Action Hampshire

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Explore all available VCSE resources, including our community event calendar, VCSE and Action Hampshire news stories, our Blog covering various topics of interest to the VCSE sector, our b-weekly newsletter sign-up.

Action Hampshire

Become a member

Get more support, stronger connections, and a bigger voice. Behind every strong community is a network of organisations sharing ideas, supporting each other, and speaking up for what matters. That’s what Action Hampshire membership is all about.

Action Hampshire

The Hampshire Changemakers Awards 2027

The Hampshire Changemakers Awards returns for another year to celebrate the incredible individuals, organisations, and businesses making a positive impact to Hampshire communities.

Welcome to Action Hampshire

We provide VCSE organisations with the skills, knowledge, support and funding to build their capacity, enabling them to take community-led action.

Who is Action Hampshire?

A bridge to communities

Whether it’s a large charity, a small lunch club, or a social enterprise, we provide VCSE organisations with the skills, knowledge, support and funding to build their capacity, enabling them to take community led action with their communities.

Action Hampshire’s specialist knowledge in the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector spans over 70 years. We support the sector to deliver great services to local people and communities; speak up for the changes they would like to see and help shape the future of where they live and work

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What We Do

Our Work

We work with a variety of partners to deliver innovative projects. Our role is often as project manager, grantmaker, workshop and action learning facilitator, training provider, research partner. In this section, you can find more details about all our projects.

VCSE Resources

In this section you will find our community event calendar, VCSE and Action Hampshire news stories, our Blog covering various topics of interest to the VCSE sector, our b-weekly newsletter sign- up.

Partnerships opportunities

Thriving communities rely on strong partnerships. We offer a range of services to help strengthen connection with communities, to co-design services and to involve or consult with a range of communities, often those that are under-served.

Become a member

Get more support, stronger connections, and a bigger voice. Behind every strong community is a network of organisations sharing ideas, supporting each other, and speaking up for what matters. That’s what Action Hampshire membership is all about.

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“Action Hampshire is delighted to be a partner in this project to be able to support women in Hampshire with the opportunity to explore and grow their enterprise ideas through this programme. This benefits society in the long term as we encourage women to develop ideas, products and services that address current social and environmental challenges, ultimately contributing to a more inclusive economy.”

Nikki Prentice-Jones

Head of SSE (School for Social Entrepreneurs) Hampshire

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