It’s not too late to register for Dance Live! 2023
As teachers return to their classrooms this week, schools and colleges are advised that it is not too late to register for Dance Live! 2023 – the popular annual dance contest produced by The Guildhall Trust. Embracing the ever-evolving digital world and how this is changing the face of modern performance, Dance Live! sees pupils […]
Heritage Open Days is back in Portsmouth for 2022!
Heritage Open Days are back in Portsmouth for 2022 with a brand-new theme: ‘Astounding Inventions’. This year the festival, which is England’s largest festival of history and culture, will be running from 9 to 18 September and will offer a huge range of activities that are completely free. Portsmouth City Council and Heritage Open […]
Portsmouth Care Leaver joins BBC Teach project
One of Shaping Portsmouth’s biggest ambassadors for our Care Leavers programme, Elliot Kerr, joined Mosaic Films, a production company in London, back in July to tell his story. Mosaic is developing a series of short films for BBC Teach about improving school environments for care-experienced young people. The team put Elliot forward to represent the […]
Hovertravel starts the weekend earlier with new additional flights
Hovertravel has added a new earlier flight to its timetable by including a 07:45 departure from Ryde on Saturdays starting 17th September and running through until 10th December inclusive. Loretta Lale, head of commercial at Hovertravel, adds: “We are always listening to our customers and having received feedback about starting earlier on Saturdays, we […]
Free Creative Workshop for Children 18 Months to 4 Years Old!
Beginning on Tuesday the 6th of September and regularly returning until the 13th of December— Get creative with Mrs Blossom Makes and your Crafty Little Toddlers in Portsmouth Guildhall’s Square Kitchen Café! Together, Mrs Blossom and your toddlers will explore colour, shape, sound & texture through fun and engaging crafts that encourage fine motor, […]
New bus lane in Portsmouth agreed at planning meeting
Portsmouth city centre will soon become a greener and better-connected destination as a new bus lane in the north of the city centre has been agreed at a planning committee. Portsmouth City Council officers and councillors agreed with plans to develop a brand-new bus lane in the area around Cascades car park in the […]
Portsmouth rated third in UK for electric charging accessibility
Portsmouth has been named the third most accessible city for electric vehicle charge points in the UK, with 59 per cent of residents now living within a five-minute walk of a charge point. New research from Field Dynamics in partnership with Zap-Map has revealed the volume of charging stations within a five-minute walk to residents […]
Age UK Portsmouth to deliver Meals on Wheels across the city
Local charity, Age UK Portsmouth, has been commissioned by Portsmouth City Council to carry out Meals on Wheels deliveries across the city. The new Meals on Wheels service provides a more flexible model than it has in the past, with drivers given the time to check up on service users, stop for a chat and […]
With Thankful Hearts – Portsmouth’s Citywide Harvest
As well as the heatwaves and drought conditions in the country there has been one constant item on the news and in conversations. It is of course the economic situation we face, and particularly the pressures on those on low incomes and on the margins of our society. Although the utility bills increases and inflation […]
Smokin’ find near Southsea Castle
The bowl of a smoker’s pipe that looks likely to originate from Fareham Pipe Makers in the 1800s has been unearthed by the Southsea Coastal Scheme during work excavating a wall near Southsea Castle. The partial bowl of the clay pipe was found at a depth of 550mm by the wall, which looks to […]