The Mayor of Havant

• Tell me about the Office of Mayor
• What does the Mayor do?
• What is the correct way of addressing the Mayor?
• Who is the Mayor of Havant at the moment?
• How can I contact the Mayor?
• Will the Mayor attend my function/activity?
• What are the Mayor's Charities?
• Charity Events

Tell me about the Office of Mayor

First Citizen

Functions

What does the Mayor do?

• presides over meetings of the Council so that its business can be carried out efficiently and with regard to the rights of Councillors and the interests of the community;
• ensures that the Council meeting is a forum for the debate of matters of concern to the local community and the place at which members who are not on the Executive are able to hold the Executive and committee chairmen to account;
• promotes public involvement in the Council's activities;
• can be the "conscience" of the Council; and
• attends such civic and ceremonial functions as the Council as he/she determines appropriate.

• there will be one or more good causes to which the Mayor will devote considerable time and energy, both through fund raising and by giving and obtaining publicity;
• the Mayor will represent the Borough at Civic and related events both within and outside the Borough;
• he/she will often be the principal guest of local and national charitable and business organisations, schools etc;
• he/she should encourage by deed and help all voluntary organisations in the Borough.

What is the correct way of addressing the Mayor?

Who is the Mayor of Havant at the moment?

How can I contact the Mayor?

Will the Mayor attend my function/activity?

What are the Mayor's Charities?

Naomi House Children's Hospice

Registered Charity Number 1002832

Naomi House is a purpose built children’s hospice in Sutton Scotney, near Winchester.  This very special place provides care and support for “good days….difficult days….and last days” through one-to-one nursing care in a home from home environment.  Each year over 300 life-limited children from central Southern England and their families visit Naomi House for respite, terminal and bereavement care.  

Open 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year, it costs around £2.5 million every year to keep this service running and with less than 10% income from the government, Naomi House relies on the generosity of the community to raise vital funds.  In addition the trust is working on an appeal to raise £12 million to build, equip and run.

jacksplace@naomihouse a new hospice for teenagers and young adults.  For more information please visit http://www.naomihouse.org.uk/

Havant Women's Aid

Registered Charity Number 273775

The organisation provides services to women and their children who have suffered or who are in danger of suffering emotional, physical or sexual abuse in their relationships.  Havant Women’s Aid runs a refuge offering support and temporary accommodation to women and children escaping domestic abuse.  We also offer outreach to families living in the local community in need of advice, support and information.

Havant Women’s Aid was first established in 1979 by a group of local people who saw a real need in the area for a refuge for women and children who were in fear of being abused.

During the year April 2007 to March 2008 we received referrals for refuge space from 109 families.  Of these referrals we were able to accommodate 37 families, which included 72 children.  During this period we supported 84 women through our outreach service and over 60 women and their children used our drop-in services and group work.

Services

Havant Women’s Aid provides a number of services to women and children experiencing domestic abuse.

Refuge Accommodation

This consists of a 6 bedroom house which can accommodate 6 families, with up to 15 children at any one time.  Each family has their own bedroom and shares kitchen, dining, utility, living and bathroom facilities with the other families.  The refuge benefits from a lounge for families and one specifically for children and a playroom. 

Support Services

The Project Staff support the women and children living in the refuge.  They provide a supportive and empowering environment and deliver both practical and emotional support.  Havant Women’s Aid works to empower women to move on from refuge accommodation and live lives free of domestic abuse.

Children’s Services

Havant Women’s Aid has dedicated staff working with children and young people of all ages. Activities such as after school club, age appropriate sessions and both structured and free play are made available to enable children and young people in refuge accommodation to experience living and playing in a supportive environment free from violence or any form of discrimination.  We work to help children and young people to come to terms with their experiences of domestic abuse and to enable children and young people to overcome practical or emotional difficulties.  By providing individual and group work with children and mothers we work to reduce long term damage by providing skilled help to enable children to begin to work through their experiences.

Drop-in Services and Group Work

“The Freedom Programme” is a 12 week programme which works to break the cycle of domestic violence and abuse through work with women who have experienced such violence.  This work is especially crucial for many women who are isolated and unable to seek help from  statutory services.  “Fun Time Thursday” provides activities for children, young people and their mothers during the school holidays. 

Havant Women’s Aid also works in partnership with Sure Start and Social Services to provide a Domestic Abuse Group where crèche facilities are available for pre-school children.

A19 

is a support service offered twice a month to young people aged 9 to 16 living in refuge accommodation, ex-refuge residents and those living with or that have lived with domestic violence in our local community.

Outreach and Resettlement Services

The Outreach and Resettlement Service provides one-to one services, specially provided group work, drop-in services and counselling services for women and children experiencing domestic violence in the Havant Borough.  This service works with women and children in the refuge and those leaving refuge accommodation as well as women and children living in their own homes and other temporary accommodation, such as Bed and Breakfast accommodation.  Referral routes include voluntary and statutory agencies and self referrals through Havant Women’s Aid’s Advice Line.

Telephone Advice Line  

Women and other agencies may telephone us for information, support or advice. 

The Rowans Hospice

Registered Charity Number 299731

The Rowans Hospice took its first patients on 25 October 1994 and was formally opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra in 1995.  It’s a local charity which provides specialist hospice care and support to patients with life-limiting illness resident in Portsmouth and South East Hants, their relatives and carers. All care is given without charge.

Today, all 19 of the in-patient beds are operational, Day Care is busy and vibrant and a new intensive therapeutic service, known as the Heath Centre, is firmly established and providing services for very recently diagnosed patients and their families.

It costs The Rowans Hospice over £3 million each year to provide hospice care and to ensure the hospice building and grounds are well maintained, offering a haven for rest and recuperation.

Although The Rowans Hospice receives some statutory support from the NHS and social services they still need to fundraise over £2.6 million each year. This would not be achievable without the help and support from the local community.