening with supper on Friday 28th January at Christchurch Methodist
Church Hall, Bexhill. We were grateful to Barry Turnwell for affording us the use
of the church hall and to Bernice who was our 'Quizzer'. The popular raffle with
your generous donations of 'unwanted Christmas presents' raised a fantastic
£170 and overall an amazing £600 was raised on the night.
Many
thanks to all those who came and enjoyed the event which enables us to continue to
offer support to Blind and Partially Sighted people living in and around Bexhill.
The winning team
Incoming Scheme Manager Maureen Daley,
Quizzer Bernice Harvey, Jenny Private the retiring Scheme Manager, with organisers
Trustees Jan Corke and Jill Dyer
Saturday November 27th, 2010
Christmas Fayre
Homecall had a stand at this Christmas Fayre, which was held in St Martha's Church Hall, Cooden Sea Road, Little Common. We raised £48 and we are grateful to all those who supported our stand at this event enabling us to continue our support to Blind and Partially Sighted People living in Bexhill on Sea. We are grateful to Bexhill Alliance for inviting us to their event, and to Jill and Jenny for running our stall.
Saturday November 6th, 2010
Table Sale
Homecall had a table at
the Little Common Library Table Sale held in The Community Centre, Shepherds
Close. There was a good attendance at this event, business was brisk and the
Homecall table was well supported raising £44.
Our grateful thanks to
all those who came and supported us enabling us to raise valuable funds for our
charity.
Tuesday September 28th, 2010
Indian Ocean Restaurant, Little Common
Homecall's fundraising event, hosted by The Indian Ocean
Restaurant in Little Common on Tuesday 28th September was a great success, The
Manager, Shamim Ahmed, ran a 'Special Event Day' for Homecall and generously gave
all the profit from the event to the charity. Homecall is very grateful to Sham
and all the staff at the restaurant who looked after us so well and, of course, to
everybody who came and supported this event. The meal was delicious and a
magnificent £600 was raised for Homecall. A very big 'thankyou' to everyone
who came and enjoyed this event while at the same time raising valuable funds for
our charity.
It is the first time we have had a fundraiser like this and
Sham has already told us he will be doing it again next year when we hope to build
on the success of this year.
Tuesday September 23rd, 2010
Annual General Meeting
The 25th Annual General Meeting for Homecall was held on Thursday 23rd September at Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club, 5 Withyham Road, Bexhill, TN39 3BD. The meeting was held at 10.30am, preceded by refreshments at 10am and followed by the Volunteer Long Service Awards, which were presented by our Patron Amanda Hamblin. The meeting was well attended and reports from the Chairman, Treasurer and Scheme Manager were all well received. Applause welcomed our new Vice President, Sheila Lawrence. Following the Volunteer Awards our Patron, Amanda Hamblin, paid tribute to the Scheme Manager, Jenny Private, who is retiring next year and presented her with a gift from herself and the Trustees of a lovely cut glass vase and a beautiful bouquet of flowers.. If you would like a copy of the minutes of this meeting please contact the Scheme Manager, details can be found on the Contacts page of this site.
Saturday August 21st, 2010
Hastings Direct Summer Charity Fete at Collington Avenue Bexhill
With poor weather causing a low attendance this
event has, sadly, been our least successful of the year. Homecall information was
available to those hardy enough to attend and with books and bric-a-brac to sell a
total of £38 was raised for the charity.
Homecall is very grateful to
Rita and Barbara along with Stan and Jenny for organising the event and manning
the stall throughout the day in the absence of the Scheme Manager, Jenny Private,
who was on holiday.
Saturday July 24th, 2010
Bexhill Carnival
Perfect weather
prevailed for this year's carnival procession and the town was treated to many a
spectacle as the procession made it's way from Turkey Road to The Polegrove.
Homecall thanks all those who have contibuted towards making the day such a
success, we are extremely grateful to have been chosen as one of the charities to
benefit from the street collection this year.
At the presentation evening on October 2nd a cheque for £400 was received by the Scheme Manager, Jenny Private, who thanked everyone involved and explained that their donation would be put towards display equipment to replace items which had been damaged beyond repair in adverse weather conditions at outdoor events over the past year.
Saturday July 17th, 2010
Little Common Business Association Fayre at St Martha's Church
The new venue for this year's fayre proved very
successful on what was a lovely summer evening, albeit a little breezy!
Thanks to the many people who supported the Homecall stand buying our greetings
cards and showing so much interest in the charity. The evening raised £28,
but with the interest shown it is hoped several new volunteers will soon be
enrolled and information on the support we offer will be passed on to several
potential service users.
July 6th, 2010
Afternoon Cream Tea at 80 Cranston Avenue, Bexhill
On a lovely summer afternoon almost 100 people attended the event enjoying a cup of tea and homemade scones with strawberries, jam and clotted cream also browsing the many stalls. Guests included our Patron, Amanda Hamblin, Homecall clients and volunteers along with family and friends and other supporters of our charity. A heartfelt thankyou to you all for coming to the event, which was our main fundraiser of the year. We raised £829, which was fantastic. We are very grateful to all those who helped with the event, and especially to our hosts Rita and Barrie Wright whose lovely garden was admired by everyone who came. Events like these are a lot of hard work to organise but to be supported as we were makes it all worthwhile.
June 26th, 2010
Armed Forces Day Celebration
Homecall
supported this wonderful event which was held on a most beautiful summer's day in
Egerton Park. There was a good attendance by the public as well as a parade to be
proud of.
Bexhill at it's best!
Our grateful
thanks to all those who supported our stand helping us to raise £235 to
enable us to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in
Bexhill on Sea and the surrounding areas.
June 13th, 2010
Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Walk
In
ideal conditions the participants of this year's Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored
Charity Walk once again made the most of this enjoyable walk. Fourteen walkers
set out with 2 walkers covering 15 miles and 12 walkers covering 7 miles. Everyone
completed their distances raising money to enable the charity to continue to
support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill and the surrounding
area. The total raised for this year is not yet known, however the total for last
year was a superb £606.95.
A very big thankyou to all our
walkers!
January 22nd, 2010
Quiz Evening
Homecall held it's 3rd annual Quiz Evening on Friday 22nd January at Christchurch Methodist Church Hall. Despite a slow start with ticket sales, which was quite understandable bearing in mind the snowy weather conditions of the previous week or so, a late rush meant 63 people again enjoyed an evening at this popular event which included background music, supper and several Quiz rounds.
Our grateful thanks Barry Turnwell for affording us the use of the church hall, to all those who came, to those who organised the event and helped on the day and to our 'Quizzer', Bernice, who keeps the questions answerable ensuring enjoyment for all. With 15 teams of four and one team of three the odds were certainly against them, but well done to the 'Cole team' who were victorious despite having one less member in their team than everybody else.
The raffle was as successful as ever due to the generosity of all those who donated prizes and to Geof and Roger who sold tickets raising £172. We made a handsome profit overall of £562.44 for Homecall, which enables us to continue to offer support to Blind and Partially Sighted people living in and around Bexhill.
Thank you all very much for
your support.
— Jenny Private
September 24th, 2009
Annual General Meeting
The 24th Annual General Meeting for Homecall was held on Thursday 24th September at Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club, 5 Withyham Road, Bexhill, TN39 3BD. The meeting was held at 10.30am, preceded by refreshments at 10am and followed by the Volunteer Long Service Awards which were presented by our Patron Amanda Hamblin. The meeting was well attended and applause welcomed two new Vice Presidents Anna Cole and John Dowling. Reports from the Chairman, Scheme Manager and Treasurer were all well received. If you would like a copy of the minutes of this meeting please contact the Scheme Manager, details can be found on the Contacts page of this site.
August 22nd, 2009
Summer Charity Fete
Good fun was had by all with a variety of entertainment supporting the many charity stalls on a beautiful summer's day. Homecall ran a Tombola and a Craft Stall and was well supported raising just over £100. Grateful thanks to our 7 wonderful volunteers who ran the event on a rota basis.
July 19th, 2009
The Senlac Classic Car Show & Craft Fayre
The Rotary Club of Senlac Car Show was, for the third year running, dogged by inclement weather. Gusty winds and squally showers destroyed many a display limiting the opportunity of the many stallholders to support the good work of Rotary. However, in good old British fashion, the show went on. The entertainment went ahead, braving the elements, and there was a good turn out of vintage cars which were of great interest to all. Homecall would like to thank The Rotary Club of Senlac for it's support through this event, enabling us to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill and surrounding areas.'
June 12th, 2009
Homecall Open Gardens
Two lovely and very different gardens were open to the public in Bexhill on Friday 12th June from 2pm until 5pm.
25 Pear Tree Lane (new Open Garden for 2009)
The
Clinches, Collington Lane East (opposite no. 70)
Homecall were very privileged to have had the opportunity to raise funds through the generosity of the owners of these two beautiful gardens. The event was well supported and enjoyed by all. Homecall raised a little over £430 and we would like to thank everyone who supported this event and, of course, Tony and Jacqui and Val and Ian to whom we are very grateful.
June 7th, 2009
Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Walk
After early morning heavy rain the participants of this year's Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Charity Walk were extremely lucky to once again walk in traditionally warm and sunny weather, a light breeze was also welcomed. Eighteen walkers from Homecall set out with 3 walkers covering 15 miles and 15 walkers covering 7 miles. All walkers completed their distances raising money to enable the charity to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill and the surrounding area. The total raised is not yet known but will be added to this site in due course.
A very big thankyou to all our walkers!
April 24th - 26th 2009
Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society Raffle
BATS (Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society) chose to support Homecall with their recent production of 'Hound of the Baskervilles' which ran at the De la Warr Pavilion from the 24th to the 26th April. Homecall was invited to run a raffle at each performance and through their generosity and that of all those who donated our raffle prizes we raised a worthy £175. BATS made an additional donation of £50 and Homecall is grateful to them for their support.
April 3rd 2009, 10:30 – 12:30
Easter Coffee Morning and Plant Sale
Although the weather let us down with a damp and misty morning Homecall held a 'Coffee and a Hot Cross Bun' event for its 3rd fundraising event of the year at Cooden Beach Tennis Club on Friday 3rd April. The event was well attended and with the additional attraction of stalls of plants, books, cakes and greetings cards to buy along with a raffle, Homecall raised a little under £300. We were pleased to welcome our Patron Amanda Hamblin, a previous High Sheriff of East Sussex, to the event. Her support is much appreciated as is that of everyone who continues to support our charity enabling us to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted residents living in our town.
March 15th 2009
25th Hastings Half Marathon
On a typically sun
drenched Sunday Morning in March Stan(#525) completed his 25th Hastings Half
Marathon (and some say his last). Although his time was his slowest ever it was,
undoubtedly, his most enjoyable. At that pace he was able to enjoy some of the
delightful scenes Hastings has to offer!! The effort has, so far, raised just
under £500 and with a few more pounds to come and with Gift Aid should
provide about £600 for Homecall in total.
Thanks to all who sponsored
him and thank you Stan for raising this superb sum for Homecall. We hope your
medal was a silver one!
January 30th 2009
Quiz Evening
Homecall held a fundraising Quiz Evening at Christchurch Methodist Church Hall, Bexhill. Organised in the main by two Trustees, Jan Corke and Jill Dyer. The excellent support from Homecall volunteers and clients along with their family and/or friends and other supporters of Homecall ensured the event was a sell out for the 2nd year.
At £8 a head everyone enjoyed a ploughman’s supper with plenty to quench the thirst followed by biscuits to eat during the quiz. We were very grateful to our musical group ‘SMOOTH’ who played easy listening jazz during supper and provided one round of the quiz questions. Their performance certainly received hearty applause. Following supper volunteer Bernice Harvey expertly ran the quiz, obviously a well practiced routine!
Supporters were invited to bring ‘unwanted Christmas presents’ for our raffle. What a brilliant idea! The prizes were plentiful and we thank Roger and Geof for selling tickets raising a magnificent £173. Congratulations to the winning team ‘The Oddments’. A £5 gift voucher was presented to each of the 4 team members.
Very grateful thanks go to the aforementioned and to volunteers Sylvia Emery and Viv Reddick and supporter Kate Dyer for helping with supper on the night. Also thanks to Barry Turnwell of Christchurch Methodist Church for allowing us to hold our quiz at the church hall. And last, but by no means least, thanks to Little Common Cheese and Delicatessen and Betts and Loyd who generously gave us discoun