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The Mayor and Consort of Basingstoke and Deane
Cllr Onnalee Cubitt and Hugo Cubitt DL
The Mayor’s
Charity Appeal
2021/22
Charities chosen by Cllr Onnalee Cubitt
Each Mayor chooses charities to support with the proceeds of
fundraising and donations during his or her year in office.
These are the charities chosen by Cllr Onnalee Cubitt:
The Community Prior to COVID-19, the project ran a
Furniture Project series of open days where local people
can learn crafts, upcycling techniques,
The Community Furniture Project is bicycle maintenance, furniture repair and
a furniture reuse charity and has been upholstery. These will resume with evening
operating in Basingstoke since October classes and weekend open days once the
2004. It collects unwanted furniture, current crisis is over.
appliances, bicycles and household
When the first lockdown began the project
goods. The project repairs, restores and
used its position as the Basingstoke
recycles them and passes them on to
hub for the charity FareShare, to begin
local people at low cost. The project is
providing food parcels for those who were
open to everyone and offers further price
self-isolating.
reductions to people receiving means-
tested benefits or state pension and items The project diverts 40 to 50 tonnes of
free of charge in exceptional cases of need waste from landfill every month and
through the Essential Household Goods encourages environmentally-beneficial
Scheme. activities by promoting recycling and reuse.
The project provides day services for The project is delighted to have been
local people with learning disabilities or made as one of the Mayor’s chosen
mental health conditions, and supported charities and looks forward to meeting as
volunteering opportunities and accredited many new supporters as possible during
training in a variety of subjects and crafts. this civic year.
Giving people life and social skills and The Community Furniture Project
training that will help some move on to 6 Joule Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, RG21 6XH
paid employment. www.n-c-r-c.org
www.facebook.com/cfpbasingstoke
The project works very closely with local 01256 320700
schools, colleges, other charities and
referral bodies, providing work placements
for students and young people not in Friends of
employment, education or training. In a St. Michael’s Hospice
normal year it would work with over 120
young people and it hopes to do so again
F ormed in 1989 by Valerie
Buckley, The Friends of
once the COVID-19 crisis is over.
St. Michael’s Hospice continues
The project specialises in working with to generate vital income to support St.
young people with learning disabilities. Michael’s Hospice today.These funds contribute towards maintaining the The Mayor’s Charity
excellent standard of palliative care for which the Appeal donation form
hospice is renowned.
Your donation
The years have seen members come and go but
an original few still play a vital role more than 30 I wish to donate the sum of
years later. Today, the Friends are as committed £
to their fundraising activities as ever and organise to the Mayor’s Charity Appeal and
a wide variety of annual events. These events enclose cash/cheque made payable
are run by the Friends and form a vital lifeline to ‘Basingstoke and Deane Borough
of valuable funds raised for the hospice. With
Council’.
scheduled events taking place throughout the
year, the Friends not only provide financial support
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but also spread awareness and goodwill for the
hospice amongst the community. The aim of the Name (please print)
Friends has always been to organise fabulous,
affordable and entertaining events, including,
talks, auctions, lunches, tournaments, gift fairs
and sports events. Such is the high standard and
reputation of these events that tickets always sell Address
out fast.
The Friends are always looking for volunteers
and have a number of roles that people can get
involved with. While the pandemic led to the
cancellation of many events, plans are already
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under way for next year’s events.
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St. Michael’s Hospice exists only through the
generosity of our local community to sustain its
services.
Some people may only associate hospices
with dying and, where this does feature in their
Please send this slip
work, St. Michael’s is very much focused on
with your donation to:
giving life to days and continuing to support
families living with the effects of losing someone Mayoral Events Coordinator,
they love. Mayor’s Office,
St. Michael’s Hospice (North Hampshire) Civic Offices, London Road,
Basil de Ferranti House, Basingstoke, RG21 4AH
Aldermaston Road,
Basingstoke, RG24 9NB
www.stmichaelshospice.org.uk Or donate online at:
facebook.com/smhbasingstoke/ www.basingstoke.gov.uk/
Jane Lyons, Chair of The Friends, can be reached at
mayorcharity
janelyons@talktalk.netFor more information about the Mayor contact the
Mayoral Events Coordinator
Mayor’s Office, Civic Offices, London Road, Basingstoke, RG21 4AH
Telephone 01256 845591
Email mayor@basingstoke.gov.uk
Website www.basingstoke.gov.uk/mayor
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