Our Winter/Spring series of evening online webinars for Solent Protection Society members and friends, continues at 7:30 pm on February 6th when we will welcome Rob Woodside, Conservation & Estates Director of English Heritage. Rob has 25 years' experience of working in the heritage, environment and sustainability sectors. English Heritage is responsible for the conservation … Continue reading Solent Protection Society – Members’ webinar evenings
Category: Membership
The SPS Newsletter has left the printer!
We're delighted to say that the Autumn 2022 Newsletter has left the printer and been posted to our members, along with details of the upcoming AGM. To obtain your own crisp glossy copy, head for our Membership and Donations page.
2021 Annual General Meeting
The 2021 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday February 1st at 12:00 noon, via Zoom. The AGM papers, including the agenda with joining instructions, can be found at this link.
The SPS Autumn 2021 Newsletter is here!
After the usual team effort by the SPS Council members, the editor has finished wielding his blue pencil, the final copy has arrived back from the printer, a large number of stamps and address labels have been applied by our secretary and the latest glossy Solent Protection Society Newsletter has been put in the safe … Continue reading The SPS Autumn 2021 Newsletter is here!
The Autumn 2020 Newsletter is here
Copies of this year's Autumn Newsletter have been posted to all members of the Society, packed from cover to cover with interesting and informative articles from the pens of our various Council members. To view the content, please click on the image to open a copy in another browser tab. If you'd like to receive … Continue reading The Autumn 2020 Newsletter is here
SPS Article in ‘The Yachter’ – Autumn 2020
The following article written by our Chairman, David Sizer, appears in the Autumn edition of 'The Yachter', the house magazine of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club. The Solent Protection Society (SPS) is a registered charity which was established over sixty years ago at the time when controversially, a Nuclear Power Station had been proposed in … Continue reading SPS Article in ‘The Yachter’ – Autumn 2020
March Speaker – Blue Marine Foundation
Our lunchtime speaker in Southampton for March is Jacob Keen–Hammerson, UK Project Co-ordinator for the Blue Marine Foundation. Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) is a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. Globally, an estimated 85% of oyster beds and oyster reef habitats have been lost, … Continue reading March Speaker – Blue Marine Foundation
SPS Monthly Speakers
Following each monthly Solent Protection Society Council meeting and starting at 12:00 noon, there will usually be a talk given to the Council on a topic which may prove to be of general interest to our members. DateSpeaker and topic4th FebruaryNaomi Ewald - Director of Research and Development"An update on the work of the Freshwater … Continue reading SPS Monthly Speakers
Solent Protection Society’s 60th Annual General Meeting
Held at the Holiday Inn, Southampton on 11 December 2018. The following is a brief summary of the proceedings at the meeting. The Chairman, David Sizer, welcomed members and reported that the President, Lord Montagu, who apologised for his absence, had stressed that he was keen to find ways of increasing awareness of the Society, … Continue reading Solent Protection Society’s 60th Annual General Meeting
SPS Website refresh
The SPS website has been overdue for an update and this month we're launching a new, simplified look, bringing the development back in house. We have taken the decision to reduce our website management costs while at the same time we hope to make the site more responsive to topics of interest to our members. … Continue reading SPS Website refresh
