Did you know that there is a Sewing Hub not far from us – at Unity 12, 9-19 Rose Road, SO14 6TE?

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 22, 2024 in News | 0 comments The Sewing Hub is a welcoming, fully accessible community space offering sewing classes for beginners, refreshers and, for the more advanced, they have overlocker courses and a regular ‘Sewing Circle’. The Sewing Hub also provides local people with an alterations and a bespoke design/make service. The Studio is unique in that it is a professionally equipped micro manufacturing hub, with flexible...
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Knowing where you are on Southampton Common; great signposting! Photos by HRA HonSec Barbara Claridge, June 2024

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 22, 2024 in News | 0 comments  
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Here are two recent posts about Portswood from Southampton Police on Facebook (20/07/24) and (17/07/24):

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 21, 2024 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments 20/07/24 In a proactive effort to ensure our community’s safety, our officers from Portswood’s Neighbourhood Policing Team recently took possession of a machete. This article will be safely destroyed, eliminating any potential threat it posed. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support and vigilance of our community members. Together, we can continue to make Southampton a safer place...
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This is at 7pm, tomorrow, Sunday July 21st, at the Residents’ Pavilion, Portswood Residents’ Gardens SO17 1QU – a talk by Jenny Leonard ‘Art and the English Weather’!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 20, 2024 in News | 0 comments Jenny is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable amateur expert of art and art history. She’s an acknowledged speaker, especially on the treasures of Southampton Art Gallery, and has recently been Chair of Southampton Arts Society. All welcome. Organised by S Hants Humanists.
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Caraway Dementia Action Group programme for week beginning Monday 22 July 2024, for across Southampton!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 20, 2024 in News | 0 comments All info courtesy of Caraway WHATS ON THIS WEEK! Brought to you by… Caraway ISSUE #1.37:  19 July 2024 Dear Friends, Here is the weekly line up for this week… With love, Caraway Dementia Action Group Our next Course for Carers: Starts Monday 9th September 2024 Our Caraway Course for Carers, Sholing Autumn 24, is specifically designed for carers of someone with a new diagnosis (within...
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This is tomorrow Saturday 20 July: ‘The Big Sing’, a deep dive local singing workshop, at the Turner Sims Concert Hall from 10am to 2pm!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 19, 2024 in News | 0 comments Open to adults and all levels of experience welcome. See more below courtesy of the Turner Sims.
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The next Repair Café in our area is tomorrow, Saturday 20 July, at the St Denys Community Centre, Priority Road SO17 2JZ, from 10.30am to 1pm!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 19, 2024 in News | 0 comments More info below courtesy of the Southampton Repair Café and Transition Southampton. Southampton Repair Cafés are places where people can bring broken items to be fixed by repairers at the same time as having a cuppa and some homemade cake! Bring your broken objects and the repairers will do their best to help: electrical, computers, ceramic, jewellery, mending and, while you wait, there are...
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Open Mic Night – This is tonight (Friday 19 July) at 6.15pm at October Books, Portswood!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Jul 19, 2024 in News | 0 comments All info courtesy of: October Books odSnsopter011m7g4hh77fiu8ga3t1miui2c1t7h3a9f02h4159i6c0fcg6h  · Hello everyone! This Friday is our poetry open mic night (runs every third Friday of the month of course!) Come and join our wonderful hub of poets for an evening of joy. This is a special one for me (Amelia) as July 2023 was the first time I ever performed my poetry to anyone! Any guesses where...
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