Pompey Pluckers
Performance Enquiries:
Please email us with details of who, when, where you'd like us to play. We normally charge a fee and and send a charity collecting tin round during performances, thanks:
info@pompeypluckers.org
(We reserve the right to cancel gigs due to lack of players)
Pompey Pluckers: Portsmouth's very own community ukulele group. Over the years, we've performed over 750 times and collected over £73,000 for local charities. We're a diverse group of people living in and around Portsmouth UK, who love playing the ukulele and welcome new members of any ability.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
MONDAYS: 7:00 pm Phoenix Pub (Garden Room) 13 Duncan Rd, Southsea, PO5 2QU - Sing song night - Players welcome
THURSDAYs: 7:00 p.m. The Old House at Home Locksway Road, Milton, PO4 8JR - Sing a long till 8:00, then new stuff, song development + gig practice
We're supporting these local charities in 2023 and 2024:
Solent Diabetes Association (SDA) (Charity No. 1141865)
Provide relief and welfare for those with diabetes ( and their families), and its related complications. Promote research into the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of diabetes, including self-management. Promote education and increasing public awareness of diabetes.
Moving On Portsmouth Project (Charity No. 1185356)
A small local registered charity working with many service providers to ensure residents taking on a new tenancy or are experiencing financial difficulties have access to good clean serviceable secondhand furniture and household items.
Pompey Plucker's charitable donations include:
2011 -£2,000 The Rowan's Hospice2012 - £3,000 Naomi House and Jack's Place2013 - £7,100 The Elizabeth Foundation2014 - £8,000 Wessex Cancer Trust2015 - £7,500 Hampshire, Isle of Wight Air Ambulance2016 - £8,100 Artscape2017 - £7,760 Mary Rose School2018 - £9,000 Rocky Apeal2019/22 - £15,750 Age UK (Portsmouth), MAKE & PARCS2023 - £5,500 Solent Diabetes Ass. & Moving on Portsmouth ProjectPOMPEY PLUCKERS DONATIONS
2023 Pompey Pluckers donating £2,750 each to Solent Diabets Association and Moving On Project - Portsmouth
In 2022, Pompey Pluckers donated £15,750 to the three charities above which provide vital services to a wide range of people locally.
Below: Pompey Pluc kers donating £2,000 to Age UK Portsmouth 23rd Decmber 2019, we played to the staff and volunteers at their Christmas meal.
Pompey Pluckers donating £9,000 towards the Da Vinci arm used for non-cancer keyhole operations, with a built in camera and the ability to tie knots within the body!! An amazing thing for our local populaltion to have access to...
ABOUT POMPEY PLUCKERS: We are a non-profit-making community group with around 100 members.
Our philosophy is simply that it's never too late nor too early to enjoy playing music with other people.
Pompey Pluckers has been associated with the Portsmouth Music Hub since its formation in 2011. Pompey Plucker Logo: © Sally Driver <