The Saturday group enjoyed meeting at the Orchard Community Cafe for the first time and even had table service by Hannah and Vicky! The group talked about what they were […]

We are really pleased to have been awarded a National Lottery Community Fund grant to work with people who fall between gaps in services. We will working with our partners […]

We are pleased to announce that Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council have awarded us a grant for 1 year for a new health project! From April we will be running […]

As you can see , some of our members wore their Christmas jumpers to the December socially distanced Saturday group! We are closed from Christmas Eve but back on Monday […]

Our lease at 17 New Road ends this month so from 8th December we will be based at the Basingstoke Voluntary Action offices at the The Orchard. We will continue […]

We celebrated Advocacy Awareness week by attending the national advocacy conference last week online, and tweeting @Speakeasy2017 about the difference advocacy is making to people we work with. Our Speakeasy […]

Another successful indoor socially distanced meeting on Saturday 3rd October helped people share experiences and meet up with their friends. Not everyone can join in online activities or plan social […]

Saturday 5th September saw our first indoors self advocacy group since lockdown. We met at the Roger Morris Centre for a couple of hours of socially distanced chat and video […]

Ernesto is one of many self advocates we have supported to keep in touch during lockdown with a newsletter and WhatsApp group. People tell us they have enjoyed seeing pictures […]