Southsea Girls

THIS is what women supporting women looks like 💪

A mini festival celebrating the talented, creative, and ambitious women within our local community.

(an incredible women-owned business) generously hosted us for the afternoon, providing space for a women in business market, live music, charity stalls, and even letting us transform their sensory room into a ‘mindful moments’ area for the lovely Monira to host empowering breathwork and meditation sessions.

The fact that we managed to raise £200 for and was the cherry on the top (a huge thank you to the businesses who donated prizes - )

We’ve also got a huge bag of hygiene products for , who work tirelessly to help end period poverty.

The whole afternoon was stunning.

Women making space for each other, supporting small businesses, having open conversations and making authentic connections.

It really captured the essence of why I started Southsea Girls in the first place.

Because deeper than the friendship and the fun, I know first-hand the value of having safe spaces for women.

International Women’s Day isn’t a token celebration or a one-day campaign that’s forgotten about by 9th March; it’s all-year-around activism.

It’s demanding that women are listened to, believed, and, quite frankly, it’s a big ‘f*ck you’ to the systems that want to keep us down and quiet.

I’m SO enormously proud, and so should be every single person who attended and held space for other women in one way or another.

Thank you so much.

Elly xo

GALENTINE’S 2026 🎀💘

Thank you to everyone who made it such a special evening and to for hosting us - what an incredible evening and the most delicious food.

Looking forward to returning for coffee and crafting in March 🙌

If you fancy joining us for an event, pop on over to our website to see what’s on offer xo

Our first coffee & craft of 2026 ☕️🧶 a huge thank you to for hosting us!

Thank you all for such a wholesome morning; a perfect start to the weekend 🥰

If you fancy joining us on our next one at , there’s a few tickets left on the website (£5pp including your first drink)

Two whole years of organising events, bringing women together, supporting local causes, spotlighting small businesses, collaborating with independent venues, and watching friendships blossom 🌼

Southsea Girls remains one of the most challenging, yet one of the most rewarding, projects I’ve ever been involved in.

As you’ll probably know (because I bang on about it at any given opportunity), I never planned for Southsea Girls to become this big; these past two years have been an enormous exercise in ‘learning on the job’, and/or ‘learning the hard way’ 🫠

There has definitely been more than one occasion where I’ve hovered over the website ‘delete’ button for the sake of an easier life (and an earlier night 😂)

But then we have events like yesterday… 🥹

A room full of familiar faces and new ones, laughing, sharing stories, taking selfies, swapping numbers, and I remember my ‘why.’ ( will like that one ♥️)

If you can look around your life and you see even one person who is in it because you were once brave enough to take the leap and attend an event, then you’ll know firsthand how important it is that Southsea Girls continues to exist, for all those women who are yet to find their people.

And if you’re a venue or business who have provided us with a safe, welcoming space, a platform or a voice over the past two years, you’ve made all of this possible.

Southsea Girls is literally nothing without those who support us in the wider community.

Thank you for being part of our story.

I think 2026 might just be the best one yet ♥️

PS…We have also got a rather exciting, first of its kind event taking place on Sunday 8th March… more will be revealed soon 👀