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Campaigners holding Night Walk to raise awareness on Violence against Women

November 19, 2010 by

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Southampton Domestic Violence Forum are going to hold a night walk across Southampton next Thursday (the 25th) for White Ribbon Day, the annual international day campaigning against violence against women. The SVDF (http://www.southampton.gov.uk/living/safersouthampton/keepsafe/dvgroup/default.aspx) is a Council-backed group made up of over 60 representatives from organisations that work in the Southampton area working together to end […]

City Council to sell Broadlands Allotments to University

November 18, 2010 by

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It has been confirmed by Caroline Nokes MP that the Broadlands Road Allotment site is to be sold off by the Council to the University to expand on to. Plot holders have feared such a decision has been in the pipeline since the University offered them sums of money earlier in the year to sell-up […]

Demonstration tomorrow to ‘Save Bitterne Walk-In Centre’

November 12, 2010 by

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A demonstration will be held tomorrow morning over the proposed closure of the Bitterne NHS Walk-In Centre, with protesters concerned that Southampton’s GP services will become overstretched if the centre closes. The local health authority is considering the Walk-In’s closure as one of many cost-saving measures as it cuts its budget, despite the NHS being […]

Victory for local community group as Council backs allotments on scrap land

November 8, 2010 by

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Southampton City Council has promised that it will turn over a piece of idle land, that they originally intended to sell off for housing to allotments.  This follows a long campaign by local community group NBSP who had asked for either a community garden or allotments. The 3/4 acre piece of land lies unused opposite […]

Portswood Community Group fighting to save local park’s picnic area from development

October 28, 2010 by

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A local community group in Portswood is fighting to save its recently established picnic area in Portswood Recreation ground after finding out the the City Council want to replace it with an extra tennis court only months after giving the picnic area permission. Local residents are perplexed as to why only months after the Council […]

Campaigners intending to use Local Democracy Week to challenge City Council

October 5, 2010 by

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Local campaigners are intending on using Southampton City Council’s Local Democracy Week, part of a Europe wide democracy initiative, to challenge the Council over their future plans, from environmental measures to impending cuts. The week will include a “Get involved” evening, on Tuesday 12th October from 5-8pm in Central Library, where there’ll be the opportunity […]

The Librarians Strike Back – Part II

August 10, 2010 by

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Southampton’s Librarians, having delayed a second wave of strikes a few weeks ago (as reported by the Blowhole), have again voted to reject the Council’s plans to replace 7 employed librarians with volunteers and proceed with the closure of Thornhill and Millbrook libraries, and are set to strike this Friday 13th and on Monday 16th. […]

New to The Blowhole – Local Activist Directory

July 31, 2010 by

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The Dolphin’s Blowhole has put together a Directory of local community& activist groups and projects in Southampton so that people can find them and get involved with them more easily – if we’ve missed any out or it needs updating email us to let us know!  Enjoy, and spread the link to anyone you know […]

The Librarians Strike Back

July 14, 2010 by

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Following the librarians’ strike on the 21st June, which opposed the cuts facing Southampton’s libraries, senior members of the region’s UNISON union branch have met with Southampton City Council to negotiate the cuts. The aim was to oppose the Councils plans for the libraries: 7 librarian posts are to be replaced by volunteers- who may […]

June 21st Protests Report

June 22, 2010 by

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Well-attended Rallies erupted across Southampton yesterday, as Union members showed their anger at impending cutbacks across the Cities Libraries, Universities and College. Around 150 people, including the vast majority of the City’s Librarians, attended a Rally outside Central Library at the Civic Centre, where a couple of Unison members spoke about the Coalition Government’s upcoming […]


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