The Solent Forum is an independent coastal partnership, established in 1992 to develop a greater understanding among the many local and harbour authorities, user groups, marine businesses and agencies involved in planning and management of the Solent. It assists and advises them in carrying out their functions. The Forum now has over 50 members organisations representing a wide range of sectors. Download the Solent Forum brochure.
The Spring 2025 meeting of the Solent Forum will take place on 13 March 2025 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. It will commence at 10am.
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The Solent Forum's Natural Environment Group will next meet on 23rd April 2025 via MS Teams. Read More
We are issuing a call for bids for Natural Environment Group (NEG) project funding for 2025/26. All the information, including the bidding pro forma, is available via the SEMS website.
Solent Freeport, which has sites all around Southampton and Portsmouth, says it will spend £6.7 million of the government funding on a range of projects to 'address infrastructure gaps in freeport locations and create the right physical conditions to encourage private sector investment'.
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