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
Sunday 9th June
Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Walk
Come and join us again this year on Sunday 9th June for the annual Rotary sponsored walk from St Richards School to Battle or Crowhurst and back, or, if it’s more your pace a leisurely 2 mile stroll along Bexhill’s seafront in order to raise much needed funds for Homecall.
This popular event is supported by many of Homecall’s volunteers, clients and friends every year. Why not get out your walking boots or shoes and join us for this fun filled morning on the 9th June and at the same time help to raise funds for your favourite charity.
For your sponsorship form please contact Maureen Daley Scheme Manager on 01424 214458
Saturday June 22nd 2013
Open Gardens and Afternoon Cream Tea
This year we are delighted to have 3 beautiful gardens opening on behalf of Homecall on the same day in order to raise much needed funds for our charity.
Each of the gardens are very different in character and style from each other. One garden has a strong Mediterranean theme, another is very much a cottage garden and our third garden follows in the path of ‘The Good life’.
Our first garden to view is 4 Herbrand Walk and is a sea-edge garden with a Mediterranean theme which offers the visitor an amazing view of the English Channel from the stone balustrade. Taking into account the wind, salt and drought a wide variety of coastal plants add structure and colour to the garden.
Our second garden for viewing is 22 Gatelands Drive and is a lovely cottage garden with over 500 plants. This garden was the winner of The Bexhill in Bloom Best Eco Garden in 2012.
Our final garden is an attractive and sizeable garden located at 149 Pear Tree Lane and has several interesting features with a hint of 'The Good Life'. An afternoon Cream Tea which includes home-made scones with strawberries, jam and lashings of clotted cream will be served at this garden. There will also be a wide variety of stalls to browse.
All Three gardens can be visited in any order on the day from 1pm.
This is one summer event not to be missed. Book your tickets now on 01424 214458. Admission is £6 per ticket to include viewing of all three gardens and a delightful cream tea.
Tuesday 20th August
Afternoon Quiz
The Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club, Withyham Road, Bexhill
We are delighted that once again Liz will be our Quiz Mistress at our annual Summer quiz which takes place at the The Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club on the 20th August. There will be 10 rounds of 8 questions each which will include some of the usual quiz subjects such as Literature and History, but others may be a bit different in order to challenge regular quizzers. Don’t worry though – there won’t be anything too difficult and you don’t need to be an Egghead or a Mastermind to have a fun afternoon. As Liz says, “The questions are only easy if you know the answer, and only difficult if you don’t!” As last year, there will also be a "bonus round" paper on each table to be completed while people are waiting for the start of the quiz proper or during tea. Come on your own, with friends or team of 4 and enjoy a fun afternoon from 1.30pm.
Tickets are bookable in advance from Maureen Daley on 01424 214458 at a cost of £5 which includes afternoon tea. There will also be a raffle with some lovely prizes to be won. We hope everyone will have a good time and enjoy themselves.
Saturday 23rd November 2013
Homecall Charity Christmas Fayre
St Martha’s Church Hall, Little Common
This is Homecall’s last fundraising event of the year and promises to be a spectacular one. The doors open at 10am to reveal a wide selection of Christmas goods and seasonal items ready to take you through the festive season.
There will be a number of local charities taking part as well as Homecall, including Bexhill Alliance, Barby Keel and the British Heart Foundation.
In addition there will be home-made jams, painted ceramics, crafts, home-made cakes, books, bric-a-brac, tombola, jewellery, Christmas cards, a Christmas hamper raffle which includes a range of luxury seasonal foods. Refreshments are available which will include delicious bacon butties. The admission is 40 pence and children are free of charge.
This is an event not to be missed - the perfect place to begin your Christmas shopping and at the same time you will be supporting some of your favourite local Bexhill charities.
PAST EVENTS
Friday February 1st 2013
Quiz Evening
Homecall held its 6th annual Quiz Evening with supper on Friday 1st February 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 delicious home-made cakes. We were grateful to Barry Turnwell for affording us the use of the church hall and to Bernice who was our Quiz Mistress. We would like to thank everyone who contributed towards this wonderful evening especially those volunteers who provided our delightful supper and helped to prepare the hall ready for the quiz. As always we are extremely grateful for all those donated raffle prizes which help us raise additional funds. Most of all we would like to thank those of you who ventured out on a cold February evening in order to support Homecall on the night. Without your ongoing support events such as the Homecall quiz wouldn’t happen. As a result of your support we raised a total of £612.20 which enables us to continue to offer support to Blind and Partially Sighted people living in and around Bexhill.
This question looks a tricky one!
Hoping for some easy questions
Saturday 17th November 2012
Homecall Charity Christmas Fayre
St Martha’s Church Hall, Little Common
Despite the unsettled weather Homecall’s Christmas Charity Fayre, which took place at St Martha’s Church Hall, Little Common was a great success. A number of Bexhill charities combined with Homecall joined forces for the day in order to make this a wonderful event to start off the festive season.
The Fayre was well supported by the general public and with so many delightful gifts and seasonal items on offer everyone was able to get ahead with their Christmas shopping.
Michael Gebbie from Diabetes Support Group Bexhill said that ‘we enjoyed the day and despite the poor weather forecast there was a good turn out’.
Barby Keel said that ‘she was very pleased with the day’.
The raffle of the luxury Christmas hamper containing a number of Christmas items donated by Waitrose was won by a local resident Mrs Roberts who said that she was ‘surprised and delighted’ to have won.
Maureen Daley Homecall Scheme Manager said ‘that this was a marvelous event with so many of the Bexhill charities coming together in order to make the Christmas Fayre such a success’. Maureen would like to thank not only the charities concerned but also all those volunteers for their hard work and time which made this such a successful day and of course the people of Bexhill for supporting the charity fayre.
Sweet Temptation!
Roll Up! Roll Up! Everyone's a Winner!
Tuesday October 23rd 2012
Peking Garden Restaurant, Little Common
Lee and Alice Foo at the Peking Garden in Little Common, for the 2nd year running were delighted to welcome friends and supporters of Homecall to their to their stylish restaurant for Homecall’s annual fundraising charity dinner event.
All those attending agreed 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 from the scrumptious dishes as they arrived piping hot to the table.
The evening ended with the drawing of the raffle and with such an array of delightful raffle prizes on offer it was little wonder that everyone listened with bated breath whilst the winning numbers were called.
We would like to express our gratitude to Lee and Alice and their 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 dinner helping us to raise an amazing £715.00. Without your support none of this would have happened!
Good Company, Good Food...so much to smile about!
Service with a smile.
Friday 14th September 2012
Annual General Meeting
The 27th Annual General Meeting for Homecall was held on Friday 14th September at The 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.
Homecall chairman Robert Hooker paid tribute to founder member Tony Brooks who had died earlier this year.
A total of 4 Volunteer Long Service Awards were presented by Homecall Patron, Amanda Hamblin, who paid tribute to the volunteers that have supported their clients during the last 5 and 10 years.
There was a round of applause when it was announced that Jenny Private was elected president of Homecall and Rita Wright, a volunteer since 1997, a vice president of Homecall.
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.
(From left to right)
Homecall Patron Amanda Hamblin, Rita Wright Vice President, Maureen Daley Scheme Manger, Jenny Private
President.
Patron Amanda Hamblin with Homecall volunteers who were presented
with their long service awards
Tuesday August 14th 2012
Summer Afternoon Quiz
A good time was had by all at Homecall’s first ever summer afternoon quiz at The Cooden Beach Sports and Social Club in Withyham Road.
Our quiz mistress Liz began the afternoon leading off with a wide range of new questions and categories. Liz was well supported by our team of markers Michael, Deborah and Robert who did a sterling job checking all the quiz papers in good time. Afternoon tea and cakes were served during the interval giving everyone a chance to refresh their brain cells ready for the final rounds of quiz questions.
The popular raffle with many generous donations of raffle prizes given on the day helped to raise a wonderful £101. The total sum raised including the raffle was £273.
All at Homecall would especially like to thank Liz for her all her hard work which provided everyone with such a delightful afternoon. A big thank you is also due to Michael, Deborah and Robert for the excellent marking and also to our wonderful team of volunteers who worked so hard behind the scenes in order to provide everyone with a delicious afternoon tea. Last but not least we would like to thank all of you who came and enjoyed the afternoon quiz, your support enables us to continue to help Blind and Partially Sighted People living in and around the Bexhill area.
The happy losing team pictured with
Homecall Chairman Robert Hooker (centre)
Saturday July 7th 2012
Open Gardens and Afternoon Cream Tea
This year for the first time 3 beautiful gardens were kindly opened on the same day on behalf of Homecall in order to raise much-needed funds for our charity.
The sun made a spasmodic appearance throughout the day but nevertheless stayed with us long enough to enable the many visitors to the gardens to enjoy each garden in its entirety. Over 100 people attended the event enjoying a cup of tea and homemade scones with strawberries, jam and lashings of clotted cream. The variety of stalls and the range of goods and produce available, proved to be a big success.
The sum raised was an amazing £1021.00. We are very grateful to everyone who helped make this day so special and we would like to thank all those volunteers who helped out both before and during the event.
We would especially like to express our gratitude to our hosts Jill, Sheila, Marion and Barbara who shared their delightful gardens with us and made this event possible.
Always a popular stall with Jenny's delicious homemade jams on offer
Everyone enjoying the afternoon in Jill's beautiful garden
Saturday 30th June, 2012
Armed Forces Day Celebration
Homecall were delighted to be supporting this wonderful annual event at Egerton Park once again this year. After a slightly showery start in the morning the rain held off for the remainder of the day with the sun making a welcome appearance for much of the afternoon. This is very much a family day out with something for everyone to enjoy. The event was very well attended with a parade to be proud of, this was Bexhill at it’s very best! Our grateful thanks to all those who supported our stands helping us to raise £122.20 to enable us to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill on Sea and the surrounding area.
Where is everybody?
Fear not, they're on their way!
Sunday, June 10th 2012
Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Walk
The rain held off as Homecall’s team of walkers joined up with many others on a chilly Sunday morning in order to take part in this year’s Rotary Club of Bexhill Sponsored Charity Walk. Everyone was well prepared and eager to start. The first group of walkers to set off were those taking part in the 15-mile round trip to Battle. The 7 mile group of walkers were the next to go, making their way to Crowhurst and back, with the final group of walkers setting off for the seafront walk at about 10.30. Everyone completed their walk in very good time thereby raising much needed funds in order to enable the charity to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living in Bexhill and the surrounding area.
A very big THANK YOU to all our walkers and to all those who have supported them with sponsorship and encouragement.
Homecall Supporters eager to begin their walk
Happy Homecall Supporters proudly displaying their certificates
Dogs and walkers taking a welcome halfway break
Saturday May 26th, 2012
Homecall’s Sparkling Diamond Jubilee Cream Tea
Strawberry cream teas were enjoyed on a sun-lit terrace overlooking a Sussex country garden in its May magnificence. What better way could there be for Homecall to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee?
That was the vision of Amanda Hamblin, Homecall’s patron and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county, when she and her husband Brian kindly offered the use of their home at Cross in Hand for the occasion.
Thanks to the host’s generosity, the beautiful setting, the glorious weather and the group of volunteer helpers the Sparkling Strawberry Tea Party was an occasion to remember.
Clients and volunteers came by coach to Cross in Hand to arrive at this beautiful garden via a shady tree-covered drive.
The sparkle to this strawberry tea was provided by a toast in pink champagne to her Majesty – coupled with one to Homecall’s continued success. – proposed by Amanda Hamblin, she and her husband were thanked for hosting the occasion by Homecall’s chairman, Robert Hooker.
Additional colour was added to the occasion by a Diamond Jubilee hat competition judged by the hostess.
We would like to say a special word of thanks to Rother Council for the grant of £350 and also to The Bexhill Lodge for their kind donation of £180. These sums helped make this special day possible for our clients.
Homecall patron Amanda Hamblin with husband Brian
Volunteers and clients arriving for this special day
Winners of the Best Hat competition
Brian and Amanda's beautiful garden
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February 2012
Charity Store Collection at Tesco Supermarket at Ravenside Retail Park
Homecall were very fortunate to have been invited to hold a fundraising collection at the Tesco Supermarket at Ravenside over a 2 day period on the 17th and 18th February. We held our collection outside the store from 10am until 1pm over the two days and we were very lucky to enjoy mild weather during this time. The public were very generous and supportive of Homecall and we collected in total the sum of £174.60 which will help us to continue to support Blind and Partially Sighted people living within the Bexhill area.
Wednesday February 15th 2012
Bexhill Goes Digital — Talk
With the analogue signal due to be switched off all televisions in the Bexhill area at the end of May and being replaced with a digital signal only, Homecall wanted to ensure that all it’s clients were up to date and fully prepared for the changeover when this takes place. With this in mind Homecall invited Liz Allsobrook, the Digital Switchover Project Co-ordinator from Action in Rural Sussex and Ian Standley from Drays in Bexhill to give a talk to Homecall’s visually impaired clients and their team of volunteers. The talk took place on Wednesday 15th February at the Bagnall Room in Sackville Road and was very well attended. Up to 60 people came and enjoyed listening to both speakers who shared their knowledge of the digital system and were more than happy to take questions from the audience. Later during the tea break they were again available to speak with individuals in the audience on a one to one basis. Both speakers were excellent. Liz spoke of the changes within a wider picture and Ian was able to discuss how it would affect us here in Bexhill on a more local level. It proved to be a very worthwhile afternoon and we would hope that everyone who attended the talk is now more ‘digital aware’ and will be ready for the changeover day when it takes place in May
Ian Standley with local knowledge
Liz Allsobrook making it look easy
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