The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition has put out an urgent call for more investment in young people’s mental health support. Local charity No Limits is part of the coalition and joins almost 300 youth and mental health charities calling on political parties to commit to improving...
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Hat Fair looking for market traders for festival weekend
The organisers of Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, are looking for market traders for the festival weekend. The festival, which takes place throughout the streets and green spaces of Winchester over the first weekend of July, will have pitches available for traders on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7...
Youth Options awarded million-pound grant to transform services for young people in Southampton
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Social Investment Business have announced that Hampshire charity, Youth Options is one of 140 youth projects across England that have been awarded a Youth Investment Fund grant to transform opportunities for young people. The transformational grant of £1.2 million by the...
City march for Palestine
by Charlie Hislop. 20th January saw the third big monthly Peace Protest for Palestine in Southampton take place, with a march by some 300 people through the city centre, followed by speeches in the Guildhall Square. This was organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the Muslim Council of...
“Alas poor culture, I knew him well”
Art, Local News, Music, Poetry
Reported by Charlie Hislop It is the last Friday in November, and off to the side of Guildhall Square, hidden away from the city’s Christmas attractions a small group of people are meeting in the cold evening. Sandwiched between the Arts Council funded MAST theatre, and the Arts Council...
Community radio station Unity 101 marked 18 years with celebration and awards ceremony
By Charlotte Ndupuechi. A glamorous and vibrant celebration to mark the 18th anniversary of Unity 101 Radio took place at the Novotel Southampton on Friday the 5th of January. This is an annual awards ceremony to recognise the achievements of the station’s volunteers and partners. If you haven’t already...
Cornerstone of Southampton’s grassroots cultural scene, The Art House, no longer to have permanent base
Cornerstone of Southampton’s grassroots cultural scene, The Art House CIC, will be leaving its Above Bar home in March this year. The arts venue, cafe, meeting place and much more, which has been at its present location for 15 years, will no longer have a permanent physical home. They...
Chance to win signed bestselling novel as Soton bakery revives Regency meal of ‘nuncheon’
Southampton residents are being asked to help revive the Regency meal of ‘nuncheon’ by entering a recipe competition run by a community bakery in the city. Shirley-based CommuniBakes wants ideas for cake or bread it doesn’t already make that would be suitable as a mid-morning or afternoon snack. The...
Sounds of Southampton Vol 3 launched, celebrating city musical talent
A collaboration between two of the city’s most vibrant music organisations is once again be supporting talent from across Southampton. Sounds of Southampton Volume 3 launched on the 17th November and builds on the success of the previous two albums, both featuring in the UK Download Chart and supporting...
Southampton Collective: A local gem
by Charlie Hislop “There are so many small community gems in Southampton that we should be proud of.” Those are the words of someone at the Southampton Collective’s first ‘Annual Do’ at Mettricks, in Portswood, on Monday evening. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one of the thirty or...