Shaping launches PSA testing on International Men’s Day
International Men’s Day 2024 was the perfect day to launch our PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) tests for businesses, part of our Workplace Health & Wellbeing programme. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK with around 1 in 8 men being diagnosed in their lifetime. The key to beating it is early […]
Episode 80: Dave Humphries
Charla Grant chats with Dave Humphries (CEO of a local organisation you may know called Shaping Portsmouth!) looking back over the last year of Shaping Portsmouth activities, including the Conference, collaboration in the city, community cohesion, the importance of listening to young people, and Dave’s experiences in his role.
ActionCOACH announces Matt Mullins as newest Business Coach
ActionCOACH are pleased to announce that Matt Mullins, who has worked as Partnership Manager at ActionCOACH Portsmouth and Chichester for the past 5 years, has just qualified as their newest Business Coach! Matt previously ran a popular seafront restaurant, which he helped grow to be a multi-million-pound business. From managing the team to ensuring cash […]
Cruise season comes to an end for 2024
31st October saw the final tourism call of the cruise season from Portsmouth International Port, with Oceania’s ‘Sirena’ stopping off as part of a 11-night voyage around the British Isles. The last transit call also closed a successful trial with city partners Hovertravel, who saw an influx in visitor numbers following a new stop for […]
Portsmouth Business Leaders Forum returns at Lakeside North Harbour
The Autumn 2024 edition of our Portsmouth Business Leaders Forum took place last Wednesday 6th November. We had a packed agenda. New Shaping Partners; Portsmouth Water and Millstream Productions, who have actually been with us since before the Spring PBLF, finally got to introduce themselves on stage. They’ve both been very active in the partnership […]
Join our Prostate Cancer Screening event for International Men’s Day
On International Men’s Day Shaping Portsmouth wants to do something to try and reduce the deaths from prostate cancer within our business community. Portsmouth Business Prostate Cancer Screening Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with about 48,600 men diagnosed with it each year and 12,000 dying in the UK […]
Relaunching our Armed Forces Community programme
Yesterday morning saw the official relaunch of our Armed Forces Community programme at the autumn Portsmouth Business Leaders Forum, held at 2000 Lakeside. The vision of the programme is to create a community that not only values the service of veterans in the city, but also actively supports their transition to civilian life and their […]
ActionCOACH kicks off a new Business Support workshop
We’re excited to share that we have kicked off the first half of the Empower Your Business coaching workshop. This partnership between ActionCOACH, Shaping Portsmouth and Portsmouth City Council – through the Portsmouth Business Support Service – aims to equip Portsmouth’s businesses with essential tools and strategies to grow and thrive In this first phase, participants are being introduced to the ‘Mastery’ […]
Shaped By Solent partners with the Mary Rose Museum
Shaped By Solent returns for 2024 and this year we are thrilled to announce the programme is being delivered in partnership with The Mary Rose Museum and Solent Academies Trust. This popular programme is an opportunity for our Business community to give back to our local SEND schools allowing participating students an opportunity to engage […]
We welcome a new lead for our Youth Employment Programme
The Shaping Portsmouth Team are delighted to welcome Jessi Wilson as the new Programme Lead of our Youth Employment Programme. Jessi is Programme Facilitator – Youth Voice and Leadership at Unloc, where she is now in her fifth academic year of facilitating the Council of Portsmouth Students (CoPS) and has recently taken over the facilitation […]