Help Shine Radio raise money for local charities
Six Shine Radio volunteers are completing the Beacon of Peace Charity Walk on Saturday 25th October. It takes place at Hogmoor Enclosure and you can make a donation now which will benefit organisations and charities within the Petersphere. Beacon of Peace was founded to serve...
Fundraising is under way for people affected by the Lavant Street fire
People in Petersfield are donating to a fundraiser to support victims of the Lavant Street fire. Linda Kirkbride of the Handmade Studios Yarn shop has organised the collection via an online crowdfunder site. She says generous donations mean the fund has already raised thousands...
Roaming Wild: The founding of Compassion in World Farming
Theodora Eleni talks to Emma Silverthorn about her book which tells the story of how her grandparents, Anna and Peter Roberts, changed the way in which we farm today by founding what is now the world's largest and most successful animal welfare charity. Together they discuss...
Crossover Youth Centre Liss Hampshire – Its Work Past and Present
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Bordon & Whitehill Voluntary Car Service
https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/bordon-whitehill-voluntary-car-service Bordon and Whitehill in Hampshire has it's own Voluntary Car Service, where the group's drivers use their own vehicles to run those who live in the town and surrounding villages who are either...
Liphook Day Centre 6th June 2023 D-Day Landings Commemoration Sing Song
https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/liphook-day-centre-6th-june-2023-d-day-landings-co The Clients of the Liphook Day Care Centre took part in a Sing Song on the 6th June to commemorate the 1944 D-Day Landings. Trustee Cllr. Jeanette Kirby and former Chairman Bob Hall...
Petersfield Infant School Association appeals for local support
https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/petersfield-infant-school-appeals-for-local-suppor Can you help? Trudy Baxendale from the Petersfield Infant School Association appeals to the local community and businesses for gifts, raffle prizes and fund matching for its summer fair...
Dr Paul O’Halloran talks about the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/dr-paul-ohalloran-chair-of-the-diabetes-board-for Are you at risk of Type 2 diabetes? As Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, Dr Paul O'Halloran, Chair of the Diabetes Board for Hampshire talks to Theodora Eleni about the causes, risks and...
Meet the beagles!
This month in Dogs with Jobs we meet a modern beagle pack. Presenter Kate Fairweather caught up with the beagles at the Alresford Show. Her interviewee Danny Allen has worked as kennel huntsman with the Palmer Marlborough Clinkard Meon Valley Beagles for eight years. Country...
Meet E.T. the military assistance dog
This month, Kate Fairweather stays very local, visiting Ramsdean to meet E.T. (short for Endal III), a talented young labrador retriever. E.T. in his Hounds for Heroes harness. Young E.T. has big paw prints to fill. He's the third in a line of exceptional assistance dogs owned...
Meet Daisy, the autism assistance dog
Meet the talented Daisy, who works with Marcus, an autistic teenager and his family. Hear how this golden retriever has transformed the lives of her human partner and those closest to him. Daisy has worked with Marcus since he was 13. Daisy provides an invaluable early warning...
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Petersfield Twinning Association welcomes Warendorf visitors
Members of Petersfield’s Twinning Association recently welcomed friends from Warendorf, Germany. It was a time to strengthen longstanding ties between the two communities through a programme of friendship, cultural exchange and shared activities. It’s their 20 year anniversary,...
Museum Brick Appeal raises £11,000
An event on Tuesday 25 August at Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery thanked people who bought an engraved brick. The audience was treated to a talk by local historian Bill Gosney who enthusiastically told the story of the 15 year quest to build the museum in the Victorian...
Meet Jenny from the crop
Jenny Ellis grew up on Slade Lane. Nobody gets closer to Rogate's famous asparagus crop. The area is where most of her immediate family lived and live on today. Jenny talks to Shine Radio about living in Petersfield and the local community.
Being a success in the pub trade needs hard work and help from community events
Jen is the 28 year old manager of the Black Sheep Pub on Sheep Street just off the square where she, with her partner and two children, wants to prove a success. She talks to Mike Waddington about the Sports Bar and how community events help all Petersfield pubs - all of...
Breast (and testicular) Cancer Awareness Cakes at Petersfield Railway station
On Tuesday 25 August SWR staff ran a cake and coffee stand to support Breast Cancer Awareness month. The array of mainly home made cakes was very impressive and there's a sweepstake; the prize are rail tickets for a family of five to travel. Sheree, who is a Heath and Wellbeing...
‘Yours’ magazine features Petersfield’s Town Crier Couple
A major magazine has featured Faye and Martin Thompson in its latest edition. Mike Waddington speaks to them both about the accolade and what they bring to the town - character and tourists. As it happens both are also therapists and believe what they do raises spirits -...
We R Electric – an Oasis tribute band with a difference
Inspired to raise money for research into Motor Neurone Disease, Pete has created an Oasis tribute band who will be performing at The Folly Wine Bar in November. Despite his sporting background, Pete wanted to challenge himself in a different way, and so he is learning how to...
Liphook mum’s parent-and-baby group celebrates first year of support and friendship
https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/a-local-mum-who-created-a-parent-and-baby-group-and-a-listening-ear-for-other-parents-celebrates-its-first-year-in-liphook We hear from local mum of two Hannah Chandler, a trained doula, who during a late-night baby feed took the plunge...