Thousands flock to Guildhall Squared Festival in celebration of city’s Centenary!
From 5 – 10 May, thousands of people came together in the heart of the city to celebrate 100 years of Portsmouth’s city status as part of a brand-new festival, Guildhall Squared. The Guildhall Squared Arts Festival saw a giant festival tent in Guildhall Square come to life with a wide variety of performances, events, activities, […]
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.
Portsmouth joins national campaign to support local market traders
Portsmouth City Council is celebrating the vital role of its markets as part of the national Love Your Local Market campaign running from 15 to 30 May. From fresh produce and street food to independent traders and community events, the Love Your Local Market campaign shines a spotlight on the diversity of Portsmouth’s markets, alongside a programme of special […]
Final Straw Foundation partners with Shaping Portsmouth
We are delighted to announce that Final Straw Foundation has become a Member of Shaping Portsmouth. Final Straw Foundation is a registered charity located by the Solent; working with businesses, communities, and schools to raise awareness of pollution in our oceans and surrounding environment. Laura Hayward, Engagement & Administration Officer at Final Straw Foundation, said […]
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
Join City of Portsmouth College for a Centenary Flashmob
Calling City Centre Businesses! Come and join us on Thursday 11th June at 11.30am in Guildhall Square to support the 250+ dancers taking part in a flashmob dance performance to mark Portsmouth100, organised by City of Portsmouth College. Don’t worry, the students are doing all of the dancing, so we just want to come out […]
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!
Flags set to fly across Portsmouth in celebration of city’s first learning disability-led arts festival
Special flags will be flying across Portsmouth and the Spinnaker Tower lit up next week to mark Portsmouth’s first learning disability-led arts festival Pivot Fest. The flag, which features the wording ‘I’m A Portsmouth Thing’, has been designed by This New Ground artist Orlando Richardson*, to help celebrate the creativity, connection, community and inclusivity Pivot […]
Digital donations start going out to charities
Our Digital Enablement charity laptop bundles are making their way to their new homes! Thanks to a generous donation of laptops, monitors, keyboards, and mice from Portico Shipping, we were able to offer free tech bundles to Portsmouth-based charities and organisations. The first batch of these bundles went to Art Space Portsmouth, SHIFT Portsmouth, B.More, […]
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.