Havant CEO swaps his car for a paddleboard in quirky commute for charity

A CEO swapped roads for waterways as he made an offbeat morning commute in the name of charity.
CEO of TheTalentPeople, David Allison, who embarked on a 15km paddleboard from his home in Chichester to his firm's office in Langstone. The effort raised more than 1,000 for the Tall Ships Youth Trust. Picture: TheTalentPeopleCEO of TheTalentPeople, David Allison, who embarked on a 15km paddleboard from his home in Chichester to his firm's office in Langstone. The effort raised more than 1,000 for the Tall Ships Youth Trust. Picture: TheTalentPeople
CEO of TheTalentPeople, David Allison, who embarked on a 15km paddleboard from his home in Chichester to his firm's office in Langstone. The effort raised more than 1,000 for the Tall Ships Youth Trust. Picture: TheTalentPeople

Instead of driving to TheTalentPeople’s Langstone HQ, David Allison recently made the 15km journey on a paddleboard – a journey from Chichester that took three hours. 

His efforts saw £1,061 raised for good cause Tall Ships Youth Trust, which teaches youngsters valuable life skills through sailing. 

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Mr Allison, whose social enterprise recruitment firm unites employers of all sizes with talented young people, said: ‘It was amazing to set off from the marina at first light, and apart from one incident where I almost fell off my paddle board around Langstone Harbour, the journey was superb.’

Mr Allison will repeat the effort next year.

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