Langley Hub

Got stuff you need repairing? Bring it along and we'll see if we can fix it for you!

And if you would like to join our friendly team of volunteers to help us fix things and support us in our mission to keep things out of waste streams - come along and say hi - we are always looking for extra pairs of hands!

Waterside Repair Cafe - New Forest Aquaponics CIC

Come along Saturday 31st January for our community open day! Whether you're curious about the building or just fancy popping in, we'd love to see you and answer any questions you may have! There'll be activities for kids, cakes and refreshments, live music and lots of other fun! See you there!

In collaboration with Culture in Common's New Forest Acting Up Programme, the Langley Hub is proud to host Swing From Paris. This all-string quartet take inspiration from the music of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, with their Parisian flavoured jazz and gypsy swing.  
Performing on violin, guitars and double bass, the quartet play a range of popular swing classics inspired by Gershwin, Edith Piaf, Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the master of tango, Astor Piazzolla, amongst others. Expect a variety of repertoire, interspersed with humour, storytelling and historical context, helping audiences to further appreciate the music.
For more information, see the Swing From Paris event

Book online: Swing from Paris at Fawley Royal British Legion event tickets from TicketSource
For more information call: 07745 296580. 

www.swingfromparis.co.uk 

Youtube performances: Swing from Paris - YouTube
Touring as part of Culture in Common's Acting Up programme cultureincommon.co.uk

Working in partnership with local historians and event organisers: Tony Johnson and Steve Antczak, who are reviving and enhancing their popular heritage exhibition from 2023, and local Artist and Writer Rob Davis who will be working with young people to respond to oral histories gifted by local people.

What to expect from these drop-in events:

• See a sample of the Tony Johnson photographic collection that will be toured in summer.
• In conversation with Tony and Steve, have your say on how the events are marked e.g. Are there any crafts you would like to see demonstrated? Are there any musicians or bands who you can recommend/would like to see?
• Share your stories and insights with Rob, who will be collating what he hears to generate artworks with young people from the Gypsy, Romany and Traveller communities, which will form three of the five exhibitions over the summer.
• There will be drinks and light refreshments provided, as well as free parking.

Please get in touch with claire@energiseme.org if you have any questions about the events. 

Gypsy and Romany Heritage Exhibition Consultation Events | Culture In Common

11th January is the deadline to submit your thoughts on the proposed options for local government reorganisation across Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the IOW. 

'Option 1' : New Forest District Council supports this option, which keeps all the New Forest parishes together (i.e. no boundary changes) as part of a new Mid Hampshire authority, along with East Hampshire, Test Valley and Winchester. 

'Option 1A'  splits the New Forest, with Fawley, Hythe & Dibden, Totton & Eling and Marchwood as part of South West Hampshire authority, along with Eastleigh, Southampton and parts of Test Valley, Winchester and East Hampshire.

'Option 2' keeps the New Forest whole (as Option 1), but as part of South West Hampshire authority, along with Eastleigh and Southampton.

The website, https://www.closeenoughtobelocal.co.uk/

provides more information on the proposals, including a detailed business case, and links to the government consultation page, also here: https://consult.communities.gov.uk/local-government-reorganisation/hampshire-isle-of-wight-portsmouth-southampton/

The graphic below is from pages 19 and 20 of the business case. https://www.closeenoughtobelocal.co.uk/our-proposal-five-unitary-councils