News Stories
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11 Jan. 2021
Bournemouth church provides over 250 Christmas emergency food supply parcels
The Parish of Winton, Moordown and Charminster* thanks to funds from the Church Revitalisation Trust’s Love Your Neighbour campaign (CRT) was able to provide over 250 emergency food parcels to the vulnerable and those most in need at Christmas. Read more
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5 Jan. 2021
COVID Vaccination Scam Alert
There have been reports of a new scam where a person receives a text saying they need to book a vaccination appointment and it takes them to a fake NHS form which then asks for their bank details to prove their identity. Read more
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23 Dec. 2020
Hope breaks through prison bars this Christmas
A Christmas Day carol service, made by HMP Winchester and local churches, is to be broadcast into almost every cell of each of 50 prisons nationwide.
The service, featuring Sir Cliff Richard and Shane Taylor will be available on the prison tv channel at 10am, 4pm and 10pm on Christmas Day.
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18 Dec. 2020
The Bishop of Winchester Christmas Message 2020
We all know that this year’s Christmas celebrations will be different. For many families, there will be no celebration, as they come to terms with spending Christmas without their loved ones, and perhaps grieving. Read more
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14 Dec. 2020
Announcement of the death of the former Dean of Winchester
On Saturday 12 December, Winchester Cathedral announced the death of the former Dean of Winchester, the Very Reverend James Atwell. James passed away at home in Cambridge with his family following a short illness. Read more
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10 Dec. 2020
Diocese of Winchester and Southampton City Council celebrate successful move of St. Mark's C of E
Progress at Southampton’s first all-through school has reached a major milestone in the project with the start of demolition works on the existing school building. Read more
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1 Dec. 2020
The Bishop of Winchester launches Christmas and Lent Appeal to support partners in Asia, Africa and
Church-goers from across Hampshire and East Dorset have been invited to donate to the Bishop of Winchester’s Christmas and Lent Appeal in aid of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Anglican Communion ‘Together in Unity’ Fund supporting vulnerable communities in Companion Link Provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
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26 Nov. 2020
Action on Modern Slavery – The Bishop of Winchester in Conversation
In 2019, 195 people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were identified as potential victims of trafficking. Read more
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24 Nov. 2020
Southampton Churches help older people fight loneliness and isolation from home
Churches across Southampton have come together to help tackle the sense of loneliness and isolation in the older community, with the help of a local charity. Read more
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17 Nov. 2020
Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2021 set to inspire community gardens
Getting the nation creating community gardens using the world’s most famous Bible verses – that is the intention of a garden designed by Hampshire-based designer, Sarah Eberle at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021. Read more