SOUTHSEA SKATEPARK TRUST

Southsea Skatepark, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 3NZ
02392 295 360 / contact@southseaskatepark.org
Charity registration number: 1141066 / Company registration number: 6679416

About the Trust

Following an unsuccessful attempt to put the skatepark out to tender in 2005/06, Portsmouth City Council proposed reducing the opening of the park to the summer months only. This was widely seen by the users and others as a step towards closure and provoked a vociferous campaign of objection. In response, the Leader of the Council threw out a challenge to the park’s supporters to come up with a new body to take over the park operation.

A number of individuals came together, registered as a not for profit company and subsequently as a charity and negotiated the transfer of the park on 1st April 2011.

The Southsea Skatepark Company (working name Southsea Skatepark Trust), has a 60 year lease on the park at a peppercorn rent. In the first five years of operation the Trust received year-on-year reducing revenue funding from the Council. This funding ceased on 31st March 2016, since when the Trust has been wholly self-funding.

As an additional income stream, the Trust opened its own onsite shop in 2014, selling scooters, skates, helmets and spares, as well as a range of own branded goods.

The Trust also owns a catering unit within the park, which is rented to an independent operator and yields a rental to the Trust as well as providing a service to users, parents and spectators.

The Skatepark is open all year round and caters for beginners to professionals, with some 90% of users being under 16.

For more information, contact us at the email address shown above.

Mission Statement – Our Vision for Southsea Skatepark

To be a regional and national centre of excellence for extreme sports. We aim to achieve this by:

  • Ensuring the long term financial viability of the Skatepark by generating sufficient income to sustain and continuously improve the Skatepark and its facilities
  • Being recognised as a skatepark of significance, with strong historical ties locally, regionally, nationally and internationally
  • Catering for skating, skateboarding, BMX and scooter riding at all levels from beginner to professional
  • While respecting the skatepark’s heritage, bringing the facilities up to international standards
  • Hosting a rich programme of events at local and national and potentially international level, including Olympic
  • Fostering local talent and giving all users the opportunity to reach their potential
  • Extending opportunities for use of the Skatepark by the community, including non-sporting activities and events
  • Building partnerships with local schools and other organisations, including encouraging the inclusion of extreme sports in the sports curriculum
  • Creating secure jobs to enable the recruitment, training and retention of high quality staff
  • Supporting the City’s visitor economy and contributing to the regeneration of Southsea seafront in line with the seafront masterplan

Address

Southsea Skatepark
Clarence Esplanade
Southsea
PO5 3NZ
UK

Charity

Registered Charity No. 1141066
Registered Company No. 6679416

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