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The John Pounds Centre is Portsmouth’s flagship community and enterprise facility boasting a 350-seat capacity multi-use Sports Halls, Gym/Fitness Suite, Meeting & Training Rooms, IT Suite, Arts Spaces, Library, Youth Rooms, Nursery, Launderette, Office Space, and Cafe, providing affordable and accessible activities and services to local residents and the wider city.

The John Pounds Centre has established a reputation for its quality of service as it seeks to encourage Wellbeing & Healthy lifestyles to all its members.

John Pounds Church is the home of Portsmouth Unitarians. There has been a place of worship on this site in Old Portsmouth’s High Street since 1662 when a Presbyterian chapel was opened by an Anglican clergyman who fell out of grace with St Thomas’s Church (now Portsmouth Cathedral).

GP surgery

The Forces Families Project

The Forces Families project (formerly Joining Forces for Families), an Armed Forces Covenant funded project that has been running since October 2018. It is delivered in partnership by Citizens Advice Hart, Rushmoor Citizens Advice and Portsmouth Citizens Advice. It aims to help serving personnel and their families when they encounter life's stressful events. It is free, confidential and independent and impartial. The Forces Families Project is tri-service and operated in North East Hampshire and Portsmouth and other south coast areas such as Gosport Fareham and Havant. We often attend military events such as health fairs, family fun days and of course Armed Forces day.

Ages 4-7. Fun and exciting games that include throwing, catching, kicking, and dodging designed to be creative and help support development in your favourite sports

Tuesdays 4:30 pm

Ages 8 - 13 years. Structured gym session led by the gym team. Sessions designed to enhance fitness levels, balance, posture and co-ordination.

Community Choir meet weekly, at St Luke's Church, Greetham Street on Wednesdays (termtime only) 4pm to 5pm all welcome, no auditions required.

Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, 4:00 p.m.

Our newly rebranded The Kings School of Performing Arts (KSPA) have proudly run youth programmes in Portsmouth for over a decade.

We provide various opportunities to encourage young people to fulfil their passion and potential within the world of theatre. We offer weekly classes in singing, dancing and acting, with different sessions for all abilities, as well as our annual Community Youth Production and adult show choir, Resonate.

At The Kings School of Performing Arts, we have a commitment to delivering first class training in a supportive environment and to provide places to dedicated young performers that may not normally be able to attend by hosting a scholarship programme that will fund £25,000 worth of places in a year.

We offer many different events in and around the theatre for all to enjoy.
There are a number of tours available within the theatre, we currently run:

History Tours – Step behind the scenes and see our iconic theatre from a new perspective!
Ghost Tours – Explore the theatre at night! Are you brave enough?
Toddler Tours – An interactive tour for the little ones!
Technical Tours – Discover the methods and magic behind our magnificent productions
School Tours – Experience learning in a unique and distinctive environment that will inspire and engage!

Kings Community Sing
A fun group singing initiative, perfect for those 18+ and all singing abilities. Meet new people whilst enjoying a complimentary tea/coffee before joining in a range of exciting and varied songs. This group runs on Friday Mornings and costs £1.50 per session, with a complimentary hot drink

The weekly sessions are £1.50 (pay as you go), 9-10.30am. The group will be held in our Stalls, which is fully accessible and can be found on Albert Road.

Coffee Mornings
Every Wednesday we run coffee mornings in our beautiful Stalls bar, from 10-12pm;

1st Wednesday Coffee & Crafts – bring along your latest project, get tips and advice and of course enjoy a bit of natter! Supported by Seeded.
2nd Wednesday Coffee & Cards – time for ‘fun & games’ – cards, draughts, chess and more or why not bring along your favourite game!
3rd Wednesday Coffee & Chapters - let's chat about the latest books we're all reading, what we'd recommend to others, favourite authors and much more!
4th Wednesday Coffee & Conversation – A variety of talks and discussions! Please see below.