One of our followers contacted us recently about a scrambler bike being ridden dangerously and at very high speed around the Little Common/Common on the Highfield Road side at 3.30 in the morning

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 5, 2024 in News | 0 comments  This has happened a few times before. If anyone has heard this, could they please report it to the police by either telephoning 101 or submitting a police report online: https://www.hampshire.police.uk/ro/report If anyone is in the process of actually witnessing it happening, please telephone 999. HRA has a Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group with representatives (who are HRA members)...
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Minutes of PACT (Police and Communities Together) Meeting: 6.30pm, 27 February 2024

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 5, 2024 in News, Police Liaison Meetings | 0 comments Here are the Minutes of the above which was held in Portswood Church, Portwood: Portswood PACT 27. 02.24
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Remembering the University of Southampton’s South Stoneham Tower. Info courtesy of The Daily Echo, Group Heritage Writer Ian Crump, 3.3.24

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 4, 2024 in Local History, News | 0 comments Student accommodation South Stoneham Tower hard to pull down https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24158655.student-accommodation-south-stoneham-tower-hard-pull/?ref=ebmpn&nid=1094&u=b84eb5b77cb441a6e6ae451222b3d5d7&date=030324&fbclid=IwAR0SdG12tgF1BhIOrFnkOhLp8jZecKwx6ch5DeqnGimHKxP3P_w2BhcC_n4  
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It’s the International Women’s Day Walk this Saturday 9th March at 2 pm, on Southampton Common – wear a dash of purple!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 4, 2024 in News | 0 comments Info courtesy of Sustrans.  
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The University of Southampton’s Wind Orchestra is holding their Spring Concert on Saturday 16th March 2024 at 5pm. The concert will be held at St Albans Church, 357 Burgess Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 4, 2024 in News | 0 comments They will be playing some well known works such as William Tell Overture and Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 Finale. More details below! Tickets start at £8 for Concessions and £10 for full price on the door or at the Students’ Union box office, linked here: https://boxoffice.susu.org/…/04e2534fe69a4a185974e901ca… Info courtesy of SUSWO.
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Friends of Portswood Rec have raised £723.50 from their Leap Year Quiz towards funding their play area!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 2, 2024 in News | 0 comments Well done Friends of Portswood Rec! Infor below courtesy of: Friends of Portswood Rec on Facebook.   “Wow, what a fantastic evening we had at our Leap Year Fundraising Quiz last night! Thanks to everyone who came along to take part, Nick the brilliant quiz master, Eugene and The Drummond Arms staff for being great hosts, Ravi, Leila, Dick, Katherine, October Books and Kohinor of...
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The Caraway/Portswood Dementia Action Group programme for week beginning Monday 4 March 2024, for across Southampton!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2024 in News | 0 comments WHATS ON THIS WEEK! Brought to you by… Caraway ISSUE #1.16:  01 March 2024 Dear Friends, The first of March (Pinch, Punch First of the Month!) and the start of spring peeping through with blossom buds and bulbs starting to show, lets look forward to brighter days. Our March Memory Cafe Activity Programme is available online now and here’s the weekly line up for this week… With...
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Police and Community Together Meeting (PACT), 6.30pm, Tuesday 27 February 2024, Portswood Church: Notes on handling of CCTV footage, and the community speed gun programme (ncj)

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 1, 2024 in Crime Incidents, Police Liaison Meetings | 0 comments On the panel: Francesca Prior – SCC Community Engagement Manager, Malkeat Singh – Community Engagement Officer, PC Adam O’Neill – Community Engagement & Liaison Officer, Portswood, Swaythling and Bassett Councillors Finn, Savage, Reynard and one Councillor from Bevois Valley were in the ‘audience’.   This is mainly a note of the two questions I raised...
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