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Fighting With Pride (FWP) is a registered charity founded in January 2020. We are a lived-experience LGBT+ military charity, leading a campaign to support the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ Veterans, serving personnel and their families. We are here to raise awareness and recognition of the need to support those most impacted by the ban on LGBT+ military service, before it was finally lifted in January 2000. We aim to acknowledge and celebrate these remarkable veterans. FWP is working with UK Government and the
devolved parliaments to provide better support to LGBT+ Veterans in the future.

Our Mission: To be a beacon for LGBT+ Veterans, supporting them to live their best lives.

Our Vision: That the United Kingdom will become the best place in the world in which to be an LGBT+ Veteran.

FirstLight Trust supports veterans of the armed forces, emergency services and their families

We are currently working with Goals in Portsmouth to provide a monthly Coffee and Chat session.

It is a space for veterans to attend have a brew and banter while socialising, along with the chance to start up a veteran’s football group.

Support will be available for any veterans needing help with isolation, loneliness, new hobbies/skills, or confidence building.

A Support Coordinator will also be available to assist veterans with housing, benefit claims and debt.

The First Stop service offers free advice on housing and care options for people in later life

Love4Life is a friendship and dating network for people with learning disabilities and autism. We organise workshops and social events that help you make friends and build relationships in a relaxed atmosphere.

We provide life-changing opportunities for people with autism and learning disabilities to build lasting friendships and relationships.

From clubbing, karaoke and festivals to bowling, drama and sports, members can choose which events suit them, and there is always a good range of choice.

Membership costs £10 a month. For some events, such as meals out or the cinema, there will be an extra cost, however other events and all of our workshops are free.

Folk Dance for fun & fitness. Monthly Sunday 2-4pm Havelock community centre.
Janet teaches international folk & circle dances. £7 includes tea & cake
Beginners welcome

Follow your dreamz performing arts is based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a non-profit performing arts company committed to a vision of bringing the arts to everyone – an all inclusive group, no matter their age, ability, or background.

Follow your dreamz performing arts was founded on the belief that everyone has the right to experience the joy and personal benefit that comes from the arts. We know that the performing arts are a fantastic way of building confidence, increasing self esteem, and trying new things, also learning about yourself and others.

We are proud to offer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds; from our Drama and youth theatre, acting, professional performances, working also with industry professionals and we also offer arts awards for our older children.

Early years are a crucial period of development for children. The NHS Birth to Five Guide covers a wide range of topics, providing lots of important information and tools to help parents through the different stages of child development

Hello! We’re FoodCycle Portsmouth John Pounds Centre. We collect food from retailers that would otherwise be thrown away, and with the help of lovely volunteers cook it up into a tasty, healthy three-course meals for those most in need in our city.

We cook and serve tasty three-course hot meals from The John Pounds Centre in Old Portsmouth every Wednesday at 6pm.

FoodCycle runs free community meals using surplus food to reduce food waste, food poverty, and loneliness in the community. It is no questions asked and you do not need to book in advance in order to attend as a guest. Simply turn up at the John Pounds Centre at 6pm on a Wednesday and you will be served a delicious 3 course meal. All our meals are vegetarian, but if you have other dietary requirements, please let the volunteers know when you arrive.

The Forces Employment Charity provides life-long, life-changing support, jobs and training opportunities to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses, partners and children, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.

We support spouses and partners, including divorced, separated, and bereaved, on their journey into employment. We understand that Service life and transition can impact the whole family, so we offer mentoring and career guidance to young people aged 16-24.

If you need help with your CV, advice on returning to work after a break, or advice on transferring skills and qualifications from the military, we can help!
You can access a variety of pathway events and support through Op ASCEND, a free service offered to veterans and all military families (including those whose family members are still serving). For further details, please visit the Forces Employment Charity’s website.