HIVE Directory: Cultural & Faith Groups

The Council for Social Responsibility (CSR) is an independent social action charity, based in Portsmouth

CSR runs a significant number of social programmes across South East Hampshire, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight and is connected to the Diocese of Portsmouth. CSR seeks to encourage engagement, impact and leadership in the community by involving people of all faiths and none. In recent years, CSR has shifted its emphasis towards a more socially enterprising approach and is currently developing a Young Person wellbeing programme.

Devonshire Avenue Baptist Church is a church in the heart of Southsea.
We are a friendly group of people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities - but with a common desire to serve Jesus in our city.
Whether you live locally, or are visiting the area, we hope our website will introduce you to who we are and what we do. We hope we'll see you soon at The Avenue.

Drayton United Church is a joint Methodist and United Reformed Church serving the local community.

A warm welcome is extended to all.

Our main service is at 10.00am on Sunday mornings. On the third Sunday of each month, there is also an evening service of reflection and interaction at 6.30pm. There is an additional communion service on the first Sunday of each month at 9.00am. This is followed by breakfast from 9.30am and All Age café Style Church, very suitable for families.

We call this service all aboard

All are welcome to join us for all or any part of the morning.

A Sunday Club, ‘Reboot’, for young people aged from three years to teenagers meets in the halls on Sunday mornings from 9.45am. Parents are also welcome with younger children. The club provides free-play activities, time to relax and age-appropriate Christian teaching. During the week, a number of groups meet. These include Bible study, ‘Open Door’, a Friendship Group for Senior Citizens and an active Choir.

The church sponsors a range of Uniformed Organisations for all ages who meet throughout the week and a Playgroup that meets daily. A variety of groups from the community also meet regularly on the premises. We have three halls, (one with a stage) a kitchen and a small Committee Room. Enquiries about booking halls to: Julie Hale, Halls Administration Secretary - juliehale2069@gmail.com

The church entrance and foyer include a welcoming coffee area, which is open to the local community for Coffee on Friday mornings between 10.30 and 11.30. A Jubilee Garden in the grounds of the Church has recently been created. All are welcome to come and use this space for rest and reflection.

As well as our Eastney Roundabout Coffee Pot on Friday Mornings, we also have a group called Sparks for Mothers and toddlers on Thursday Mornings; a Youth Club called Fusion on Thursday Nights between 6-7pm for ages between 10 -14 years.

EAL Portsmouth (the home of Portsmouth's Ethnic Minority Achievement Service) are a team of highly experienced and well-respected Advisers and Bilingual Learning Assistants. We work with schools in Portsmouth and beyond, across all Key Stages (Nursery - KS5), to support pupils who have English as an Additional Language to make outstanding progress.

Our courses and consultancy are constantly reshaped to meet the particular needs of a school, group of schools or local authority. We also provide a range of pupil-support services, including diagnostic and holistic assessments.

Faith & Football is a Christian Charity that meets young people & their families where they are on life's journey & helps them reach their full potential.
Faith & Football is based in Portsmouth, UK and runs a number of Bible Lego Club, Topic explorers and Extra Time Literacy scheme. Community Football Leagues, the Social Enterprise & Business Challenge, the Extra Time Literacy Scheme, the Team Talk Life Skills Course, the Enterprise & Leadership Academy, the Time Out Family Engagement programme and more! We also work overseas in India, Nigeria, The Gambia, Uganda and Serbia! We aim to equip and enable local Christians to make a difference where they are! We work with Christian professional footballers.

Family Church

Fratton Community Centre runs a variety of activities and events all year round for all ages:

We gather people of all ages and background from across Hampshire. We're a vibrant, Bible teaching church eager to serve those in and beyond our city with the good news about Jesus Christ.

We think of ourselves as a family of Christians, ordinary people who meet together to worship God. By ‘ordinary’ we mean: young people; children and teenagers; studying at school and college; middle-aged people, working at various occupations to earn a living; older people, appreciating their retirement years.