S&C contributor and Portsmouth social entrepreneur, Sally Callow, is looking for volunteers for her social enterprise, Stripy Lightbulb CIC, which provides training to professionals about ME/CFS. Stripy Lightbulb CIC is a Portsmouth-based social enterprise on [… read more ]
In 2016, Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Services announced its Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to generate savings across NHS spend in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Documents published in November 2016 set [… read more ]
Community Reporter Rosy Bremer speaks to Connie Fenner, one of the organisers of the Package Free Larder, about their crowdfunding campaign to open Portsmouth’s first plastic-free shop. Good news; genuine, honest, plastic-free good news. The [… read more ]
Local station That’s Solent TV has earned up to £300,000 of funding from BBC licence fee payers, but now wants to be based outside of the Solent area. A source close to That’s TV employees [… read more ]
What do we really know about our elected representatives in Portsmouth? What are their interests, activities, attitudes and intentions? How are they accountable to voters? What connections do they have to external organisations? What connections [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast is back with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. This week, the Portsmouth pundits share their opinions about the Peterborough By-Election, the Tory and Liberal Democrat leadership races, and shout out [… read more ]
Hampshire’s Artreach team explores a week of local events, exhibitions and poetry for Refugee Week, delivered in partnership with Journeys Festival International, Portsmouth. Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events [… read more ]
The expertise of experienced burglars puts them streets ahead of householders, and even well ahead of other criminals, according to a new study. Dr Claire Nee, of the University of Portsmouth, leading a team of [… read more ]
The Big Lunch is an annual event run by the Eden Project and funded by the National Lottery, which aims to bring millions of people across the country together to share food and get to [… read more ]
Rachel Goodall, Director of Red Sauce Theatre Company, writes exclusively for S&C about their D-Day 75 Celebratory Concert on Sunday 9th June at the New Theatre Royal. It’s one not to be missed. There’s just [… read more ]
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