“Thanks to URBOND, we now have a new home. This new space has been even better than before, and the kindness of everyone has made us feel truly welcome. URBOND’s community has helped us feel included and valued. For that, we are deeply grateful.” Debbie Portsmouth Deaf Club

Thank you so much to Charles Dickens Ward Councillors Yinka, Cal and Rajah for visiting us here at URBOND! The councillors kindly supported us moving into our new space by part funding the equipment we have here. We are very grateful for your ongoing efforts in the community.

Yesterday we welcomed Cllr Suzy back, and Cllrs Nick & Kate for the first time, on a guided tour of our Youth Club 🎉 It was a great chance to showcase how we support young people & the wider community. #YouthClub #CommunitySupport #InvestInYouth #StrongerTogether

Summers almost over but the grind doesn’t stop! 💪🏽 Huge thank you to PT Kobbii at Pure Gym for working with us to keep fit and healthy #Gym #WomensGroup #ParentsGroup #Portsmouth #Community #Integration

URBONDs first time at Victorious! 🎉 We had great fun this bank holiday weekend at @VictoriousFest ! We had a stall in the Kids Arena where young people could come along a decorate their own hat to wear at the festival 🧢 #Festival #Music #Portsmouth #VictoriousFestival

We welcomed local leaders and organisations to the restorative forum this afternoon. Thank you to everyone who attended today. Building bigger and stronger communities together! #ForumMeeting #CommunityIntegration #Portsmouth #Community #Support #Together

Portsmouth Deaf Club took part in a health awareness workshop today in partnership with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and DA Languages service. Today the group learnt best how to access support in health services where they may find barriers with communication.

We had the privilege of meeting the lovely Ceri & Kate from Balfour Beatty this morning. It’s amazing to learn about how much Balfour Beatty has embedded giving back into the community and driving opportunities for young people, minorities and women and girls. #Community

We had a great visit from @enterprise today! A huge thank you from us at URBOND for supporting us and kindly donating £2,500 to help local young people and community members here in Portsmouth. Your support is truly appreciated. #Portsmouth #Youth #Community #Support

Last night the team enjoyed an evening at the Sparktacular Summer Ball with Spark Community Space. Such heartwarming stories reminding us what a fantastic job Spark and Becki Simmons are doing to support our community 💙 Thank you for having us! #SummerBall #Charity

Today, leaders from 15 organisations came together to share, support & strengthen how we serve Portsmouth. Now 27 leaders each with 35–50+ members and some 1000’s, this platform is growing into something powerful. #Portsmouth #CommunityLeadership #RestorativeForum

Happy 60th Birthday Brian! 🎉 We celebrated Brian’s birthday last week with our friends at Spark, Unloc, Naomi House & Jacksplace and ACCI to thank him and GRP Solutions for the unwavering support #ThankYou

Our first session with @seekerscreate was so much fun! Everyone grabbed a pen and got involved… make sure to stay tuned to see the finished result 🤩 #URBOND #Arts #Creativity #Portsmouth #Activity #Youth

Very interesting and informative Eating 4 Health workshop with Kobbii today! Kobbii dove into lifestyle diseases, building discipline and understanding the circadian rhythm to ensure we are eating in the best way for our bodies. #HealthyEating #community #portsmouth

We had a lovely visit from Cllr Chris Attwell this morning! He had a chance to take a look around of the space whilst we spoke about exciting opportunities coming up this year. Thank you Chris for your ongoing support to URBOND, we truly appreciate it. #URBOND #Portsmouth

We had quite the night at the Kings Theatre press night for Annie the musical! 🎶 The show was absolutely amazing, thank you so much to @KingsTheatre for inviting us and your ongoing support to local communities. #URBOND #SparkCommunity #Pompey #Musical #Portsmouth

We had an early Easter celebration with the Portsmouth Deaf Club, full of laughter, games and connection. A special moment: members surprised our amazing chef, Smangele, with flowers to thank her for the delicious meals she lovingly prepares. Community at its best!

It was a pleasure to welcome former Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Portsmouth, Frank Jonas and Joy Maddox, this morning! Whilst here, they managed to speak with the Portsmouth Deaf Club during their bi-weekly catch up here at the centre. #community #diversity #Portsmouth

It was lovely to have a visit from Chat Over Chai this afternoon! We had the chance to show them around URBOND’s new home and explain to them in more detail about what we do in the city and overseas… all over a cup of tea of course ☕️ m #community #portsmouth

Very happy to help facilitate Portsmouth Enterprise AI Agent week! Anuoluwapo Gabriel brought together the tech community from across the UK to discuss all things AI and how it can benefit all of us moving forward. #Technology #AI #Data #strongertogether #community #diversity