HOME - The South East Coastal Communities Project (SECC)

The SECC project was set up to address regeneration needs of socially deprived areas within Kent, Sussex and Hampshire. The £6 million project was launched thanks to a £3 million match funding award from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

SECC  encouraged knowledge exchange between universities and the community across the South East coastal region and was broken down into three locations involving three universities in each area:

• Hampshire
  University of Portsmouth, Southampton Solent University, University of Southampton
• Kent and Medway
  Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Greenwich, University of Kent
• Sussex
  University of Brighton, University of Chichester, University of Sussex

To find out more about what each of Hampshire’s Universities are involved in please click on the tabs on the left.

To find out more about the other university projects click here

The SECC project in Hampshire was run by the universities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Southampton Solent. Solent Synergy Limited, a not-for-profit company jointly formed by SEEDA, the universities of Portsmouth, Solent and Southampton, plus major private sector companies such as VT Group plc, also play a key role in the development of the SECC group and in the co-ordination of the Hampshire- based projects.