We work closely with such organisations as Community First who provide effective support and advice to charities, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations across the district. Their dedicated development team offer tailored information and development support ranging from setting up as a new organisation, writing policies and procedures, finding volunteers amongst other things. Explore their resources page for more information. Email: support@cfirst.org.uk or call 0300 500 8085.

Action Hampshire support communities, voluntary and social enterprise sector. They share their expertise in social enterprise and community buildings, and support projects addressing rural development and health inequalities. Get in touch with Action Hampshire by email: info@actionhampshire.org or call on 01962 854971.

Winchester Connects provide tools and resources to groups and organisations across the Winchester district to enable the delivery of projects  and services to the local communities.

Basingstoke Voluntary Action (BVA) currently have access to an online database of funding opportunities called GRANTFinder, and they are offering opportunities to benefit from this to local groups. These options are available for organisations based in the areas covered by the Hampshire CVS Network. If you’re interested in finding out more, please call 01256 423816 or email: contact@bvaction.org.uk

There are hundreds of community facilities in the Winchester district, whether community centres, village/parish halls, church halls, scout huts or sports pavilions. They play a vital role in supporting their communities as a place where they can access local services, activities and events. Venues are also available to hire.  For more information on the community facilities visit our page: Community Facilities - Winchester City Council. 

If you can’t find what you are looking for then please contact us at communities@winchester.gov.uk and we’ll do our best to help.

You can also find local community and other facilities in your area using SchoolHire.

Volunteers play a crucial role in supporting our communities, in fact without them, many of the services provided across Winchester district would simply not happen. Whether it is working in a local foodbank or hospital, answering telephones on advice lines, sitting on the management committee of a community centre, or supporting a local community project, the roles for volunteers are broad and varied. For more information visit: Volunteering - Winchester City Council

Hampshire County Council and Community First have schemes to match volunteers to organisations requiring volunteer support. So, if you are looking for a volunteering opportunity or are an organisation seeking volunteers check out their links above.

If you work as a volunteer or engage volunteers in projects which support vulnerable adults and children, you may need to use Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

Community events are a great way of bringing people together. They provide a way of engaging residents and for promoting positive change, and improvement in your community. Ranging from locally-attended village fetes to larger events such as festivals or parades attracting large numbers of people, community events come in all shapes and sizes. For more information and resources visit: Community Events - Winchester City Council

Community plans identify local problems and opportunities, set out an achievable and long term vision for the future, prepare a plan of action to achieve this vision. They can include everything that is relevant and important to the people who live and work in the community including any social, environmental, employment or economic issues. For more information visit: Community Plans - Winchester City Council