Community Action Portsmouth

Get involved

Two minutes or a few hours a month: every bit helps your street get heard by the people who decide.

Start with a vote

Fratton Road closed to traffic for the Feel Good Fratton street event, with stalls and people.
Fratton Road, closed to traffic for the Feel Good Fratton street eventPhoto: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0

Pick what fits your time

Start small. You can always do more later, and none of it commits you to anything.

  1. 2 minutes

    Vote on what matters in your ward

    Pick the three issues you most want sorted. Everyone gets one vote, and no one can see how you voted.

    Vote now
  2. 2 minutes

    Join the email list

    We email when there's an assembly, a vote or news from your ward. One click to unsubscribe.

    Join the list
  3. 5 minutes

    Raise an issue in your area

    Tell us about something on your street. When a few people raise the same thing, we add it to your ward's vote.

    Raise an issue
  4. 10 minutes

    Add to the Portsmouth People's Charter

    Agree or disagree with ideas other residents have written about how decisions should be made, and add your own. It runs on Pol.is, an outside service with its own privacy terms.

    Open Pol.is
  5. An evening

    Come to a community assembly

    Sit down with neighbours, talk through what needs changing and decide together what to push for. Anyone who lives in Portsmouth can come.

    See assemblies
  6. A few hours a month

    Help organise in your ward

    Talk to neighbours, deliver leaflets, help run an assembly or share a skill. Tick what you'd be up for when you join, and an organiser will be in touch.

    Offer to help
  7. Whatever suits

    Bring your group with you

    Residents' associations, faith groups, schools, clubs and tenants' groups already do a lot. We'd like to work with you, not around you.

    Email us

Not online much?

You can sign up and vote on paper at any community assembly. A volunteer types it in and the slip is shredded. Or ask a neighbour or relative to help you use this site.

Email connect@communityactionportsmouth.org and we'll tell you when the next assembly near you is.

What happens next

  • Each ward's votes go to its councillors and to the next community assembly.
  • Residents choose what to campaign on, and we help them do it.
  • We report back on what was asked, what was promised and what changed.

How community organising works