Four Marks Care is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation in 1975 with a coffee morning and an afternoon tea for its clients at Four Marks Village Hall on June 7.

The charity started when a few villagers came together to drive neighbours without transport to appointments at local GP surgeries, hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Southampton, and further afield if required.

Vice-chair Michael Oates said: “We continue the good work started all those years ago, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Four Marks Care we have distributed discount vouchers to all of our client base and erected a bench at the Lymington Bottom Green in Four Marks. But our main event is the clients’ day on June 7. We are expecting a very good turnout.”