BISHOP’S Waltham Rotary Club is running a fundraiser to get polio vaccines to Gaza.

Rotary has committed US$500,000 to bolster a polio vaccination campaign which began in Gaza on September 1, with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation matching all donations 2:1. To donate to the campaign, either visit the Bishop’s Waltham Rotary Club website or make a donation direct via www.endpolio.org. More information about the campaign can also be found on the Bishop’s Waltham Rotary Club Facebook page.

THE Bishop’s Waltham Photographic Society is holding an exhibition at the United Free Church in Basingwell Street from Thursday, October 10 to Saturday, October 12. The exhibition is free to attend.

BISHOP’S Waltham Gardening Club has announced that there is still time to purchase tickets for its very own “Gardeners’ Question Time”, hosted by two expert horticulturists. Proceeds will go to the ‘Perennial’ Charity with both experts giving their time at no charge.

The date is Saturday, October 26, with the event taking place at The Jubilee Hall, Little Shore Lane, Bishops Waltham. Tickets are £18 each and entitle you to a 2-course meal (gluten free available if booked in advance). Attendees are asked to bring their own refreshments and glasses.

There is plenty of free parking after 6pm, and the doors are open at 6.45pm for a 7pm start.

Bring your questions with you or, better still, send them to our website where this is much more information about the club, and also membership details as the new ‘year’ started on October 1.

LITTLE Pickles Markets Hampshire will return to Wickham Community Centre on October 26, from 10am until 11.30am. It is the ideal place to sell or buy baby and children's items. Sellers' tables cost £13.50, buyers entry is £1.50 per adults. For more go to ticketsource.co.uk/smlittlepicklesmarkets.

AN EMOTIONAL and educational evening of Swanmore's history during The Great War will take place at St Barnabas' Church on Wednesday, November 6 at 7pm. The talk titled The Missing 5 will discuss those mentioned on both the Roll of Honour and the War Memorial itself and also covering village life before, during and immediately after the war. The event has been organised by Gary McCulloch, Swanmore's ACSO and village war memorial Custodian. Tickets cost £10, go to bit.ly/4gtPlci.

THE Pumpkin Patch is to return for its second year at Lycroft Farm, Park Lane, near Droxford/Upper Swanmore. There will be wand making, potion creation, wizard workshops, a broomstick academy, straw bale cinema, a café, plus more. Tickets on sale from October 1. The patch will be open 9am until 3pm on October 19 and 20, October 24 until October 27, and October 30 until November 3. A fright night event will take place on November 1, from 3pm until 7pm. A special dog day will take place on November 3. For more details email hello@droxfordpumpkinpatch.com.

THE Bishop’s Waltham Festival comedy and Christmas disco will take place on December 21. The line-up for the comedy portion of the evening has been revealed, with the night headlined by Paul Tonkinson. He will be supported by Alex Kealy, Mary Bourke and Alice Dunkinfield, with the event compered by Dan Evans. Tickets are available from bwfestival.art.