Portsmouth youth venue
Coming soon, Playland will be a youth-led creative hub that provides Portsmouth’s young people with a safe place to express themselves, and build skills and experience.
About the project
We have joined forces with Portsmouth Creates to transform the previously vacant amusement arcade, Playland, located in the heart of Portsmouth’s Commercial Road into a vibrant, youth-led creative community venue. Local young people have told us that they don’t feel they have enough safe spaces in Portsmouth where they feel they belong. Learning to develop and run this new venue will achieve that, as well as driving skills development and career pathways into the creative industries.
This new creative hub represents a real opportunity for young people in Portsmouth to take the lead in shaping their future. The space, which is currently a blank canvas, will be developed and run by young people for young people. It will be exciting to see what their ideas are and what activities they decide are relevant for them and their peers.
How can I get involved?
The project is currently in the early stages, but we’ll be sharing more information via this webpage, our newsletter and the Playland Instagram when we have more to share.
Project partners
We’re working with Portsmouth Creates on this project and The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner have pledged £25k to support activity at Playland.
