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
Episode 5: Youth Employment

Shaping Portsmouth CEO Dave Humphries and Business Programme Lead Marian Glover discuss our Youth Employment Programme with Imogen Hambry, our summer intern Programme Assistant.
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” […]
Are you on the bus?

Preparations have started for next year’s Apprenticeship Bus Roadshow, and we need you! We can’t create an Apprenticeship Bus Roadshow without our apprentices and organisations/industries from across the city. So, if you would like to see your business and industry better represented, please do get in touch. The Roadshow will take place as part of […]
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 14: Apprenticeship Bus

In this episode Kirsty Hill, Shaping Portsmouth’s Education & Community Pillar Lead, and Simon Ingram, MD of Mountjoy, discuss our Apprenticeship Bus programme which will be returning to schools in February 2025.
Partners gather for our exclusive networking event

Earlier this month, our Partners Only Networking Event at The Portsmouth Grammar School was a night to remember. We celebrated our ever-growing partner network and reflected on how strong and supportive our community truly is. A key highlight of the evening was announcing that we have generated £500,000 in social value since January 2025; a […]
Episode 16: Portsmouth Youth Cabinet

In this episode, CEO Dave Humphries speaks to representatives from Portsmouth Youth Cabinet: Mackenzie Bird, Meghan Albrecht and Maheep Kaur, plus Jessi Wilson the Youth Cabinet Facilitator from Unloc.
Episode 19: Tim Forer

In this episode, CEO Dave Humphries speaks to Tim Forer about longstanding Shaping Portsmouth Patron Blake Morgan, and United Services Portsmouth Rugby Club.