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Past, Present & Future: Success in Southampton’s Green and Open Spaces

Join our open lunchtime webinar!

Wednesday 11th February, 12:00–1:30pm (online)

Are you helping to improve use of green and open spaces in Southampton?

Why join us?

• Share your community activities in parks and open spaces, e.g. arts, music,
  physical activity, youth projects, gardening and beyond
• Help make Southampton’s open spaces safer, more active and more inclusive
• Support us in mapping successful activities
• Gain opportunities for collaborations, funding and network building

Who should attend?

• Anyone involved or interested in activities in Southampton’s green and open
  spaces
• Community groups, volunteers, youth organisations, arts and culture groups,
  physical activity providers, local residents and businesses

If you can’t attend, please get in touch and tell us about your project!

What’s the format?

• Short slots for groups to share their work
• Slots are limited so please contact us ASAP to discuss your project
• Open discussion about what works, why, and what we can learn from each other

How to join in: email HDRC@southampton.gov.uk for the link, or to discuss.

Earth Day - Spring Climate Gathering - all welcome - SoCAN: Southampton Climate Action Network

You can also check out other events associated with Southampton Climate Action Network here: https://www.sotoncan.org.uk/calendar/

Previous public events include:

Funky Hats on Sat 10 Jan 1-3pm. Funky Hats - SoCAN: Southampton Climate Action Network

Winter Climate Gathering - all welcome - SoCAN: Southampton Climate Action Network on Thurs 15 Jan 5.30pm. 

Beat the Heat events - July and Oct 2025

Generations of Regeneration project April - June 2025

Urban Wild Festival, including Food Walk Tues 27 May 2025

RSA Southampton, Growing Our Creative Businesses 28 Nov 2024 5.30pm: 

Food in the City 4 Dec 2024 11.30am : 

Screening of a Southampton Climate Action Network commissioned film about Community Wealth building and Doughnut Economics on 17 June 2024. View the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOs5T-R2p8k

We participated in the RSA Southampton event about Empowering Communities on 27 June 2024. Read our blog here: https://socollective.org.uk/2024/06/28/change-making-in-action/

Join us as Member to receive updates, as well as have the opportunity to influence our direction and work.

Thanks to everyone who came to our Annual Do on 13 November 2023 4-7pm at Mettricks Portswood.

It was a good way to spend International Doughnut Day. We are delighted that Southampton’s Climate Action Network

There are lots of other great events happening in Southampton. Here are some good places where you can find out more:

Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

See the work of Southampton Climate Action Network and Transition Southampton, and join in with their talks and projects.

Join one or more of the Public Engagement Hubs at The University of Southampton. The Health & Wellbeing Hub and the Nature & Biodiversity Hub both send out emails which include local community events.

Check out the Southampton Mental Health Network.

Support local businesses such as October Books, which hosts a lot of interesting events. Shop Local Southampton runs regular listings.

Why not try visiting a Touch Network event, for some real life stories about resilience in our local communities.

And if art and culture are your thing, the CHAOS network brings together creative and arts organisations and individuals in Southampton. Sadly, Southampton’s Art in Health Forum (which we previously helped coordinate) is no longer running.

Or speak to your neighbours or pop into your local community venue and ask what is going on in your part of Southampton.