New city centre artwork for popular underpass
A popular underpass in Portsmouth city centre will soon be made more beautiful and have improved safety for people living and visiting the area, as new lighting is added and artwork is developed by local artist Pete Codling. Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner have received funding to improve an area of […]
Portsmouth City Council funding supports greening projects
Two city areas have been transformed into new Green and Clean community spaces to improve greening, air quality and health for residents with funding from Portsmouth City Council’s CIL Neighbourhood Fund and Greening the City Fund. The urban areas of Southampton Road in Cosham and Church Street in Buckland have been planted with trees, […]
‘Art is my light as my world is getting darker’
Local art gallery seeks support to provide opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to experience art. Portsmouth’s leading contemporary art gallery Aspex, based in Gunwharf Quays, celebrates the opening of its latest exhibition this spring. Journey by Dots (8 April – 26 June 2022) presents the most ambitious collection of work to date by […]
More funding for rough sleeping reduction work
Portsmouth City Council has secured more Government cash to help it continue the work of reducing the number of rough sleepers on the city’s streets. A bid for three more years of Government funding has also been submitted, with a decision expected in May. £149,000 has been confirmed for current services, including caseworkers helping rough […]
Portsmouth campaign calls out attitudes that lead to violence against women and girls
We all have a role to play in tackling sexual violence – that is the central message in a new campaign unveiled this week by Portsmouth City Council. The campaign asks people in the city to step up and challenge their own attitudes and behaviour and to speak out if they see or hear […]
Key workers presented with symbolic freedom of Portsmouth
Local businesses and the voluntary community have been presented with symbolic freedom of Portsmouth for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 100 key workers and organisations were invited to Portsmouth Guildhall as recognition of their contribution. Last year Portsmouth City Council decided to award Freedom of the City to key workers and the reception, […]
2 Start Ltd helping rough sleepers to Choose Employability
A homeless forklift truck driver is back on the road to restarting his career thanks to a new initiative launched by Shaping Portsmouth. Gustas Pipyne had 18 years of driving experience but when his licence expired in the middle of the Covid pandemic, he found himself unable to pay the large fee to redo his […]
Conservation team rise to the challenge of spring cleaning huge Victorian warship’s replica engines
Cleaning the replica engines of Victorian battleship HMS Warrior isn’t for the faint-hearted and this National Spring Cleaning Week (21 – 27 March) a seven-strong team of conservation experts from the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard have been busy at work getting them spick and span in time for the […]
Free COVID tests to continue for Portsmouth residents
Portsmouth City Council will continue to supply free lateral flow tests to Portsmouth residents from 1 April. From 1 April, as part of the government’s ‘Living with COVID’ strategy, the provision of free lateral flow testing by the government will stop for most people. The Portsmouth City Council scheme will supply up to one box […]
Somerstown community engagement shortlisted for prestigious national award
Public engagement work on the Horatia and Leamington Houses deconstruction and redevelopment has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. A joint team comprising Portsmouth City Council and London-based Karakusevic Carson Architects has been recognized for its ‘extraordinary’ efforts to draw the local community into the deconstruction of the two 1960s Somerstown tower blocks and […]