Kingfisher staff recently teamed up with pupils of Manor Fields Junior School in Brighton Hill for a photographic competition. The year 4 pupils were embarking on a project looking at life in their community and Kingfisher teamed up with the school to provide pupils with disposable cameras to capture on film their views of the community in which they live.

Wessex Housing Partnership which comprises Kingfisher based in Basingstoke and HVHS Housing Group, based in Winchester, has received group-wide recognition as an Investor in People.

Pupils from Kempshott Junior School will lead Kingfisher residents at Buckingham Court, Buckingham Parade, Kempshott for a morning of traditional Christmas carol singing, in conjunction with St Marks Church.

Wessex Housing Partnership Ltd and its two subsidiaries, Kingfisher , Basingstoke and HVHS Housing Group, Winchester have recently relaunched their web sites, making them even more accessible to their residents than before.

On Friday 14 November elderly residents from one of Kingfisher ’s sheltered housing schemes were invited to Fairfields Primary School in Council Road, Basingstoke to ‘relive’ their memories from the war years.

Kingfisher is bucking the national trend with its sales record, having just sold its 100th shared ownership home at the Sherfield Park housing development, near Sherfield on Loddon, north of Basingstoke.

Jackie Bligh stepped down as Managing Director at HVHS Housing Group on 24 October to take up the post of Chief Executive at Merthyr Valleys Homes in South Wales. Jackie has made a fantastic contribution to HVHS over the last year and we wish her well for the future. We have appointed an interim Managing Director, Heather Bowman, who joined us on 1October. Heather is currently Projects Director at Sovereign and is being seconded from Sovereign to cover the MD post until Kingfisher and HVHS amalgamate next year. Heather joins us with a wealth of experience that includes care, supported, and general needs housing. She has worked at Sovereign since 2001 and prior to that was at Stonham for a number of years.

The Queen’s representative in Hampshire, the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mrs Mary Fagan JP officially opened Kingfisher ’s and Wessex Housing Partnership’s new headquarter offices in Basingstoke on Tuesday 7 October 2008.

Fourteen 1 and 2 bedroom apartments owned by Basingstoke based Kingfisher Housing Association at Alresford Station in Alresford was named after a well known local businessman and historian.

Wednesday 10 September 2008 at 6.30pm will be the joint Annual General Meeting of Kingfisher , HVHS Housing Group and their parent company Wessex Housing Partnership. The meeting will be held at the Hampshire Court Hotel, Chineham, Basingstoke and residents of Kingfisher and HVHS Housing Group are invited to attend along with other guests.

Local Basingstoke , Kingfisher and its parent company, Wessex Housing Partnership are moving to a larger headquarters building in Basingstoke this month.

Elderly residents from one of Sovereign Kingfisher ’s sheltered housing schemes are involved in a community arts project called ‘Age to Age’ with pupils from Fairfields Primary School in Council Road, Basingstoke.

“The Wild West” comes to town on Saturday 19 July between 1.00pm and 5.00pm, with the annual Buckskin Fun Day taking place at the Ridgeway Centre, Buckskin.

Sovereign Kingfisher Homes (Wessex), a subsidiary of Sovereign Kingfisher , based in Basingstoke are pleased to be able to assist the fire crews of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) by enabling them to carry out a ‘real life’ training exercise in one of its empty properties.

On Saturday 6th September, Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Hampshire's biggest country park, will host its first ever FREE Multicultural Festival.

Many people may be surprised to learn that abuse of elderly people is a real problem that needs to be acknowledged and addressed and to that end Sunday 15 June was the second ‘World Elder Abuse Awareness Day’.

On Thursday 29 May 2008 Sovereign Kingfisher residents’ of Aldersey Field, Alton will be treated to a fun packed day – the idea, to turn them ‘green’!

Domestic milk deliveries may well have ended from the old Co-op Dairy in Andover but they have been replaced by the crème de la crème of affordable housing.

A football fun day is being organised for youngsters from Whitchurch and surrounding villages to be held during the Easter School holidays.

Nineteen much needed affordable houses and flats have been built in the village of Micheldever, near Winchester thanks to an innovative scheme run by Sovereign Kingfisher .

Sovereign Kingfisher Building Services LLP (KBS) who are based on the Moniton Trading Estate in Worting Road, Basingstoke is proud to have taken on its first work placement. Kristian Tolbod of Swallowfield, near Reading has been working with KBS for just over 8 months and he is already making a name for himself!

Sovereign Kingfisher and its residents in Basingstoke town centre are sending out a stark warning to others who persistently cause anti-social behaviour, that they may risk losing their home.

A football fun day is being organised for youngsters from Whitchurch and surrounding villages to be held during this coming half term.

Sovereign Kingfisher , the largest landlord in Basingstoke and North Hampshire is pleased to announce the purchase of a new 18,500 square foot headquarters building where the Group and its staff will be relocating to in the Summer.

Pupils of Wootey Junior School in Alton are being shown the art of sowing and growing their own plants and vegetables in the hope that they will become respectful young adults in the community.