Homeless Working Group – Star & Crescent

Fill a Rucksack for November to Help the Homeless in Portsmouth

2nd October 2017

The Rucksack Event 2017 is collecting and distributing donations for people who are in homeless in Portsmouth. The event is run by two local volunteers, Joanne Vines and Samantha Barcroft and is in its 4th [… read more ]

Portsmouth City Council Must Support Homeless People, Not Scapegoat Them

10th July 2017

Portsmouth resident and community activist, Alan Burgess, responds to UKIP’s Cllr Galloway and his motion for ‘the local police force to be more vigilant and to help the Council to remove the ever increasing beggars [… read more ]

News

‘Besieged’: Revisiting the Siege of Portsmouth

21st August 2019

Writer and S&C social media manager for Instagram, Beth Lewingdon, revisits Besieged, a historical play by local writer, actor and PhD researcher Vin Adams, based on contemporary accounts of a surprising moment in Portsmouth’s history. [… read more ]

Events

S&C Appears at Byline Festival: ‘A Riot of Independent Journalism’

16th August 2019

The Byline Festival describes itself as ‘the only festival trying to change the world’ and is organised by independent news website and newspaper, Byline, in partnership with the Frontline Club for journalists. Now in its [… read more ]

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Pompey Politics Podcast: I’m a Private Renter, a Renter for Money

14th August 2019

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns to discuss the issue of private rental housing provision in the city. Hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury are joined by Cllr Cal Corkery who talks about his attempt to bring [… read more ]

Events

PONToon Project Offers Employment Workshops for Women

8th August 2019

A University of Portsmouth project aiming to improve skills and employment opportunities for local women will be running a series of 12 workshops for 18-35 year old women in the city. S&C Community Reporter Andrew [… read more ]

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People Power in Hong Kong

5th August 2019

On 9 July, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam declared that a widely unpopular extradition bill, which had already been suspended by the Hong Kong government, was ‘dead’ – albeit not formally withdrawn, as most [… read more ]