Oakhaven News

Local holiday park raises over £6,000 for Oakhaven Hospice Hoburne Bashley holiday park in the New Forest chose Oakhaven Hospice as its nominated charity for 2023 and raised an incredible £6,050. The team at Hoburne Bashley enlisted staff, holidaymakers and owners to get involved in a number of fundraising events across the year to help […]

Circumnavigating the islands of England and Wales… …in a very tiny dinghy! On Thursday 8th February, Ken Fowler will be giving a talk at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club about his circumnavigation of every island in England and Wales in an RS Aero dinghy. Runner-up “Sailor of the Year” in the 2023 British Yachting Awards, […]

Looking for a challenge for the New Year? Join us for The Oakhaven Walk on Saturday 18th May 2024*. Choose to walk one of three distances to Oakhaven Hospice, along beautiful seafront coastal paths: approximately 26 miles from Sandbanks, 14 miles from Mudeford or 8 miles from Barton-on-Sea. Registration is now open – with Early […]

Special recognition for seven of our volunteers Seven Oakhaven volunteers have been recognised by the national charity, Room To Reward. In June, Oakhaven Hospice held the Oakhaven Volunteer Achievement Awards to recognise the contribution of some of our volunteers who have gone above and beyond in their role. The awards were linked to the Oakhaven […]

Gift Aid is a scheme that enables UK taxpayers to enhance their charity donations. Every time you say ‘yes’ to Gift Aid, each tenner you give becomes £12.50 for the charity at no extra cost to you. And if you’re a higher or additional-rate taxpayer you can later claim tax relief (which you could donate […]

Many thanks to Lymington Town Tours for a generous donation! Our thanks to the Lymington Town Tours team, whose volunteer group has presented a cheque for £1,000 to Oakhaven Hospice. The funds have been raised from donations made during their guided history walks, which run from May to October each year. Micheal Lee and a […]

Santa and Festive Friends Fun Run around Lymington On Sunday 3rd December 2023, nearly 900 people dressed up to take part in the ‘Santa and Festive Friends Fun Run’ organised by Oakhaven Hospice. The 3km ‘Santa dash’ around the streets of Lymington starts and finishes in the High Street outside event sponsor, John D Wood […]

This year, hospices are opening their doors to local MPs as part of Hospice Care Week to share what it’s like to work at a hospice. MPs across the UK are partnering with their local hospice to shadow a variety of roles including nurses, shop volunteers, gardeners or members of the catering team. Raising awareness […]

Oaktober: fundraising for Oakhaven in October Oakhaven Hospice is delighted to announce that its ‘OAKtober’ challenge raised £19,550. ‘OAKtober’ was a month-long challenge for everyone in the New Forest, Waterside and Totton communities, to raise much-needed funds for Oakhaven Hospice during October. Numerous individuals, groups, businesses and schools took part, doing ‘something different’ for the […]

Register now for our festive 3km fun run in Lymington On Sunday 3rd December, Oakhaven will once again turn Lymington into a sea of Santas and festive friends. This will be our 14th annual Santa Dash, which over the years has raised more than £168,000 for the Hospice. Known by many as the unofficial start […]

10 years of our volunteer-led, community-based neighbours scheme The Oakhaven Neighbours scheme was created ten years ago to provide Oakhaven’s patients with non-clinical and companionship support at home. Over the past decade, this volunteer programme has flourished, now with over fifty volunteers generously giving a few hours a week. In 2013 it was identified that […]