Baton Of Hope 2025 – Portsmouth

The Baton of Hope 2025 tour comes to Portsmouth on 26th September and with Cosham and Southsea fire stations being part of the route through the City.

The Baton of Hope is a UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of suicide and encourage life-saving conversations around mental health

The Portsmouth event will kick off on Portsdown Hill in the north in early morning and finish in Victoria Park. Along the route will be ‘hubs’ with taster events and activities for people and families to take part in throughout the day. The baton also is visiting venues where support services are provided to vulnerable people in the area.

1. Mick’s Monster Burgers (08:00)
2. Paulsgrove Community Centre
3. Cosham Fire Station 
4. Community Kettle
5. King George V playing fields complex
6. Mountbatten Centre
7. Mountjoy
8. The You Trust
9. Ambition, Portsmouth
10. Community Day Rehab (CDR)
11. The Forge
12. MAKE
13. Fratton Park
14. Spark Community Space
15. Southsea Fire Station 
16. The Mary Rose Museum
17. Explosion Museum
18. C2u Gosport
19. Gunwharf Quays
20. Spinnaker Tower
21.  Homestart
22. Urbond
23. Citrus
24. Portsmouth Guildhall
25. Southsea Library
26. Southsea Green Canoe Lake
27. The Gaiety Southsea