Happy Autumn! Our Breathing Spaces project is coming to an end, and we have our final Clean Air Cafe on Saturday 30 November. We’ll be sharing the learning from the project, celebrating the community activity that has been happening and having a think about the future. More details on our Breathing Spaces website. Interested in… Read More Collective action
Interested in access to health, active travel and air quality? Join us on Fri 27 Sept 2019 for all or part of the day at our Southampton Health Cycle and/or City Wheel and Walk tour. You can join sections of the route, or you can come and chat at our various health stops. For more… Read More Southampton Health Tour
September steps towards a sustainable, healthy Southampton with the community at the heart. All Aboard, a Musical and Theatrical Treasure Trail at High Tide (11.30-2.30) on Sat Aug 31st 2019 around the River Itchen’s Cobden Bridge and Blue Rail Bridge. Watch out for the troll! This event has received a Breathing Spaces bursary from The… Read More What’s on into September
We had a fantastic time on Sat 23 March exploring arts and health, at the Umbrella Arts Festival at NST City. Hundreds of people came and got involved in singing, interactive theatre, drumming, all sorts of painting and collage activities, board games and joined the health cafes. We made asked people to draw a bike… Read More Umbrella Arts – talking about health
Last summer, the Southampton Collective was awarded funding to run a clean air project in Southampton through Nesta’s Connected Communities Innovation Fund. Since then we have refocused the idea from a city-wide project to working with residents in one neighbourhood – St Denys. This new project is called Breathing Spaces because we want to support… Read More Creating spaces to breathe
Following the success of our Cuppa Socials last November and January, we’re heading east to Woolston for the fabulous views from Mettricks at Centenary Plaza, SO19 9UE. Come and put the world to rights with Rebecca Kinge (from The Southampton Collective and Healthwatch Southampton) and Vie Portland (from Vieness) from 10am. Together we can talk… Read More Cuppa Social / Thurs 14 Feb ’19 / 10-12
Deb Wilkes and her partner Chris Townsend are the inspiration behind Southampton’s Dead Good Days, a new festival taking place from 23rd October to 10th November. It is a series of family-friendly events, workshops and talks that will entertain, inform, intrigue, and equip us all to better deal with death, dying and loss. The Southampton… Read More Death Becomes Her
