Over £9,000 was raised for your local hospice, Mountbatten Hampshire, by the fifth annual Hampshire house music festival, The House That Ash Built, on Saturday, 26 July.

Revellers gathered at the Millers Pond Pub in Sholing, which donated £1,000 to the cause.

Performances came courtesy of Olly Complin, Jamie Ryves and DJ RK, along with singer Jodie Topp and saxophonist Charlotte Hayes. There were sets from organisers Dan Bateman and Gareth ‘Chunk’ Nichols.

Dan performed the 2021 set of house music fan, Ashleen Bateman, after whom the one-day festival is named. His wife died in the care of Mountbatten Hampshire, aged 34 years old – one week after she had fulfilled her dream of becoming a DJ at her very own house music event.

In her memory, The House That Ash Built has raised over £38,000 for charity, including donating £9,213.21 this year to Mountbatten Hampshire.

Mountbatten Hampshire delivers 24/7 vital end-of-life care to people in Southampton and across large parts of the county. Its expert team cares for patients and their families in homes, in hospital and in the hospice’s inpatient unit, in West End, Southampton.

It costs around £10 million per year to run Mountbatten Hampshire. Around one third of this comes from the NHS, via the Integrated Care Board, while two-thirds comes from the community, including amazing events organised by supporters, like The House That Ash Built.

The House That Ash Built looks set to return even bigger and better in 2026! Watch this space for more.