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‘People Are Starting to Talk About M.E/C.F.S More’: An Interview with Sally Callow, Pt 2

9th September 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling talks to Sally Callow in a two part series. In part two, Sally talks about the impact of the pandemic on her social enterprise, and how she is trying to [… read more ]

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‘Lockdown is Basically What Having M.E/C.F.S is Like’: An Interview with Sally Callow, Pt 1

8th September 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling talks to Sally Callow in a two part series. In part one, Sally explains about the impact of the pandemic on her social enterprise. Sally is the founder of Stripy Lightbulb [… read more ]

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How has Covid-19 Affected Portsmouth’s Voluntary Sector?

3rd August 2020

S&C has recently launched a new project to capture the impact of Covid-19 on different communities and sectors in Portsmouth. Paris Ali-Pilling explains how his experience of working with S&C over the past year has [… read more ]

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Portsmouth ME/CFS Social Enterprise Looking for Volunteers

2nd August 2019

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 ]

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‘Plastic-Free Good News’: The Package Free Larder, Portsmouth

25th July 2019

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 ]

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What’s it Like to be Part of a Portsmouth Worker Co-operative?

16th July 2018

Wild Thyme Wholefoods are well known across Portsmouth as Southsea’s go-to place for vegan, natural and organic food, but less well known is that it’s a worker co-operative. Co-operative member Stuart Mills reports. Note: This [… read more ]

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Cookhouse: A Social Enterprise Changing Lives One Meal at a Time

11th May 2018

Emily Priest reports on a local social enterprise that teaches practical cookery skills, while bringing people together to support each other. Having a good meal every day is something most of us take for granted. [… read more ]

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Operation Make: Helping Veterans Transition to Civvy Street

19th March 2018

Portsmouth social enterprise Company of Makers have won a place in a national crowdfunding competition to raise money for sewing equipment that will enable them to help Armed Forces veterans and their families make the [… read more ]

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Bigger, Better, Bolder: S&C’s Plans for 2017

9th December 2016

Change is afoot at S&C. Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton explains what we’ll be up to in 2017 and how you can get involved in our continuing mission to #ReclaimTheNews. Here at S&C, we are [… read more ]

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Think Global, Portsmouth, and the Social and Solidarity Economy

30th November 2016

At the end of September, education charity Think Global brought together a range of organisations based in Portsmouth and beyond, to discuss the potential of ‘social and solidarity economy’ for transforming local communities around the [… read more ]

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Portsmouth City of Culture: Could the Dream Come True?

3rd December 2025

It could be the biggest boost Portsmouth has ever had – but don’t speak too soon, writes veteran journalist Peter Gruner. Look what happened to nearby Southampton. However, let’s all hope for the best and [… read more ]

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Portsmouth North MP Speaks Out on Challenges Facing Men

24th November 2025

Portsmouth North MP Amanda Martin celebrated the ‘boys and men’ of her family during a passionate debate in the House of Commons about the struggles of today’s males. Veteran journalist Peter Gruner reports. Former local [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Challenges Justification for University ‘Reset’ and Redundancies

14th November 2025

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion questioning the arguments made in this recent article published in the Telegraph. The article claims that last year’s ‘Academic Reset’ at [… read more ]

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UCU Branch Calls on the University of Portsmouth to Condemn Far-Right Attacks

13th November 2025

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted to call on the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to make a public statement about the recent incidents of hate and violence that have [… read more ]

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Families in Portsmouth to Join National SEND Awareness Event at Guildhall

31st October 2025

On Monday 3rd November 2025, families will gather outside Portsmouth City Council’s Civic Offices in Guildhall Square from 10:30 am to 1 pm as part of the national Every Pair Tells a Story movement.   [… read more ]

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