A Hampshire accountancy and business advisory firm has teamed up with a local dementia charity to help individuals, carers and families living with the condition. 

Colleagues at Chandler’s Ford-based HWB Chartered Accountants voted to make Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW their charity for the coming year.

They will stage a series of fundraisers in the coming weeks starting with a staff Christmas bake-off and a seasonal online gaming competition, which is open to all. Team members will then do their bit by giving up their time to volunteer at events.

A number of fundraising initiatives are being planned for the year including sponsored events to tie in with the firm’s 40th anniversary, which will be celebrated in the summer. 

The cause is particularly heartfelt for the firm’s Audit Senior Callum Green as he lost a grandparent to Alzheimer’s and wanted to choose a charity that works in dementia care. 

Callum said: “I know from my own family’s experience just how important it is to have advice and support available. Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW does just that, providing essential emotional support, information and onward signposting to services.

I feel glad and encouraged that the firm I work for has chosen them as our next charity of the year.”

The help that Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW offers people living with dementia and their loved ones includes peer support groups, events, activities and outings.

Chief Executive Helen Hamblen said: “We offer comprehensive support from the initial signs of memory loss and throughout the dementia journey for individuals with dementia, their families, friends and caregivers.

Our focus is on emotional health and wellbeing, reducing isolation and loneliness, and providing practical support to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. 

We are hugely grateful to HWB for choosing us as their charity partner for 2025 and look forward to working with them to raise much needed funds to enable us to provide support over the coming year.”

HWB Director Michaela Johns said: “We’re keen to offer as much support as we can to a charity that does such crucial work across our local community.”

In the past two years, HWB has supported Mountbatten Hampshire, the county’s oldest and largest hospice, as the firm’s main charity, raising over £8,500.

Fundraising activities by team members have included sky dives, marathons, bake-offs, ‘tough mudder’ challenges and other events.