The NHS marks its 77th birthday on Saturday 5 July 2025 and to celebrate, one local charity is encouraging people to host their own NHS Big Tea party to help raise funds for projects supporting patients and staff.

Hampshire Hospitals Charity is excited to share that Colour Run, a supporter favourite, is set to return to Harewood Forest on Saturday 2 August, and tickets are now on sale to join the fun.

Hampshire Hospitals Charity recently welcomed Merlin Entertainment’s Magic Wand team to the children’s ward at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital where they presented patients and staff with an entertainment unit containing items for children of all ages.

A family fun day has raised important funds to help enhance the experience of a visit to hospital for local children.

A memory garden has recently opened just outside Basingstoke to provide a peaceful area for parents who have lost a baby – and it’s all thanks to kind-hearted parents who themselves have experienced the devastation of baby loss.

A local charity is set to host a family fun day for the people of Winchester – and there’s free entry for everyone!

With the supermarket shelves full to bursting with of all kinds of chocolate eggs, one local charity is calling on its supporters to consider a different gift this year.

Nightingale theatres team triumphs in green team competition where they identified multiple ways they can support the trust in making efficiencies to reduce their C02 emissions.

When Gemma Heaver and Emma Zinn stand at the start line of the London Landmarks Half Marathon, they’ll be doing so with mixed emotions as they raise funds to support the charity that helped them after they suffered the unimaginable pain of baby loss.

Following three months in hospital after a stroke, Sally Stoodley is about to embark on an epic pilgrimage to raise funds for the ward that cared for her.

Staff from local hospitals have raised thousands of pounds to support patients and colleagues at their annual pantomime in Basingstoke. 

Laughs guaranteed at charity comedy night as we’re joined by stars from Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo.

When a critical incident was declared by Hampshire Hospitals, local people stepped in to support NHS staff who worked around the clock to ensure patients were well looked after. 

Giant penguins invaded Hampshire to help raise over £12,000 for Hampshire Hospitals Charity by taking part in inflatable obstacle course.

Thanks to your generous donations, Hampshire Hospitals Charity has been able to invest £11,000 in this much needed service to bring a sensory room back to the children of Basingstoke.

The Peritoneal Malignancy Institute (PMI) specialises in the surgical treatment of patients with tumours and cancer that has spread to the peritoneum (a continuous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs), and Basingstoke is one of few places across the country that offers this type of surgery.

Coming into hospital can be daunting or many, but for children it can be incredibly scary when they don’t understand what is going on or why.

With the summer holidays over and the weather taking an autumnal turn, there’s no better time to start planning for... Christmas!