Portsmouth graduate named Managing Director of the Year
John, a former BA (Hons) Criminal Justice and Criminology student, was recognised for his role in helping to establish and grow ECASS into a community interest company (CIC), which only started just over a year ago.
Working with partners across the city, including the University, the City Council and Portsmouth Football Club, ECASS provides a wide range of support and activities for people of all ages such as debt advice, alcohol and drug awareness, domestic violence and abuse help and mental health support.
It has run street art projects for young people across the city, set up Electric Avenue - an electrical device and PC donation programme to support those who do not have the devices and equipment they need - education workshops and other community-based events.
John said: “I absolutely loved my time at the University and every bit of the degree has helped me change lives for the better across our communities.
“Being awarded the Peoples Community Champions Managing Director of the Year is a testament to how hard the ECASS team have worked. It’s always a team effort when it comes to anything community based.”
ECASS were also nominated for the final of the Lloyds Bank Local Business of the Year Awards 2022, the final of the Portsmouth News Business Innovation Awards 2022 and won the HERO Award in the Business Community Award category at the 2023 Business Champion awards.
Showcase event to help business reduce their carbon footprint
Businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprint are invited to attend a showcase event hosted by the Universities of Portsmouth and Winchester in partnership with the technology and innovation cluster Greentech South.
The Empowering Small Businesses: A Project Showcase for a Low-Carbon Future event takes place on Wednesday 10 May from 11.30am to 6pm at Portsmouth Football Club.
The event will showcase the success of the EMphasis3 and Low Carbon Solent projects, both funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop solutions to reduce carbon emissions.
At the event, guests will hear about the impact the programmes have had on businesses and the local environment. There will be opportunities to meet the programme team, SME members, academics, investors, business support organisations and local authorities.
Through a number of live panels, guests will hear success stories from those who have managed to reduce their operational carbon footprint, and successfully commercialise and launch their low carbon innovations to market. There will also be an opportunity to network with other attendees.
The keynote speaker is The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP, the former Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Book your free place at https://lowcarbonfuture.org.uk/
Our Food, Our Environment
Food impacts every aspect of our lives, the places where we live and our planet.
Find out how we can develop a sustainable future for our food systems at a free event, hosted by the University’s Food Cultures in Transition (FOODCITI), the UK’s most unique food research team.
Our Food, Our Environment takes place on Friday 19 May from 9.30am to 4pm in the University's Eldon building. It will explore some of the biggest questions facing food production and debate the future of food systems, nutrition, psychology, distribution, packaging, contract and retail.
More details and to took your free ticket are available at: https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/events/our-food-our-environment