Artisan Recruitment partners with Shaping Portsmouth
The Shaping Team are pleased to welcome Artisan Recruitment as our latest Patron. Artisan Recruitment is an innovative organisation formed to redefine the recruitment industry and elevate its credibility by delivering social value through meaningful employment opportunities for priority groups. Darren Burnett, Founder and MD of Artisan Recruitment, said “We are exceptionally proud to be […]
Episode 2: Meet the Shaping Portsmouth Marketing & Support Team
In this episode, CEO Dave Humphries introduces the Shaping Portsmouth Marketing & Support Team, Partnerships Manager Robyn Jacquest, Digital Marketing & Comms Lead Matt Farmer, and Office Administrator Suzan Win Latt.
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 […]
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
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 […]
Episode 7: Jodie Goodchild and The LinkedIn Revolution
In this episode, Shaping CEO Dave Humphries speaks to Jodie Goodchild, LinkedIn for Business Trainer and author of “The LinkedIn Revolution”.
Search “LinkedIn Local Portsmouth 15” on Eventbrite to book your place at the event on 11th September.
Episode 11: CP Robinson and Portsmouth Pride
In this episode, Shaping Portsmouth CEO Dave Humphries speaks to CP Robinson from Portsmouth Pride about Pride UK.
Episode 13: Sara Woods from Solent Sky Services
In this episode, CEO Dave Humphries speaks to Sara Woods from our partner Solent Sky Services.
‘Borrowed’ teaspoon returned after more than 80 years to a Portsmouth hotel
More than 80 years after it was first ‘borrowed.’ a silver teaspoon has been returned to a Portsmouth hotel. The piece of pilfered cutlery had been languishing in a drawer on the other side of the world for the past 50 years but has now been returned to The Queens Hotel in Southsea. A padded […]