Live coverage of the Volunteering Fair - experiment

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To take part in our experiment to report live from the volunteering fair at Portsmouth Guildhall on March 3rd  please add your email in the box below, you will then be invited to log in during the day and add your comments and questions or just read what is happening.

Free social media training

Social media training course

run by

MediaSnackers

 March 2^nd 9:30am - 4:30pm 

You may have been using social media websites for a while, yet haven’t fully taken advantage of all the features or identified how they can best work for you. 

This course will appeal to those that need to start formulating a project, get answers to specific questions and/or explore new dynamic collaborative ways of working towards a common goal. 

Attention will be paid to branding, personal identity and go beyond general usage, delving deeper into site features with some great examples to inspire and motivate. 

Please contact Pete Roberts at neighbourhood.forums@portsmouthcc.gov.uk to book a place

http://mediasnackers.com/

Final Opportunity for the sailing adventure of a life time!

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This is open to any residents of Portsmouth living in the PO1 to PO6 areas who are aged between 18 to 25, and 50 to 75.

These are the last two voyages of the Generations Together Programme, and a wonderful opportunity for people to increase their confidence, make new friends and interact with generations they may not have much to do with usually - whilst learning to sail!

Portsmouth City Council’s Telecare Service

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Want to say something? Get a voice online!

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Create your own FREE community website – it’s easier than you think! Community First for Portsmouth (CFP) will show you how.

CFP are looking for individuals and groups from the community who want to make their voice heard on the internet. CFP will be giving people the skills they need to create and manage safely their own community websites. As part of the national talk about local project, CFP will be showing people how to use simple, free online tools which they can use to discuss a range of community issues.

2nd Free Social Media Seminar - Southsea

A further free Social Media Seminar -

Friendship House
Elm Grove
Southsea
PO5 1J

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

For more details and to register to attend go to:-
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1291875033

Council budget for 2011-2015

Council tax has been frozen for Portsmouth residents for the second year running, following a meeting of Full Council that took some tough budget decisions.

The council’s grant settlement from the Government has been cut by almost £15m and as a result the council’s budget for 2011/12 included £15m of savings. The savings will result in the loss of 186 jobs across the council, some full-time and some part-time.

Although it needs to make savings, the council is continuing to deliver services that are important to Portsmouth residents. There’s no change to weekly rubbish collections, libraries and museums will remain open, as will adventure playgrounds.

The council is also continuing to invest in the city. A £10m capital programme was agreed at the meeting, including modernising more than 20 schools, and investing in the seafront, the splashpool at Hilsea, and Beechside residential unit. The programme includes £2m for local transport schemes.

The council is working with social enterprise, Yellow Kite, on improvements to Southsea Castle which will include a new cafe and free admission, and work is underway on the new library and customer contact centre in Palmerston Road.

Investment in modern care for our most vulnerable older residents will also continue, with a new care home opening at Harry Sotnick House in the spring and development of new extra care flats continuing. And the council is continuing to invest in private housing across the city, allowing more people to remain in their own homes.

The details of the Portsmouth city council budget announced on February 8th are availiable here

while details of the capital programme for 2011 - 2016 are available here

Free Social Media Seminar - Southsea

Free Social Media Seminar - Southsea

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Southsea, Hampshire

For more details and to register to attend go to:-
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1250691853

Community Payback

An information sheet about how supervised offenders can help your community is available here http://tinyurl.com/346hqhl