‘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 […]
Electric buses are coming to Portsmouth
For the first time, residents will see electric buses on Portsmouth and Hampshire roads. Portsmouth City Council has been awarded £6.5 Million as part of the National Bus Strategy, for the funding of zero emissions buses as part of their partnership with First Solent and Hampshire County Council. This Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) […]
NHS leaders: how to get the best care and support our brilliant staff
With frontline health and care teams facing significant pressures, NHS leaders are offering advice on how to get the best possible care – and to support hard-pressed staff. It isn’t just Emergency Department teams who are under pressure from rising COVID infections and high demands for care and treatment – ambulance crews and call handlers, […]