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Dementia friendly programme for week beginning Monday 28 July 2025 for Southampton, courtesy of Caraway

Posted by on Jul 25, 2025 in News | 0 comments Info courtesy of Caraway Dementia News Southampton – July 2025 MEMORY CAFÉS   •  WELLBEING ACTIVITIES  •  OTHER CAFÉS Hi All The school term has ended and many families are going on holiday, if this isn’t you, then do check out what’s happening next week with our memory cafes and other gatherings across the city which continue throughout the summer. A reminder to check with event holders...
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Anti asylum seeker demonstration outside Highfield House Hotel – from 6 am, Friday 25 July 2025

Posted by on Jul 25, 2025 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Also, a counter demonstration. Police in attendance. Some comments from someone who experienced the demonstration where they felt better management was required: very slow moving traffic at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Highfield Lane with people in the road outside the hotel and traffic being impeded. Anyone with a pushchair, a wheelchair or other form of mobility impairment would not...
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July 2025: Planning Application Comments – Portswood Centre, 128-150 Portswood Road

Posted by on Jul 24, 2025 in HRA Responses to Planning Applications and Appeals Inspectorate, News | 0 comments Click on the link below: HRA Portswood Centre Planning Application Comments    
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Read Easy Southampton & IOW has asked us to share their post to help them find a new coach in the Portswood area – could you do it? See below!

Posted by on Jul 22, 2025 in News | 0 comments “Could you join our team in the Portswood/Highfield area of Southampton as a volunteer Reading Coach? A local gentleman in his early 70s needs a few months of one-to-one coaching. Help him build his confidence & speed up his reading – he especially wants to read recipes & cook better & tastier meals. You will need to deliver two 30-minute sessions each week, on Monday...
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‘A Walk Around the Central Parks’ with Bevois Mount History

Posted by on Jul 21, 2025 in News | 0 comments Not in our area but this walk is organised by members of our sister Residents’ Association OARA – Outer Avenue Residents’ Association, and is well worth considering if you are free and have the time!
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There are lots of free events and activities that the City Council Ranger Team are hosting across the City during the summer holidays, including many at The Hawthorns on Southampton Common!

Posted by on Jul 21, 2025 in News | 0 comments  See below! Info courtesy of Southampton City Council Rangers
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Another report: street drinkers – outside Flagship Coffee / in the cycle hub and seating area opposite

Posted by on Jul 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments Another WA Group representative reported online to the police on Sunday 20 July 2025 that on Friday 18 July 2025 there were street drinkers in the above location. They were hiding behind/leaning against the Bus-gate furniture/lying on the ground and one was seated. They were loud and noisy. They left bags and rolled up sleeping bags in the area and kept coming and going, regularly going back to...
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Suspect stabbing – The Muse, Portswood

Posted by on Jul 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents | 0 comments One of our representatives was in The Muse in Portswood on the morning of Monday 21 July and saw a small group of men enter The Muse, following a woman who was holding up what looked like a large kitchen knife. One man appeared to have been stabbed and went to lie on the floor. Another man got hold of the knife and gave it to one of the women behind the counter. One of The Muse staff called 999....
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