{"id":23,"date":"2026-04-04T07:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/pagebuilder-fullwidth\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:52:37","slug":"local-focus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/about-our-club\/local-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Our local focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\n\t<section class=\"wysiwyg-outer secondary  left section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <h2>We cover a diverse area\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Having started just over 50 years ago as Gosport, Fareham and District, we have come a long way and adopted a wider remit. \u00a0We acknowledged this when we rebranded in 2018 as SI Solent East. \u00a0(It was also easier to find on the website!). But it does extend our reach, so here\u2019s what we\u2019re doing or our connection with each of the following places.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"accordion-outer secondary   section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <header class=\"section-header container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"section-header-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-header-title\">Locations Accordion<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-header-summary\">Local places and our connections with them.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button accordion-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-Fareham\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFareham <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/themes\/honeycom3\/assets\/svg\/icons.svg#arrow-right\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-Fareham\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-description content\"><p>As you would expect we have quite a few members living in the town: Clo, Pam, Wendie, Rosemary C, Tracy, Margaret and Christine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button accordion-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-Portsmouth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPortsmouth <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/themes\/honeycom3\/assets\/svg\/icons.svg#arrow-right\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-Portsmouth\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-description content\"><p>Rosalinda is a proud resident of Portsmouth and reminds us that we need to raise our profile there. \u00a0We have attended the Orange the World celebrations at the Spinnaker Tower on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button accordion-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-Gosport\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGosport <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/themes\/honeycom3\/assets\/svg\/icons.svg#arrow-right\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-Gosport\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-description content\"><p>Club member Maureen lives in Alverstoke, but we do less in the town than previously. We have connections with Bay House school, for testing such as Loves Me, Loves Me Not bookmarks on their target audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button accordion-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-Portchester\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPortchester <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/themes\/honeycom3\/assets\/svg\/icons.svg#arrow-right\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-Portchester\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-description content\"><p>Audrey lives in the centre of Portchester and often suggests events or donation activities there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button accordion-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-Lee-on-the-Solent,-Stubbington,-Hillhead\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington, Hillhead <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/themes\/honeycom3\/assets\/svg\/icons.svg#arrow-right\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-Lee-on-the-Solent,-Stubbington,-Hillhead\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-description content\"><p>We have a number of club members there: Ann, Alison and Sandra. We use the Wheelhouse at Hillhead for our Re-Engage tea party, and donate items for recycling at Lee-on-the-Solent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button accordion-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-Chichester\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChichester <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/themes\/honeycom3\/assets\/svg\/icons.svg#arrow-right\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-Chichester\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-description content\"><p>Club members Pauline and Jacky live in and around Chichester. \u00a0We support the local My Sisters\u2019 House that is based there. \u00a0We are mindful of 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