HIVE Directory: Hobbies Arts & Crafts Clubs

Eastney Community Centre runs a wide variety of classes and sessions, has bookable rooms and a café.

Drop in on Friday Morning for an opportunity to relax, make new friends and enjoy a free coffee (or tea!). We open at 10am.

The Ellipsis Academy offers dance classes in 9 different styles to students aged from 18 months to adults in central Portsmouth.

Enable Ability is established as an independent charity for the care, welfare and advancement of people with disabilities living in Portsmouth and the surrounding area. We work in partnership with disabled children and adults, their families and carers to provide a range of high quality, professional and confidential services.

As a charity that provides services to people with disabilities, we aim to be as inclusive as we can and actively represent the Voluntary and Community Sector through membership to the multi-agency SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Board set up by the Local Authorities to establish and implement a ’removing Barriers to Inclusion Plan’ for the locality a large part which relates to the development of inclusive and integrated services.

We support people who haven’t started their diagnosis journey, are going through the diagnosis stages, or have been diagnosed with Endometriosis and/or Adenomyosis. We are also here for friends, family, and cheerleaders of the people that have to jump through hoops to get started on the diagnosis pathway.

We hold a monthly support group on the 2nd Saturday of every month 10am—1pm on a drop in basis in the Community Room at Tesco Extra, The Pompey Centre.

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.

Through our projects, we offer support, encouragement, and financial assistance that most of the people take for granted from our parents to those who begin their adult lives with no family to fall back on or even to care what happens to them.

We do this by providing mentors, offering financial support, running activities, and away days, giving the latest advice and training to service providers.

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, tv and film acting, professional performances, working also with industry professionals and we also offer arts awards for our older children.

We have just introduced adults singing for fun classes too!

Facilities
Public PCs
Bookable IT suite
Printer
Scanner
Wifi
Photocopier
Public/Disabled toilet
Baby changing
Garden

Friends Without Borders is a charity that provides support for asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants within the Portsmouth area.