Enabling

It’s over 70 years since Action Hampshire was set up and it’s been supporting voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to deliver great services to local people and communities ever since; speaking up for the changes they would like to see; and shaping the future of where they live and work.
We support groups and individuals.

Some of our services are free of charge but we also have a paid-for membership service which gives access to more of our support. For more details, please see our website or get in touch: https://actionhampshire.org.uk/get-support/ and https://actionhampshire.org.uk/get-involved/member-network/

The Adult Learning Disability Team supports people who have a learning disability with all aspects of their daily lives.

The CHAOS service provides services for young adults aged 13 - 75 with a learning disability or additional needs.

Community Connectors provide short term support (usually about 6-8 weeks) to help individuals take the first steps towards getting out and about in their community.

What do we do?

Dynamite’s job is to make sure that young people with a disability or special educational need have a say in how services for young people are run.

There are lots of ways that we do this including:

Social evenings, where we talk about a different topic each time
Young Inspectors, where young people visit services, young people want to inspect and say what is good about a service, and how that service could be better.
Surveys, we use surveys to find out what young people in Portsmouth think
Meetings, we attend meetings with decision makers so that they can hear young people’s voices. We also have a monthly to discuss issues and plan the work which Dynamite does.


Is it suitable for anyone?

Anyone can join Dynamite if they are:

Aged 14 to 25
Have a disability or special educational need
Use services like schools, colleges, or doctors in Portsmouth


How do I get involved?

You can email, phone us or Facebook us and we will let you know about our next event, or we can arrange for you to come in and meet us. Our email dynamite@aldingbourne.org and our phone number TEL: 02392 822026.

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.

Tucked into Portsmouth Central Library, Lily & Lime is a relaxed place to grab a bite to eat, enjoy a great cup of coffee, and support our work with people with learning disabilities.

Enjoy a delicious panini and a barista hot drink or give yourself an afternoon treat with one of our homemade cakes.

Lily & Lime is more than a relaxed, friendly café - it’s a thriving community hub where you can get together, socialise, and meet our welcoming team.

Dozens of people with learning disabilities run our cafés and provide top quality event catering - learning new skills, developing social skills and working towards more independent futures.

We are proud to be part of local charity Minstead Trust, which supports 320 people from Poole to Portsmouth.

Lipspeaker UK is a unique deaf led language services company run by qualified and experienced communication professionals. We provide British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters, Lipspeakers, Speech-to-Text Reporters (STTR) Notetakers, Interpreters for DeafBlind people and Deaf Relay interpreters are also provided. They cover local, national & international work. We offer deaf awareness training and Access to Work support. Bookable by text, email, an on-line booking form and video via our website. See our new Lipspeaker Library to watch a professional in action before booking. www.lipspeaker.co.uk

Venue: MAKE is a community hub in Cornwall Road. Everyone is welcome. It's one of the Aldingbourne Trust’s innovative projects supporting adults with learning disabilities and / or autism to develop skills within a variety of areas to enable people to lead independent lives and gain employment within the community. We love working with other organisations in the neighbourhood.

Opening Hours: Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 9.30am - 4.30pm

A great space welcoming everyone. We run Events throughout the year. Please check our Facebook page for more information.

Café
Our friendly team welcome you and invite you to pop in for a cuppa and slice of our delicious cake or stay a little longer and enjoy a home cooked lunch or our famous pies! We do have a small children’s area for your little ones to play in whilst you relax with your friends. For special occasions, please get in touch with us as we can help with Afternoon Tea for a large group of friends and we can host Children's Parties.

Large Charity Shop: We sell a range of great second hand items at really good prices. Children's and Adult clothing, homeware, books, toys and loads more.

Workshops: If you are looking for a location to hire out to run your own workshop, please get in touch. Check out our events on our Facebook page.

Third Party Reporting Centre

Pathways Support is a care and support provider for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities based in the heart of Portsmouth.

With the current cost of living crisis, more and more people are going unnoticed by the system and many are living hungry and cold.

We at Pathways believe everyone should have access to the help they need and deserve, although we are already aware of some of the fantastic food bank organisations in Portsmouth, none specifically target adults with learning difficulties or disabilities.

As we know disabled people are at a disadvantage due to low employment opportunities and the extra costs some face. Harrowingly, almost half of people living in poverty either have a disability/LD or are an acting carer for someone with one.

In addition to this almost 70% of adults with learning difficulties say they have no resources for food banks and would not know where to go to for one.

Pathways, with the help of the community, would like to change this.