The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.
We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.

We help vulnerable people in the UK and abroad prepare for, withstand and recover from emergencies in their own communities.

The services we provide are:

Voluntary Services provided from the Hayling Centre are:

• - Mobility Aids - loan of wheelchairs, walking aids and other medical equipment
• - First Aid - cover for public and private events, basic first aid training
• - Hand, Arm and Shoulder Massage  - residential care home visits and public events
• - Fundraising  - annual Red Cross Week money collections, second hand goods sales, clothes sales and other social events

Open hours:  Monday to Friday 10am to 12noon and 2pm to 4pm

New members always welcomed

Hayling Island community First Responders is a group of volunteers that try and give a 24/7 cover the community and visitors of Haying on behalf of the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS). We are trained by them to give emergency life saving treatment.

When you call 999 they will access your call and if they deem it appropriate they will call the Responder on call as they can normally attend, before the Ambulance, these vital minutes could make all the difference.

Situated at the extreme eastern end of Hayling Island at the entrance to Chichester Harbour, the Hayling Island Lifeboat Station provides  24 hour  marine emergency cover. Our volunteer crews provide cover for the 10,000 boat owners and their crews who are based in Chichester Harbour and to all mariners in the eastern approaches to the Solent.

The Paris to Hayling Charity Cycle Ride started in 1986, when Peter McQuade, now President of the Ride, cycled alone from Paris to Hayling raising money for cot death research, following the death of the baby daughter of two close friends. Like many subsequent riders he had no great cycling experience. However, as the trip turned out to be easier than he had anticipated he persuaded another 17 cyclists to join him the following year.

The ride is now been running for 31 years. The 2016 ride left Portsmouth on Sunday 10th July 2016 travelling through Rennes and Laval  arriving in Le Mans on Wednesday arriving back in Hayling Island on Saturday 16th.

To date the ride has raised over £1.5 million pounds for charity with 100% of the monies raised going to charity. over 2000 riders have taken part over the years with many participants coming from all over the country. This is widely regarded as one of the most successful charity events run on the south coast.

Sue Ryder has two charity shops on the Island. We have 13 care centres across the UK, providing compassionate care and support for people with palliative, long-term and end of life needs. Our care services enable us to give support and care to people in residential and day centres, day clinics, in the community and in the comfort of their home.

We train and educate healthcare professionals, both our own healthcare professionals and for other external organisations. We work collaboratively with the Sue Ryder Centre for Palliative and End of Life Studies at the University of Nottingham. At Sue Ryder we’re passionate about providing incredible care to people in desperate need. That is why we also operate internationally and have done for over 20 years.

Haylings Best is an award winning group that was initially formed via the Market Towns Initiative to bring a new lease of life to our community, so that we can provide convenient access to the services that townspeople and surrounding communities depend on. Our aim is to promote Hayling Island as a vibrant, viable and independent community.

Our members projects include: Hayling Scarecrows, Playing on the Plaza. the Copp Memorial, Cycle Hayling, Hayling Billy 50 and Discover Hayling. We are continuing to develop programmes that take our community forward and also provide support to projects that share our aims to benefit the Hayling Island community.

The club was formed in 1964 by a group of local businessmen as a way of returning something worthwhile to the community, which supported their various businesses. It was thought best to support the less privileged in our society by means of various fund raising events. This is still the basic philosophy and there are now two key fundraising events each year. The annual BBQ at the Northney Farm and the Cabaret night currently held at Mill Rythe.

Currently most of our fund raising goes to financing the a mini-bus that we provide for the use of local charities. We are however able to support a number of local groups with donations from time to time and recent donations include: local scouts, Hayling United, and Hayling young at heart.

Hayling Island has what is probably Hampshire's largest and most active horticultural society.  On offer are talks, day outings, a week's organised holiday and three fabulous shows each year! To find out more, see our informative web site: www.hihs.org.uk  We also have a Hayling Island Horticultural Society Facebook page.

The Society's Trading Centre, open every Sunday morning from 10.00am to 12 noon at present, and from 9.30am to 12 noon on Sundays and Wednesdays from February to June inclusive, with an extensive range of gardening supplies at very favourable prices.  The non profit-making shop is run by members and there is usually somebody on hand who can give gardening advice. 

To become a member costs just £4 per household per annum, so why not come along and see what we have to offer - without any obligation?  You can find us at the side of the Legion Road car park just off Elm Grove.

OUR NEXT SHOW: We'd like to invite you to our very next show at the Hayling Island Community Centre on Saturday 25th March.  It's open at 2.00pm (1.30pm for the disabled) and you will be able to enjoy daffodils and narcissi, pot plants, spring flowers, vegetables, floral art, cookery, handicrafts, junior crafts and photography for £1 entry fee (children free).  In addition there will be plant sales and amazing afternoon teas with homemade cakes.  During the winter, we have talks at the URC Hall, Hollow Lane on 26th October and 25th January at 2.30pm and it's only 50p for visitors, including refreshments!  Further 2017 talks will be announced in January.

The Hayling Island Lions club was formed in 1997 and is part of Lions Clubs International the world's largest and premier International Voluntary Service Organisation. Since its formation the Hayling Lions have created a reputation for help and assistance widely respected by our community.

We currently have 32 members drawn from all walks of life and experience and we meet every second Thursday in the month at 7.30 p.m. at the Royal British Legion Legion Rd, Hayling Island PO11 9ES. 

Locally we work to support the Hayling Island community through funds raised at our charity shop and various fundraising activities that are held throughout the year.

Full details of our work in the Hayling Island Community is detailed on our web site.

As a member of Hayling Island U3A you can:

• Participate in educational, creative and leisure activities in a friendly environment
• Explore new interests and activities in a friendly and supportive atmosphere
• Learn for pleasure, through shared knowledge, skills and experience
• Contribute time, expertise and energy to help establish new groups and further the work of the U3A
• Attend any of our meetings for free
• Access the members' area of this web site to see services and material not available to the general public
• Receive the Hayling Island U3A newsletter three times a year
• Receive the national U3A magazine: "Third Age Matters" five times a year
• Join other U3As that allow associate members, possibly with a discounted subscription
• Access resources and guidance from the national Third Age Trust, as appropriate