The Harbour mental health service now closed – information on other services which offer mental health support
The Harbour, an urgent out-of-hours mental health support service, closed on 20 January 2023. The service was set up as a pilot in September 2021, but the decision has been made to close the service as the demand was not high enough. Charlotte Hope, Head of Unplanned Care at Solent NHS Trust, said, “Whilst feedback […]
Solent LEP seeks next Chair to shape the region’s long-term success
The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced that it is seeking its next Chair to help deliver its Solent 2050 vision and shape the long-term success for the region. Successful Local Enterprise Partnerships are led by influential private and public sector leaders, acting as champions for their area’s economic success. As the first LEP […]
Wightlink announces its summer 2023 timetable
Wightlink is announcing additional FastCat services between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier starting on Monday 27 March 2023. There will also be changes to the Lymington-Yarmouth timetable to improve connections with South Western Railway (SWR) trains. The extra FastCat evening sailings will be the 21:20 and 22:45 from Portsmouth and the 22:00 and 23:10 from Ryde. […]
Solent Freeport seeks views on projects to receive funding
The Solent Freeport is seeking views on the first business cases published for consultation to receive funding for capital projects. Brian Johnson, Chair of the Solent Freeport Consortium Ltd, said: “With formal designation of the Solent Freeport announced at the end of last year, national seed capital funding has now been unlocked which brings investment opportunities. […]
Join the Portsmouth Guildhall with a Working with Young People in a Cultural Environment luncheon
Portsmouth Guildhall is delighted to be taking part in Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week and invites businesses that engage with young people to join them for a networking luncheon. They host over a dozen businesses at the Guildhall and annually host 80,000 people to meetings, conferences and events. Portsmouth Guildhall is strong advocate on […]
Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre hosts PRIDE LGBTQ+ Film Festival as part of LGBTQ+ History Month
The Portsmouth Film Society’s 9th Pride LGBT Film Festival will take place at its new home, Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre throughout the month of February. The Festival will be showing a range of films, will have guest speakers, and aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and […]
Shaping Portsmouth welcomes 3 new Programme Leads
Shaping Portsmouth is pleased to welcome three new Programme Leads to the team. Rachel Dare, Sarra Gravestock, and Stephanie Parker. Rachel Dare is the new Programme Lead for our Workplace Health & Wellbeing programme. Rachel is the Director of Training for Cordell Health and has been with the company for two years. Prior to this, she was […]
Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Awards announce headline sponsors for 2023
Pamodzi’s annual Awards celebrate Portsmouth-based individuals who make a positive impact within their communities, whatever context that may be. The award evening marking International Women’s Day is open to men and women. It will also celebrate the creative industry within Portsmouth, including musical and dance theatre performances. The Headline Sponsors for this year’s event […]
Portsmouth leads the way in digital education with plans to close the digital gap and up-skill the whole city, with new first-of-its-kind programme
The city is pioneering a programme to improve digital skills as an innovative new initiative is launched. The Portsmouth Education Partnership (PEP) has teamed up with Primary Goal to improve the digital skills of people in the city and close the digital education gap. The Digital Champion Programme will allow young people and adults to […]
Portsmouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia to become sister cities to progress trade opportunities
Portsmouth and Halifax Nova Scotia in Canada will formalise their “sister city” agreement to expand on both cities’ work to develop opportunities for business on Thursday 19 January. The agreement will be signed by Mayor of Halifax, Mike Savage and the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Hugh Mason. The signing of this formal agreement opens […]