Nominations for the 32nd annual Inspiring Women Awards close at midnight on 31st December 2023. This leaves you just 6 weeks to get those nominations in and remember that includes the festivities!
We have been featuring stories from past finalists on what being nominated meant to them (click here). So for all those women you have thought “she deserves a medal”, now is your chance to make that thought a step closer to reality.
And if that’s not enough – our guest speaker, Liz Taylor, has a message for you.
Our 2023 Winners
Community Award
Marcella Turner
Can-Survive UK
Here Come the Girls Award
Kerry Daynes
Criminal Psychologist
Sustainable Award for Women Making an Impact
Gaynor Thomasson
Heelz & Toez
Entrepreneur Award
Jennie Johnson
My First Five Years
Women Making Waves Award
Nana Adjoa Amponsah
Female Agribusiness Founders (Africa)
Basarat Kazim
Alif Laila Book Bus Society (Pakistan)
31 years and still going strong
Over the past 31 years, the Inspiring Women Awards lunch has become known for giving a platform to the finalists to share their stories in their own words. Guests always comment that they don’t know how we find these remarkable women year on year, but are glad we do and so are we. The Awards exist to share these stories and shine a light on these inspiring women and 2023 was another good year for doing just that.
“Everyone had a lovely day, laughter, tears, and came away very inspired. We will be back next year“ Vicky Laight, Revolution Bars Group.
This year we had two additional speakers, Awards sponsor and previous award winner, Dr Shikha Pitalia who shared her own NHS and private practice experiences and Viv Barclay, who at 59 aims to become the oldest female to cross the Atlantic solo. (you can catch both of these on the 2023 videos).
“I’m so proud to have won the Here Come The Girls award and stand alongside the talented and passionate women nominated in the other categories. It meant a great deal to have my work and causes recognised, surrounded by so many phenomenal and diverse women working to make the world a better and more equitable place. I haven’t stopped smiling since the awards lunch, it’s an experience I know will keep me boosted, and stoke the fire in my belly as I continue to move forward. I hope my story connects with and inspires other women to stand up for themselves and each other”. Kerry Daynes Consultant & Forensic Psychologist / Here come the Girls award winner 2023
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Nominations for the 32nd annual Inspiring Women Awards (2024) are now open and close on 31/12/2023. The shortlist will be published in February 2024 and the winners announced at the Awards lunch on 17th May 2024.
Be inspired
Founded in 1992, the Inspiring Women Awards have, over the past 30 years, publicly recognised and promoted the achievements of 100’s women who live or work in the North West of England, North Wales and in 2022, nationally and internationally. Many of our award winners have gone on to receive further recognition through our Honours system and in 2023, three more were honoured: Dr Gee Walker MBE; Marie McCourt MBE and Dee Drake BEM.
These evolving Awards have stood the test of time because at their heart is the desire to continue finding and recognising those women who inspire us.
Our recent tweets
“The Inspiring Women Awards shine a light on hundreds of inspirational women from all walks of life in the North West of England and North Wales. Publicly celebrating and promoting the achievements of women in business and the community is critical to ensuring the impact they are having is recognised, and it also provides a cadre of visible role models to inspire the next generation of leaders. I am honoured and humbled to have received the 2019 Constance Award, and am determined to continue quietly making a difference in all that I do.“
Sharon Thorne, Deloitte
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