Abri’s Create boosts self-employment skills in free training course
Shaping Portsmouth and Abri are working closely with the wider team within our Skills & Employability Programme to work through a 5 year skills strategy for the city. The objective is to have a highly skilled and motivated work force which will be utilised by our local businesses and to help as many people as […]
Covid-19 guidance at step four
Portsmouth residents will need to take personal responsibility for the risks of catching and spreading Covid-19 from Monday 19 July, when most legal restrictions on social contact will be removed along with the requirement to wear a face covering. The Leader of Portsmouth City Council urges everyone to continue to respect and care for each […]
Walking in the wildflowers
Wildflower meadows have transformed a previously derelict section of land around Kendall’s Wharf as part of the North Portsea Island Coastal Defence Scheme. Around 2,000 m2 sections of seeds were planted alongside the construction of a newly raised coastal footpath, which was delivered as part of Phase 4 of the Scheme. The 300m footpath, […]
Portsmouth young people create films to combat hate crime and knife crime
Young people in Portsmouth have supported the council to produce films that aim to combat hate crime and knife crime in the city. Through Portsmouth Film Society, which supports local people from diverse and minority backgrounds to learn about film production, eight young people, aged 10 to 16, have taken part in the project. […]
1 Year of Transfer to Transform!
The Solent Apprenticeship Hub are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their highly successful Transfer to Transform initiative. Transfer to Transform encourages large employers to pledge their unspent apprenticeship levy funds to cover the costs of apprenticeship training for smaller businesses across the Solent region. Currently, at £1,450,000 in total pledges and with over 100 apprentice starts, the […]
Historic “Spitfires of the Sea” take high road to be centre stage in major new permanent exhibition
Two Second World War historic boats that made an extraordinary contribution to naval warfare, have been painstakingly manoeuvred into place to take centre stage in a major new permanent exhibition which opens this Autumn at the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s (NMRN) Explosion Museum in Gosport. The boats which measure almost 60-foot-long each, will play starring roles in the brand-new exhibition, The Night Hunters: The Royal Navy’s […]
Go wild for reading this summer!
Help children to go wild about books and the planet by visiting a Portsmouth library from 10th July 2021 and signing up for the fun and free Wild World Heroes summer reading challenge. Portsmouth City Council is once again supporting the Reading Agency’s summer reading challenge, which encourages reading for pleasure for children aged […]
More funding requested for wheelchair accessible taxis and private hire vehicles
Senior officials at Portsmouth City Council have written to Government to request that more funding is made available to help drivers of wheelchair accessible taxis and private hire vehicles upgrade their vehicles ahead of the launch of Portsmouth Clean Air Zone (CAZ). Portsmouth City Council submitted a full business case for the CAZ in December […]
Looking back on Ports Fest 2021
The first weekend of July this year saw Ports Fest return to the city in the form of a three-day festival, comprising mainly of outdoor and free events to suit the current climate. Highlights included the face of the 2021 sea shanty revival, The Longest Johns, who headlined the opening concert on Friday night, […]
Port sparks interest from EV owners with new InstaVolt charging points
The electric vehicle charge point network, InstaVolt, have installed two charging points at Portsmouth International Port. It’s part of the port’s commitment to become the first net carbon neutral UK port by 2030, and the first zero emission port by 2050. Improving air quality and reducing carbon emissions are two of the most pressing issues […]