Seekers Create crowdfunding for their Portsmouth Diverse City Trail
Seekers Create are a creative social enterprise raising funds to inspire our community to create and follow our climate action trail in Portsmouth, are explaining their Crowdfunder below, and hope for people to take part! Portsmouth is a beautiful waterfront city full of inspirational people, organisations and amazing heritage. Our Crowdfunder aims to bring all […]
Hovertravel revises freight charges in time for Christmas posting
Hovertravel offers the fastest freight service across the Solent and, as well as working for the Royal Mail for almost 50 years, continues to transport a broad range of items which are required urgently on the Isle of Wight. Loretta Lale, Head of commercial at Hovertravel, explains: “We are a crucial part of the […]
SUBMERGED Installation drops at the Mary Rose Museum
Ports Fest is delighted to announce Submerged, a multimedia installation in partnership with the Mary Rose Trust. This work has been produced by Portsmouth Young Carers working with creatives Linda Mason and Ricky Tart on an arts and heritage project. Using mixed media, the young carers have produced their own interpretations of the sinking of […]
CityFibre: Eldercare technology and aging with dignity
CityFibre are committed to bringing full fibre and lightning fast connection speeds to Portsmouth because full fibre can unlock new technology that can help elderly residents get the most from the technology around them. Today, there are nearly 12m people aged 65 or over in the UK – a number that is set to increase […]
World’s first city-wide plastic survey launches in Portsmouth
A project to help map ‘hotspots’ of plastic rubbish in Portsmouth is being launched this weekend. The MAPP (Mapping Portsmouth Plastic) project will be a world first – a city-wide plastic survey, designed to help find solutions to reduce plastic waste in urban areas. It is the latest development from the University of Portsmouth’s Revolution […]
Portsmouth school garden is among top 10 in the world
In her new book, Schools that Heal, author Professor Claire Latane scoured the globe for examples of schools that use gardens as a resource for young people – and she chose the garden at Redwood Park Academy in Wembley Grove, Cosham, as a world-leading example Claire, a landscape architecture professor at California State Polytechnic University in […]
Raising awareness of modern slavery on anti-slavery day
On anti-slavery day (18 October) Portsmouth City Council asks residents to understand what modern slavery is and how to report concerns. Someone is in slavery if they are: Forced to work Owned or controlled by an ’employer’ Dehumanised Treated as a commodity or property Have restrictions placed on their freedom of movement It is everyone’s […]
Sea walls shaping up in Southsea
New sea defences are taking shape at the Southsea Coastal Scheme as a massive 220 tonne crane installs the first limestone and granite units that will form a wall to protect the area around Long Curtain Moat from future flooding. In total, the crane will lift and place 88 pre-cast concrete and limestone units […]
Over a quarter of employees in Hampshire and neighbouring coastal counties say their mental health has got worse since Covid began – new survey finds – as Solent Mind launches new national service for workers 20 October.
A new YouGov poll commissioned by Solent Mind and Push, the wellbeing and performance company, has found that a quarter (27%) of employees in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, West Sussex and Dorset, say their mental wellbeing has got worse since the pandemic began. The national poll found that two-thirds (73%) of those who had experienced worsened […]
Residents asked for views on Portsmouth parks
Portsmouth residents are being asked for views on the future of the city’s parks and open spaces. The council is running a survey to get people’s thoughts until 14 November and the information will be used to set out the council’s strategy for managing parks and open spaces and setting out what improvements to make. […]