Episode 1: Meet the Shaping Portsmouth Operations Team
In this episode, CEO Dave Humphries introduces the Shaping Portsmouth Operations Team: Ops Manager Steff Jones, Business Pillar Lead Marian Glover, and Education & Community Pillar Lead Kirsty Hill.
Episode 4: Our Partner – Unloc
Shaping Portsmouth CEO Dave Humphries speaks to Hayden Taylor and Jess Cowling from our partner Unloc, and Serenity, who is involved in one of Unloc’s programmes
Get moving this autumn at BH Live Active’s 60+ Festival exercise sessions
Residents aged 60 and over are encouraged to be active and social by taking part in BH Live Active exercise sessions, part of Portsmouth City Council’s 60+ Festival. From Monday 29 September to Friday 10 October 2025, Portsmouth City Council’s 60+ Festival will provide a selection of activities to encourage more people to try a […]
Victorious raffle raises £1900 for charity
We are delighted to announce that our raffle for a signed Portsmouth Football Club shirt raised £1900 over the Victorious Festival weekend. The funds were raised for local charity The Road From Karachi to install clean water pumps across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. 20% of the funds received go towards providing workshops in […]
Shaping welcomes a new member to the team
We are pleased to welcome Charla Grant, who has joined the Shaping Portsmouth Team on a Freelance basis as Partnership & Programme Support. Charla Grant has lived and worked in and around Portsmouth all of her life and prides herself on making a difference to the city. Her career started in Financial Services and across […]
Announcing our new Programme Leads
Our volunteer team expanded last month as we welcomed new Leads and Co-Leads for several of our programmes. In our Community Pillar, Tony Sammut from Gunwharf Quays and Dominic Jones from the Mary Rose Trust are our new Co-Leads for our Choose Employability programme, and Sandie Davis from Spark Community Space has joined Hasmukh “Husky” […]
Join us at Victorious and win a signed Pompey Shirt!
Look out for the Shaping Team, who will be out and about at Victorious Festival this weekend! The team will be easy to spot, fully branded in our new merch, so come and say hello. We will be in the Kids Arena with a stand, where we will be giving away a signed Portsmouth FC […]
Episode 8: Events in Portsmouth with Steff Jones
Shaping Portsmouth CEO Dave Humphries and Operations Manager Steff Jones discuss recent events held in the city and take a look at those happening in the next few months.
Tickets for the Shaping Portsmouth Conference will go on sale on Thursday 12th September!
The Shaping Portsmouth Podcast: The Recommendations!
This week we’re celebrating the anniversary of our Shaping Portsmouth Podcast! Dave and Steff have kicked off our second year with a look back at how we got started, and the 54 episodes we’ve published over the last 12 months. (Almost) Every episode, we ask our guests to recommend something to do or somewhere to […]
Episode 10: Cruise Passenger Meet & Greets
Shaping Portsmouth CEO Dave Humphries and Business Programme Lead Marian Glover discuss our Cruise Passenger programme Meet & Greets with Vanessa Busfield, Portsmouth Ambassador and programme co-lead.