HIVE Directory: Hobbies Arts & Crafts Clubs

If you enjoy playing Rummikub or would like to learn as you meet new people, drop-in to our friendly group. We recommend you ring the library first to check the club is running that week.

If you enjoy playing scrabble and meeting new people, drop-in to one of our Scrabble Clubs. We recommend you ring the library first to check the club is running that week.

Seekers Create offers a diverse range of services designed to engage and empower communities. From creative workshops and immersive walkshops to interactive trails and community murals, we collaborate with various community groups to ensure their voices are heard. We're committed to promoting inclusion and actively partner with local councils, charities, schools, universities, and businesses to facilitate creative consultation events.

Join our singing group where you can meet new people in a friendly, fun and social environment. Singing can improve your brain activity, wellbeing and mood. You don’t need to be a good singer to benefit. Join us for fun vocal warm-ups and sing a wide variety of familiar and new songs in a supported environment. The group is hosted by our skilled, compassionate and experienced group leaders.

Browsing and borrowing books and resources
Click & Collect services
Access to PCs and printing
Photocopying
Visitor Parking Permits

Regular activities
Rhymetime – Monday and Thursday 10.00am-10.30am
Rhymetime – Saturday and Sunday 10.30am
Mah Jong – Monday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Storytime – Tuesday 11.00am
Scrabble Club – Wednesday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Slow Sew Group – Wednesday 10.30am to 12.30pm (first and third Wednesday of each month). Bring any items you would like repaired or learn how to repair it yourself.
Table Tennis - Thursday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Crafternoon - Craft activity for adults, Thursday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Knitting and Crochet Group - Fridays 10:30am-12:30pm. Beginners welcome.
Rummiklub – Friday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Children’s drawing workshop – Once a month on Saturday 2.30pm-4.30pm

Slow-Sew: Every First and Third Wednesday in Southsea Library. We can teach how to repair clothes and other textiles, how to upcycle and adjust your textiles and how to do basic hand-sewing. We also have projects provided free of charge. Contact southsea.sustex@gmail.com.

Power-Sew: We have found that to get your confidence it's best to learn basic skills first. We ask beginners to make one of the beginners choices of project before venturing onto more skilled projects.

Bring clothes you need to repair or adjust. We can inspire you on re-purposing and upcycling too. You'll need to book your place. Clothes-making lessons also available.
Opening hours: Usually the third Monday each month. Morning and Evening sessions. Booking ESSENTIAL
email southsea.sustex@gmail.com to join the mailing-list.
Age: any age. Parents: stay with your child ( unless they are normally allowed out on their own 14+). We are DBS checked and trained.
NO charge but Optional: make a donation if you can.

Sewing: hand- and machine-sew
Age range, we also have children's kits available in our sessions. Under 13 must have an adult with them.

The Centre Community facilities are now managed by the Parochial Church Council (PCC) who maintain and manages the Community Centre Facilities.

The Centre, spread over four floors, consists of:

Several community rooms of varying sizes available to hire.
A variety of activities for young & not so young
The Corner Pre-School
Baffins Surgery (Part of the East Shore Partnership)

Our story
Tonic Music was founded in 2012 upon the belief that participation in music is good for mental health. Originally based in Portsmouth, we have developed into a registered charity operating across the UK, through the provision of online programmes and outreach services.
From our initial work raising awareness, we now champion action. This is achieved by providing mental health support to ensure people continue to professionally and recreationally engage in music.

Our mission
To establish good mental health within music communities.

Our Vision
To be the UK’s leading mental health charity in music, making a transformative impact on the wellbeing of those who participate in music - professionally and recreationally. We strive to inspire positive individual and systemic change creating healthier, more resilient music communities nationwide.

Our Values
Community-minded: We are active, positive participants in the music community, bringing real-world experience, professionalism and empathy to the grassroots level upward.

Caring: We put people first. Without prejudice, we support anyone in music who needs mental health care, meeting them with compassion and respect.

Innovative: We evolve with purpose - expanding our understanding and approaches to support mental wellbeing in music communities. We challenge norms, embrace new paths to healing, and create spaces where creativity and wellbeing thrive together.

Brave: We stand up to the stigma surrounding mental health in music - not with judgment, but with empathy, courage, and unwavering resolve.

Unmade Radio is a community radio station that will offer a platform for DJs and sounds that aren't currently represented in local radio and nightlife, pushing towards a more inclusive, reactive and progressive music scene in Portsmouth

The Urban Vocal Group (UVG) is a multi-award-winning music organisation that uses singing as a gateway to further participation in music, develop transferable skills and foster positive mental health and wellbeing in young people aged 10 - 25.