Sophie Fry

Portsmouth City Council has approved a new clean air strategy that sets out how it aims to improve air quality in the city. The Clean Air Strategy 2026 – 2040: Improving Air Quality for a Green and Healthy Future sets out a new mission for cleaner air in the city: Everyone in Portsmouth should be able to breathe air that does not damage their health and wellbeing.

Key Portsmouth organisations have signed a Portsmouth Clean Air Pledge, marking a joint commitment to improving the city’s air quality and protecting people’s health. The pledge asks signatories to support a unified and coordinated approach to improve air quality in Portsmouth, aiming to: reduce sources of pollution limit exposure to pollution protect the most vulnerable The pledge is the result of joint work by the Air Quality and Active Travel Board and its partners.

The D-Day Story is undertaking several new community engagement activities inspired by its ‘Victory in 80 Objects’ book. The outreach projects are working with groups in Portsmouth including adults with learning disabilities, students and young adults, who are using the objects in the book as a source of inspiration. The creative workshops are being run by The D-Day Story and Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery’s engagement teams.