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Make a Difference: Hampshire, Dorset and IoW

Sharing help and information from organisations and individuals in your local area.

Radio Solent,17 episodes

Episodes

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Volunteer Award Winner: Karen Hamilton
Karen Hamilton from Andover won the Volunteer Award.
24 Sep 2025,3 mins
Young Hero Award Winner: Emberly
Emberly Heppenstall from Bournemouth won the Young Hero Award.
15 Sep 2025,2 mins
Great Neighbour Award Winner: Melody Willers
Melody Willers from Denmead won the Great Neighbour Award.
15 Sep 2025,3 mins
Active Award Winner: Kim Purkis
Kim Purkis won the Active Award in BBC Radio Solent's Make a Difference Awards.
25 Sep 2025,3 mins
Animal Award Winner: Emily Bentham
Emily Bentham won the Animal Award in the BBC Radio Solent Make a Difference Awards.
25 Sep 2025,3 mins
Green Award Winner: Friends of Bartley Park
Friends of Bartley Park in Totton won the Green Award in the Make a Difference Awards.
22 Sep 2025,3 mins
Fundraiser Award Winner: Caroline Mousdale
Caroline Mousdale won the Fundraiser Award in the Make a Difference Awards.
29 Sep 2025,3 mins
Community Group Award Winners: Enable Ability
Enable Ability won the Community Group Award in the Make a Difference Awards for 2025.
29 Sep 2025,3 mins
Community cafe bringing people together
Community cafe in East Cowes brings people together to irradiate loneliness.
24 Sep 2025,2 mins
Building friendships through performance
Drama, dance and singing sessions for young people with learning disabilities.
08 Oct 2025,4 mins
Hygiene poverty causing people to skip work
8.7 million adults miss work because of hygiene poverty, according to the Hygiene Bank.
10 Oct 2025,4 mins
Farm helping people and animals in Southampton
Southampton City Farm runs wellbeing boosting activities for the community.
14 Oct 2025,2 mins
Helping children 'understand their feelings'
Rob Franks from Poole has written a children's book about getting seriously injured.
04 Nov 2025,3 mins
Charity helping young people into work
The King's Trust supported 1500 young people in the South into work and training in 2025.
23 Dec 2025,7 mins
Young Hero Award finalists: Sophia and Emberly
Sophia and Emberly - finalists in Young Hero category in 2025 Make a Difference Awards.
6 mins
BBC Radio Solent Soapbox Appeal 2026
BBC Radio Solent's Soapbox Appeal is helping collect toiletries and cleaning products.
03 Jan 2026,4 mins
"Even people in full-time work are struggling"
Hive Portsmouth helps people and organisations to improve their health and well being.
3 mins