Developing Portsmouth

To find out the latest on what is happening to the major developments planned for the city, including information on:-

• A regeneration strategy for the city
• Achieving Excellent Schools
• The city centre
• Redevelopment of Fratton Park
• Northern Road Bridge Replacement
• The Portsmouth Plan (Portsmouth's Core Strategy)
• Somerstown regeneration project
• Southsea Town Centre Area Action Plan
• Southsea seafront strategy
• The Hard Supplementary Planning Document
• M275 Tipner scheme
• Trafalgar Gate Link Road

and information sheets on over 40 completed projects follow the link to Portsmouth City Council - developing Portsmouth

Portsmouth Memory Day

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Worried about your memory?

Everyone is a little bit forgetful now and again, but when memory loss starts to interfere with your daily life it's important to get it checked out.

Portsmouth Memory Day is on July 4th at the John Pounds Centre, Queens St., PO1 3HN from 10:30 - 3:30*

If you are worried about your memory, or that of someone else, come along and find out what support is available. The Alzheimer's Society and other service providers will be on hand to answer your questions 

Let’s sort it out!

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Complete the survey and win £50 of shopping

Your household could be one of 5,000 randomly selected to be asked about rubbish, recycling and street cleaning.

 

By filling out the short survey you can have your say and suggest improvements to how your waste and street cleaning services are provided. It’s very important that you reply and don’t leave it up to somebody else. 

If you don’t receive a hard copy of the survey, but would like to take part, please complete the online version.

The Big Tree Plant funding

£4.2m is available to support community groups to plant trees in towns, cities and residential areas throughout England.

The funding is for community and civic groups, or other non-profit organisations to establish community-led tree planting projects in areas that would benefit most.

The trees must be planted in streets or in green places that are open to all to visit or where local people will benefit from them. Whoever owns the land must give permission and support to the project, and there must be a plan to care for trees after they are planted.

Groups working in areas where more trees would help to improve residents’ quality of life are strongly encouraged to apply for the funding.

Apply for Big Tree Plant funding

To apply for the Big Tree Plant funding you need to download the application form, fill it in with the details of your scheme and return it by email to the address given on the form.

• Big Tree Plant funding application form (PDF, 207K) (Opens new window)
• Help with PDF files (Opens new window)

The next application deadline will be in September 2011, the Grants Panel will meet soon afterwards.

• Find out the next funding application deadline (Opens new window)

There are guidance notes in the application form to help you apply.

To contact The Big Tree Plant funding scheme administrator call 0800 856 7984

For more information on the The Big Tree Plant programme click on the picture of the tree at the start of this article.

Local Democracy Question Time - Radio Debate October 2010

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Nominate an Olympic Torchbearer

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Do you know someone truly inspirational? 

This is your chance to give them their moment to shine. 

You have until 29 June 2011 to nominate them to be a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer... and don't forget, you can nominate more than one person.

The five simple steps for nominating someone to carry the Olympic torch are available at this web link

http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/carrying-the-olympic-flame/nominate-a-torchbearer.php

All Fora meeting

The next All Fora meeting will be taking place on Wednesday July 27th and will be held in Conference Room A on the second floor of Portsmouth Civic Offices from 6pm-8pm.  The meetings are open to all committee members, if you would like to attend please contact your neighbourhood forum chairman or email us at neighbourhood.forums@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.  

If you would like to have an issue put on to the agenda please let us know by Friday July 8th.

Dermatology Open Day - know the skin you’re in

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Members of the public will be given a rare opportunity to go behind-the-scenes of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s Dermatology Department at a special open day.

The event will offer people an insight into what services the department offers as well as take advantage of skin cancer screening facilities and advice on sun protection.

Doctors and nurses will be giving talks about common skin conditions and will be on hand to answer any questions. People will also be able to speak to the various skin condition charities that have been invited to attend.

Portsmouth's Official Visitor Website

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Portsmouth's visitor information services and website are not just for visitors.  If you want to know what is happening in the city and surrounding area, to book discounted tickets, or get ideas for a local day out why not contact or visit the centre or click on the weblink http://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk

Email: vis@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Telephone: 023 9282 6722 (enquiries answered daily from 9:30am to 5:15pm) 
Post: Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, PO5 3PB
Or visit,
The Hard, Portsmouth - outside the entrance to the Historic Dockyard (open 363 days a year.)
Open daily 9:30am - 5:15pm (9:30am - 5:45 pm 28 July - 4 Sept)
Southsea, Clarence Esplanade - next to the Blue Reef Aquarium (open March to October)
Open daily 9:30am - 5:15pm.

Portsmouth is packed with things to do and fast becoming Britain's favourite waterfront destination, with more and more to offer every year. 

Enjoy Portsmouth's irresistible mix of history and heritage, specialist shopping, lively arts, great restaurants and bars and a programme of year round events.

Free Using the Internet and Computer Courses

Learning Links now offers FREE 2 hour sessions on 'How to use the Internet'. 

These sessions will be running each week, every week and are open to anyone, delivered at Learning Links, Unit 3, St George’s Business Centre, St George’s Square, Portsmouth, PO1 3EY (opposite the lipstick building)

There are three sessions to choose from:

Buy and Sell on the Internet, every Monday morning 10am – Midday,

Connect with People on the Internet, every Monday afternoon 1pm – 3pm and 

Child Safety on the Internet, every Thursday morning 10am – Midday.

More details and information on online modules to study at home are available at http://www.learninglinks.co.uk

Booking: For more information or to book your free place contact Jeni on 023 9229 6460 or jeni@learninglinks.co.uk. 

Love Your Bones - Osteoporosis Patient and Public Conference

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Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is holding its annual conference for patients and their families who live with Osteoporosis.   

This free event will take place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth on Friday 17th June between 9am and 4pm

Anyone wishing to attend will need to register for their place.

For more information or to register your interest in attending the Love your Bones conference please
Email rheumatology.conference@porthosp.nhs.uk
Phone Valerie Robins on 023 9228 6000 ext 1495
or Write to Ms Valerie Robins,
Rheumatology Department,
Queen Alexandra Hospital,
Cosham,
PO6 3LY.

Exhibition - national civic day

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Scambuster

Scams are schemes to con you out of your money.

They usually come by post, phone or email.

There are hundreds of scams – fake lotteries and prize draws, get-rich-quick schemes, bogus health cures, investment scams, pyramid selling. The list goes on.

Every year, three million people fall victim in the UK, often losing hundreds or even thousands of pounds. The scammers are clever, and all kinds of people from all walks of life get duped. There’s a scam for everyone – no matter how alert or clued up you think you are.

This helpful guide produced by the Office of Fair Trading, gives advice on how to spot, report and protect yourself from scams.

Click on this link for the Scambuster leaflet

Find out more about mental health services

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FREE event for service-users, carers or anyone with an interest in mental health

Come along and talk with Adult Mental Health service providers about what 

• What opportunities are on offer
• What services are available
• How you can access them
• What excellent work organisations are doing

On Friday 27 May 
Drop in any time between 10.30am – 12pm 
At Harlequin room, Guildhall

For more information call James Gagliardini, service user involvement worker: 
023 9268 8623 or 07834 750981

Apathy and engagement

I came across this interesting video from TED about the challenges of engagement and local politics in Canada.

The question is: In this busy world we live in- can you spare 10 mins to watch it?

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Hampshire Fire & Rescue's Community Contact Point at Baffins Neighbourhood Forum

Budget presentation Baffins neighbourhood forum

Budget presentation Baffins neighbourhood forum

Do you have a question about Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust?

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Could your idea improve processes and procedures at the Trust? 

Then why not come along to your constituency meeting and talk to the elected members of the Trust’s Council of Governors and a Trust representative.

Constituency meetings are held twice a year to give you an opportunity to tell your Governors what you think of the hospital and to be informed of new developments within the Trust.