The Village
The church, which has been designated a beacon church for the Winchester diocese, has links with Kware, a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, via a hospital and school mission. This mission called Handshake to Kware is a registered charity and is supported by the local schools and businesses, however, in late 2011, the project was put on hold after it was revealed that Benn Mugisha, the coordinator of the mission on the Kenyan side, had been sacked because he had been deemed to not be a "fit and proper person to continue to represent the charity”, after an internal investigation. This was also reported in the local press. The village has also played host to a series of annual Christian outreach programmes in recent years. It is home to two scout groups, the 7th and 8th Eastleigh.
Fair Oak has a village hall and four pubs: 'The George', 'The Cricketers', 'The New Clock Inn', and 'The Fox'.
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Famous quotes containing the word village:
“To fair Fidele’s grassy tomb
Soft maids and village hinds shall bring
Each opening sweet of earliest bloom,
And rifle all the breathing spring.”
—William Collins (1721–1759)
“When the enterprising burglar isn’t burgling,
When the cut-throat isn’t occupied in crime,
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling,
And listen to the merry village chime.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)