Winchester Poetry Festival has launched its globally recognised Winchester Poetry Prize for the ninth year – renaming the ‘Hampshire Prize’ as the ‘Kathryn Bevis Prize’. The Winchester Poetry Prize receives around 2000 original and unpublished poems every year from all over the world. The competition judge this year is...
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Play to the Crowd announces new partnership with Pulse Cargo
Play to the Crowd, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester, Hat Fair and Playmakers, announces that Pulse Cargo, worldwide freight shipping experts, have recently become Corporate Partners supporting Hat Fair Festival Logistics. Since receiving the news that the charity would no longer receive core funding...
Mayflower Theatre joins with Theatrical Lydia for Pay it Forward 9/11 campaign
To mark Come From Away arriving in Southampton from 16 – 20 April, Mayflower Theatre joins up with Theatrical Lydia for her Pay It Forward 9/11 Campaign, to run a food bank drive. At the heart of Come From Away is a story about compassion, community, and resilience. Sharing...
Mayflower Theatre teams with Veolia in bid for net zero by 2030
Mayflower Theatre marks a significant step towards its net-zero goal by 2030 partnering with Veolia Total Waste Management. Mayflower Theatre is one of the UK’s leading cultural venues and the largest in the region with more than 500,000 attendances per year. “We have set out our vision to achieve...
Paris Smith to extend sponsorship of Mayflower Theatre
Mayflower Theatre announces the renewal of Paris Smith’s long-standing 30 plus year partnership. A number of years ago, Paris Smith also extended its support to MAST Mayflower Studios, which fosters artist development and promotes youth engagement. The new arrangement follows the fusion of these two wonderful and different venues...
‘Young people’s creativity deserves to be celebrated’ says new Southampton manifesto
Image: Cultural Connectors at Youth Manifesto launch, courtesy of University of Southampton, credit Nosa Malcolm. Six young Cultural Connectors who created What’s Next Southampton? festival have launched a new youth manifesto. Our Manifesto for Culture and Creativity in Southampton, subtitled A Radical Guide for Change, sets out six things...
Victorious Festival 2023 donates over £150,000 to charitable and good causes this year
Victorious Festival is organised by a team of locals who are passionate about Portsmouth and enjoy spreading positivity through their Victorious in the Community arm and charitable contributions. This year saw Victorious in the Community donate over £150,000 to good causes, bringing the total since 2014 to £711,426.53. But...
Green-fingered urged to sow and grow for Southampton spring charity fundraiser
Southampton gardeners are being asked to sow extra seeds, take cuttings and grow plants on for a charity plant sale in the city this spring. Communicare is hosting the event in May at CommuniBakes and is asking for plant donations to sell to raise money to help vulnerable and...
Southampton charity No Limits backs national campaign on youth mental health
The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition has put out an urgent call for more investment in young people’s mental health support. Local charity No Limits is part of the coalition and joins almost 300 youth and mental health charities calling on political parties to commit to improving...
Hat Fair looking for market traders for festival weekend
The organisers of Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running festival of Outdoor Arts, are looking for market traders for the festival weekend. The festival, which takes place throughout the streets and green spaces of Winchester over the first weekend of July, will have pitches available for traders on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7...