Free Summer Activities in Fratton

http://frattonbiglocal.org.uk/

Human Library UK training day

Calling all Lego enthusiasts!

Portsmouth Library Service is looking for volunteers to run a Lego Club at Carnegie Library. The Club could run weekly/fortnightly/monthly depending upon your availability.

Ideally you will have excellent Lego skills and be able to devise a building theme for each session. 

We anticipate that the Club will run on a Saturday, but we can be flexible. 

If you're interested contact Pat Garrett on 023 9268 8066 or email patricia.garrett@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.

Visits to Portsmouth Libraries

Visits to Portsmouth Libraries

Carnegie Library 28^th July

Cosham Library 31^st July

Paulsgrove Library 1^st August

Central Library 27^th August

All sessions from 11am - 12noon

Storytelling and information

Come along and meet an Education Dog

Suitable for 5 - 11 year olds accompanied by a parent/carer

 These are ticketed sessions as places are limited - Free tickets available from participating libraries

Southsea Library's 3rd birthday

Teddy Bears Picnic - August 15th

Accredited courses at The Learning Place

Throughout the summer, The Learning Place is providing learners with a chance to gain skills and a qualification at the end of it.

City & Guilds Online Basics – July 31^st 2014

The award – based on the popular Online Basics course on Learn My Way – will help learners demonstrate their digital skills and will look great on their CV.

The course is running for 4 weeks, 2 hour sessions a week. The course is free to anyone over the age of 19.

CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering – August 12^th 2014

Anyone working in a catering, manufacturing or retail setting where food is prepared, cooked and handled must have this qualification.

Typical environments may include:

• pubs, hotels, restaurants;
• supermarkets and retail environments;
• food and drink manufacturers;
• hospitals;
• care homes;
• schools;
• prisons.

This 1 day course is £45.00 per person including certificates and exam fees. Exams are multiple choice. 1 hour is given for lunch, this is not included. Learners on JSA, Universal Credit or Job related ESA can apply for this free of charge, but proof of benefit will be needed.

To book on to either of the above courses, please contact The Learning Place on 02392621860 or email thelearningplace@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or pop in to 6 Derby Road, North End.

Also available are Free, informal, Drop-In sessions each day:

Monday	15:00 - 16:45 Work & Learning Club
Tuesday	14:00 - 16:00 IT Drop In
Wednesday	10:00 - 13:00 Learn My Way
Thursday	09:30 - 12:30 Work & Learning Club
Friday	10:00 - 13:00 Learn My Way

For more information please contact The Learning Place on 02392621860 or email thelearningplace@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or pop in to 6 Derby Road, North End.

Heatwave Plan for England – Looking after yourself and others during hot weather – The latest advice

Top tips for keeping cool
It is best for your health to avoid getting too hot in the first place. Remember to think of those who may be more at risk from the effects of heat. Below are some tips to keep yourself and others cool and what to do if someone feels unwell:

Stay out of the heat:
• Keep out of the sun between 11.00am and 3.00pm.
• If you have to go out in the heat, walk in the shade, apply sunscreen and wear a hat and light scarf.
• Avoid extreme physical exertion. If you can’t avoid strenuous outdoor activity, like sport, DIY or gardening, keep it for cooler parts of the day, like early morning or evening.
• Wear light, loose-fitting cotton clothes.

Cool yourself down:

Portsmouth History Fair July 12th 2014

Come and discover the past at this year's Portsmouth History Fair. You can meet local groups for information and advice, listen to a range of fascinating talks covering subjects such as Portsmouth's involvement in D-Day or the Theatre Royal's hidden past, buy books on local history, see displays on Jonas Hanway, Arthur Conan Doyle and Spirit Photography, and view archive film from the Wessex Film and Sound Archive.

The fair will be at Portsmouth Central Library, Guildhall Square, PO1 2DX, from 10am-3pm on Saturday 12 July.

For further information call 023 9268 8046.

The talks (no need to book, just turn up) will be held on the third floor, Central Library, Guildhall Square, as follows:

Beddow Library Bake-Off 2014

Following the success of last year's Bake-off, the Friends of Beddow Library are organising another one on Friday 1 August from 11am to 2pm. All proceeds will go to the Friends of Beddow Library Fund which exists to improve the library.

They're inviting contestants to enter a cake into the competition and the winners will receive a prize, made by the Beddow Library Craft Club. If you don't want to enter, but just want to buy some of the cake, then that's fine!

Beddow Bake-off Rules

Portsmouth Shed Project

Teddy Bears Picnic

Could you be a Friend of Southsea Library?

Portsmouth Library Service want to start a Friends of Southsea Library Group. 

There're looking for people to organise library events, fund raise for library extras, promote Southsea Library in the community and come up with new ideas for services. 

If you like Southsea Library and want to help plan their 3rd birthday party, then they want to hear from you!

If you would like more information contact Pat Garrett on 023 9268 8066. 

If you're interested in being  a Friend of Southsea Library ring 023 9268 8999 or give your name to staff at Southsea Library. 

The future of coastal defence - consultation results

Some public consultations were held by the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership in North Portsea earlier this year, to seek the public's views on the future of coastal defence options for North Portsea Island.

The results of the consultation are now out, and available at http://www.escp.org.uk/news/results-north-portsea-consultation; Please follow the link to see a visual summary of the results obtained during the consultation period.

Portsmouth Neighbourhood Watch Association newsletter

The latest Neighbourhood Watch newsletter can be read by clicking on this link, it includes:-

USEFUL CRIME INFORMATION on
- Burglary
- Vehicle Crime
PORTSMOUTH POLICING UPDATE

TRADING STANDARDS INFORMATION on

- New legislation giving consumers more rights
- New telephone number for reporting consumer complaints

THE COMMUNITY WARDEN INFORMATION on

- Tombstoning

Does your group or organisation support people with Autism?

Do you feel there needs to be more money to help with the issues around Autism? Would £500k make a difference? Join Action Portsmouth on Tuesday  1 July at 1pm at the Queens Hotel, Southsea. Action Portsmouth is helping to bring a group of people together to look at applying to the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Fund to help tackle some of the issues that people with Autism face. The Reaching Communities programme has four outcomes. The word outcome is used to describe the key changes or differences the funding will make. Every project must help achieve one or more of these outcomes:

1. People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills
2. Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems
3. Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy
4. Healthier and more active people and communities.

Action Portsmouth would like to invite parents, carers, psychologists, clinicians, service users, and service providers or anyone who feels that they want to be part of something GREAT.

In this meeting you will look at what is required for the bid and what you would like to go in the application. Action Portsmouth will go through the process in plain language and will make sure that everyone has their say.
A good variety of people is needed to make sure this bid is a strong community-led bid and is what is needed for Portsmouth.

This is YOUR chance to make a difference.

The whole process of applying for Reaching Communities takes about a year, but there will be plenty of support available from The Big Lottery Fund throughout.

If you would like to attend the meeting please call 023 9282 2795 or email Jacky Charman on jacky.charman@actionhants.org.uk.

Action Portsmouth look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 1 July at 1pm at the Queens Hotel, Clarence Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 3LJ.

First World War Commemoration Community day

Click on the poster above to go to the Facebook page

LEST WE FORGET - WW1 Centenary Exhibition

Teddy Bears Picnic - July 10th

Flood risk research

We have been approached by a research student who would like to interview people interested in flood risk responsibility in Portsmouth:-

Hi there, I am a current MSc Disasters, Adaption and Development student at the University of King's College London and previously completed a BSc in Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton. For my MSc research project, I intend to investigate the difference between perceived, legal and enacted responsibilities for risk management from flood hazard in Portsmouth and I wonder if you would be willing to take part in this exciting research! By conducting semi-structured interviews, I am inviting key stakeholders in Portsmouth in order to compare the perceptions of flood risk and the appropriate management of the hazard. I need to identify groups of people who are already interested in flooding in Portsmouth, who will have a view of their own perceived risk, and who has responsibility for managing flood risk (the individual, state, insurers etc). By carrying out this research, I hope to understand the perceptions of flood risk from those shaping/involved in the flood risk management and those that are experiencing it/residents of Portsmouth. How do the flood policies compare to local experiences of risk amongst various stakeholders in the coastal city of Portsmouth? If you are interested taking part in my research regarding flood risk responsibility in Portsmouth, it would involve an interview that would last no longer than an hour of your time. Although there are no direct benefits to taking part, the information I get from the study will help to understand and potentially influence current and future policy on flood risk management in Portsmouth! The perceptions and expectations for flood risk management and protection are critical in mediating the impacts and promoting longer-term adaptation. Understanding and making rights and responsibilities explicit may smooth pathways to effective and legitimate management and adaptation. I would be delighted if you could take part! If you are interested, please do get in touch! Best regards, Stephanie Rademaker stephanie.rademaker@kcl.ac.uk

If you are able to help Stephanie in her research please contact her directly using the email above.