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Downsizing 'could create difficulties'

4:30pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

A PLAN to help free up properties for families in need by helping elderly people downsize out of large homes could create more problems than it solves, according to a charity for older people.

Dickensian fundraiser

3:30pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

HUNDREDS of pounds were raised for two news trade charities at a special dinner to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in Hampshire.

Hundreds saved by lifeboats

1:40pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

MORE than 300 people were rescued at sea last year by lifeboat crews across the area, new figures published today reveal.

Charity abseil raises over £30,000

1:30pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

FUNDRAISERS are celebrating after a daredevil abseil 60ft down Southampton General Hospital raised more than £30,000 for children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

People of Hampshire show their caring side

1:30pm Monday 30th January 2012

THE Daily Echo has been inundated with calls from dozens of people across the region who want to help stop loneliness and isolation in Hampshire.

Mosque could close over £10,000 gas bill

6:05pm Friday 27th January 2012

RELIGIOUS leaders last night launched a frantic scramble to raise £10,000 to settle a massive backdated gas bill and save a Southampton mosque from closure.

Charity needs help to make new unit a reality

3:10pm Wednesday 25th January 2012

Smile4Wessex is appealing for Daily Echo readers to help raise £150,000 towards building a new specialist new £600,000 children's neurological unit in Hampshire.

£50k boost for activities centre

5:00pm Tuesday 24th January 2012

An activities centre for disabled people has received a fundraising boost. The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activity Centre in Manor Farm Country Park has been given £50,000 from the BAA Communities Fund, on behalf of Southampton Airport.

£2,000 boost for nature reserve buggy service

3:30pm Monday 23rd January 2012

AN ALL-TERRAIN electric buggy service for visitors to a Hampshire nature reserve is a step closer thanks to a big donation.

Skandia staff raise £23,000 for cancer charity

2:50pm Monday 23rd January 2012

Staff at Skandia in Southampton have collected a massive £23,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support through months of marathon fundraising.