The Co-operative Food - Gosport, Forton Road 268

FoodCycle Portsmouth runs volunteer-powered community projects in Portsea & Somerstown – working to reduce food poverty and social isolation by serving tasty, nutritious meals to vulnerable groups. We work with groups including: older people, mental health service users, homeless people, low-income families, asylum seekers and refugees, and the long-term unemployed. Volunteers are trained up, supported and empowered to collect surplus food and cook it in spare kitchen spaces for people at risk from food poverty and social isolation. Our weekly Community Meals are: Wed 6pm: John Pounds centre (Portsea)

In The Hive, every child is taught the skills they need to be emotionally literate, self-aware and mentally well. We increase, blend and personalise support to ensure every child has the social and emotional skills to grow into well-rounded individuals. The level of support each child needs to achieve these skills will depend on any barriers to learning and the level of social and emotional intelligence the child has when they join. The Hive sits within tier 3 of our tiered approach to provision within the GFM. It is a small adjusted curriculum provision, aimed at supporting young people with SEMH needs, which offers a hybrid curriculum; blending national curriculum subjects with life and social skills. Our curriculum has Gosport Futures at the centre of it, which will equip children with the social and academic skills they need to be successful (both in and out of the education system) in their future. Academic learning is integral to The Hive – we work on the concept of education within a system of enhanced care. We are committed to all children having the right to a broad and balanced curriculum and there is an expectation that learning is a priority.

The Paediatrics Department at Queen Alexandra Hospital are raising funds to buy a Blood Gas Analyser machine to help save children's lives. With their own machine, nurses will be able to deliver quick blood gas tests, prevent tests clotting which results in re-testing, and spend their time with patients at their bedside. Portsmouth Hospitals Charity serves the patients of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust by improving existing facilities and by providing additional equipment, supporting research programmes and innovation in the development of services and education to both patients and staff. Our Paediatrics Department supports families from across Hampshire and Sussex, and sees over 8,000 patients a year. We have 42 beds across 2 wards and treats children aged 0-18years. We were M&S Charity of the Year 2016/17 for our local area. They helped us to raise funds for a Blood Gas Analyser machine for the Children's Assessment Unit in the Paediatrics Department. The machine measures the amount of oxygen & carbon dioxide in the blood. Imbalances in oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels can indicate one of the following medical conditions: Kidney failure Heart failure Respiratory depression Uncontrolled diabetes Chemical poisoning A drug overdose Shock The department do not have their own Blood Gas Analyser and therefore have to go to another department within the hospital to borrow theirs, and this uses up crucial time that a nurse should be at the child's bedside. Last year Paediatrics did 50 gases a week, which equates to 433.5 hours a year of a nurses time off of the Ward and away from their patient. If you would like to get involved with fundraising, please get in contact.