Over the past few years, we’ve been supporting Mountbatten Hampshire, a local charity very close to our hearts here at SPCC.
Mountbatten Hampshire is an independent charity providing 24/7 free care and support to people with any life-limiting illness and their loved ones. They also offer support to the families and friends of those who have been bereaved.
All of their care and support is free, thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of supporting communities and local people.
Members, staff and the wider community here at SPCC have come together to support our fundraising mission. From coffee mornings and fundraising quiz nights to Team SPCC’s Sky Dive, we have been committed to raising as much money as possible for this incredible charity.
In December 2024, we were delighted to share that we’d raised a whopping £14,295.06 during the 18-month fundraising period. To our wonderful members and your friends and families, thank you for your incredible support and generosity in supporting this incredible charity.
But our fundraising mission doesn’t stop there…
Throughout 2025, we’ll be continuing to support Mountbatten Hampshire, helping them to raise awareness and funds through a range of events here at the Club. Keep an eye out on our events page for upcoming events and ways to get involved and support our fundraising mission!
If you’d like to find out more about Mountbatten Hampshire, or would like to make a donation, you can visit their website here
Public Access Defibrillator in memory of Claire Reed
March 2019
In March 2019, we raised just over £2000 to buy a Public Access Defibrillator in memory of Claire Reed, who sadly lost her life at the young age of 22 to Young Adult Death Syndrome.
Claire, who had only been married for 5 months, was a regular at the gym and enjoyed kickboxing. Yet whilst away of a friend’s hen party celebration, she complained of feeling unwell and tragically died in hospital. Claire, who was the daughter to Graham and Anne, brother to Pete, wife to Andy and friend to many, may have had her life saved by a Defibrillator Machine.
In memory of Claire, we raised funds to buy a public access defibrillator that is positioned on the outside of the building. The defibrillator is accessible to the community and can be used by anyone who is trying to save the life of a person experiencing cardiac arrest.
Over the course of a few months, our members were incredibly supportive in helping us to raise the funds that we needed to buy the equipment. We held a St Patrick’s themed Race Night on the 15th March 2019 where we raised a whopping £1400! Members enjoyed the evening and showed their support by taking part in the races, buying raffle tickets and placing bids on two Saints football shirts, donated by Barry Wales and Southampton football player Matt Target. We were also lucky to receive support from local businesses including Dominos Hedge End, Nandos Whitley as well as Wagamama Whitley, who all kindly donated raffle prizes as well as an Irish dancing group who put on a fantastic performance.
The remaining funds will go into Southern Parishes Charity account founded and run by some members of the SPCC, where they can be used for the next charity event in December.
Over the years we have raised funds for several charities and local causes.
This includes £5000 raised for an outboard motor and a further £1800 for tandem kayaks for the QE2 Centre, which is a Charity for young people with learning difficulties.
We also raised £200 to repair the cover of Botley School swimming pool and £100 to Hedge End in Bloom which is run by a group of ladies who keep Hedge Ends borders planted with flowers. We have also supported Football and Toast which is a weekly event for local youngsters.
We are very grateful to our members who are incredibly supportive and feel passionate about raising funds for good causes. If you have a charity that you feel we could support, get in contact to find out how we could help.
