
Episode 96: Sarah Thompson
Charla Grant welcomes another new member of the Shaping Portsmouth Team, Sarah Thompson, who has joined us as our new Education Pillar Lead. Charla and Sarah chat about her previous career in teaching, her role at Shapin


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Charla Grant welcomes another new member of the Shaping Portsmouth Team, Sarah Thompson, who has joined us as our new Education Pillar Lead. Charla and Sarah chat about her previous career in teaching, her role at Shapin

Charla Grant talks to CP Robinson about his first few weeks in the Chief Operations Officer role, why he joined the team, his management and leadership style, some of his other roles across the city, and his plans for Sh

Charla Grant talks to Chris West, Co-Lead of our Workplace Health & Wellbeing programme, about Burnout, what it is and what you can do about it, the difference between burnout and stress, as well as the importance of loo

Charla Grant talks to Jo Dallas about the work Headway Portsmouth & South East Hampshire does supporting people with acquired brain injuries and their families and carers, how these injuries affect lives, how things have

Dave Humphries talks to Sam about his role at Airbus, the history of Airbus and what they do in Portsmouth and around the world (and in space!), managing sustainability and their Portsmouth initiatives, and their apprent

Charla Grant talks to Nathalie Russell-Clarke, co-director, and Emma Stallard, participant and artist, about This New Ground, an Arts organisation which elevates the artistic voices and talents of people with learning di

Charla Grant talks to Clare Seek about Share (Portsmouth), which runs the Repair Café and Portsmouth Library of Things, creating a cultural revolution in the city, the right to repair and circular economy, and how busine

Dave Humphries talks to Mark Waldron, Editor in Chief of The News, about his career in journalism, the importance of local journalism and the changes it has gone through, the Business Excellence Awards, and being Co-Chai

In this episode Charla Grant talks to Sohaila Sophia about what led her to a career in coaching, the various types of one-to-one coaching and group talks she offers across lifestyle, therapeutic style, and corporate & bu

Charla Grant talks to Trevor Payne from Athletic Performance & Therapy about working in knee and lower limb therapy and the psychological links, his clinic in the John Pounds Centre, PEACE and LOVE, and getting Clare Mar

Dave Humphries talks to Bev about how she came to leave her job and found Frank HR, being a workaholic and a people person, the difficulties of setting up a business, and how Frank HR works as a retainer service for busi

Charla Grant, Suzan Win Latt, and Marian Glover reflect on International Women's Day and this years theme of Give to Gain, the SLR Recruitment IWD event, their own lunch meeting about how to extend the IWD celebration ac

Charla Grant chats with Hannah Murray about how she came to work in mental health, starting out as The Beautiful Mind Coach and how that evolved into Seed Wellbeing, the importance of healthy workplace culture, and the i

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 th

This week we have a special episode for International Women's Day, which will be on Sunday 8th March! In this episode, Charla Grant chats with Roni Edwards-Wilson from Pamodzi about her decision to pause the Inspirationa

CEO Dave Humphries speaks to Steve Piper, founder of Si Digital, about the business, Artificial Intelligence, and how attending the Shaping Portsmouth Conference in 2025 led to taking a PSA test, which led to a prostate

Charla Grant chats with apprentices Aidan Whitlock from Mountjoy, Lauren Owen from Comserv, and Christopher Munday from South Western Railway about why they chose the Apprenticeship route and their experiences on the App

As we prepare for National Apprenticeship Week next week, it's the first part of our Apprenticeship Bus Special! Charla Grant chats with apprentices Katie House from Specsavers, Jake Bull from KBS Maritime, and Lauren Sp

CEO Dave Humphries speaks to Katy about taking part in the Shaping Conference, how she went from joining Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club at age six to swimming at an elite level and beyond, how training prepared her fo

Recorded live at the Shaping Portsmouth Conference on Friday 16th January 2026, Education Pillar Director Hayden Taylor talks to Maheep Kaur, about her roles as Member of the UK Youth Parliament for Portsmouth and on the
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