Inspiring Women - Redcar and Cleveland

12/10/2023

19/08/2023

The inspiring women awards were originally set to honour the late Dr Mo Mowlam who sadly died on this day in 2005. The awards were set up in 2015 to commemorate 10yrs since she passed. Each year we hold the awards as a celebration of the amazing women we have in our borough. Dr Mo Mowlam was certainly inspirational.

06/07/2023

So proud.

What an incredible result! After his most recent competition, Bruce C in Y7 is now ranked 3rd in the world in his age category for lyrical dance! Well done Bruce 🏆

14/03/2023

What an incredible awards ceremony we had on Friday! Can't wait to start sharing some photos with you all!

11/03/2023

A huge thank you to everyone who made yesterday such a success!

The room was full of incredible women and put winners were so deserving

Each and every one shortlisted was amazing and the stories we heard were really moving.

The people who got involved behind the scenes played such an important part in making the event so wonderful.

Our thanks go out to
- Kirkleatham Museum & Grounds for hosting and being wonderful in the lead up to the ceremony,
- Daisy-Mae's Vintage Tea Room for the afternoon tea,
- Cafe At Kirkleatham Museum for the tea and coffee,
- Balloonzies 🎈 for the room decor
- Upstage Lights Jack Feeney for videography (which we will share with you soon)
- Stuey Boulton for the photos
- Graham Anderton at Grayforge for the trophies
- pea florist & gift shop for the gorgeous flowers
- Brooke Burke Music for a wonderful performance
- Charm Productions UK for supplying the sound system
- Wilton Centre for use of their stage

And finally to all of our volunteers and our steering group members who pull it all together! Including all of the extra volunteers helping along the way including partners, family members and friends who pitch in to make it all happen!

More photos coming soon...

08/03/2023

Happy

We are so excited for our awards ceremony on Friday, taking place at Bellamy Pavillion at Kirkleatham Museum & Grounds

We had our final planning meeting this morning Cafe At Kirkleatham Museum and we are so happy to see the cafe so busy!!

The cafe are so very kindly providing the hot drinks for our event on Friday

Looking forward to seeing all of our shortlisted candidates!

15/02/2023

Our final shortlist recognises the achievements of the youngest in our community!
Sponsored by Beyond Housing

Daisy Cawley
Emily Gibson

15/02/2023

Our next category is for the Julie Donaldson Volunteer Award, sponsored by Zetland FM

Lynn Jefferson | Saltburn Solidarity Food Bank
Eileen O'Henly
Anna Liddle | Saltburn Skatepark

15/02/2023

A brand new category this year! We noticed that there were some nominees in our categories whose work spanned a lifetime so we have created a category to recognise their achievements, sponsored by Cygnet Law

Irene Towers
Theresa Cave
Nicky Weller

15/02/2023

A particularly tough category! The finalists for Woman in Leadership sponsored by AngloAmerican platinum

Angela Brockbank | Thirteen
Beth Major | The Junction Foundation
Veronica Moore | Redcar & Cleveland Mind

15/02/2023

Today we are announcing the incredible finalists for the Inspiring Women Awards 2023!

Our first shortlist, category sponsored by Taylor Wimpey

Liz Atkin | Blonde Creative Ltd
Elaine Richardson | R & R Bistro
Lauren Clarke | Paddy Paws Dog Grooming
Claire Green | Sophellies cheesecakes

15/02/2023

Our next shortlist is for the Inspiring Others award, sponsored by PD Ports

Kirsty Childs
Rita Richardson
Joanne Coults

26/10/2022

Now that we've introduced you to our Inspiring Women Awards team, we need to hear about all of YOUR Inspiring Women!

Tag below or even better...get a nomination in! www.inspiringwomenrc.co.uk

26/10/2022

Our final introduction for you is to Sarah Lyth, a valued part of the comms team at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Sarah has been helping us to publicise the awards for years!

We wouldn't be able to get the coverage and generate the interest we have without Sarah's hard work!

25/10/2022

Next up is our lovely Karen King from King's Celebrant Services who will, once again, be hosting the awards in 2023.

We're so grateful to have Karen take up the mantle of hosting the awards. having been a councillor for many years and deputy leader of the council as well as a founding member of the Redcar & Cleveland Business Network Karen is very immersed in what is going on in our community and the amazing people within it!

24/10/2022

This morning we're introducing you to Joanna Andrews, from Charm Productions UK who has taken over as the chair of our steering group this year.

Joanna first became involved with the awards after winning for 'Woman in Business' in 2017!

21/10/2022

Our next steering group member to say hello to is the wonderful Amanda Olvanhill, head of employability for Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Amanda joined us a couple of years ago when she took over putting together the Inspiring Women Shadowing Programme.

Every year, Amanda matches young women from years 9 & 10 with local employers to shadow for a day and experience their career. She has worked tirelessly to make these experiences wonderful for the young women and the employers and the programme grows every year!

20/10/2022

Today we'd like to introduce you to Emily Bulmer, Emily is a vital member of the comms team at PD Ports and also one of our newest recruits to the steering group.

2022 was Emily's first awards as part of the team and we LOVE having her as part of the Inspiring Women Awards

19/10/2022

The next member of our steering group we'd like to introduce you to is the lovely Claire Wordsworth from SABIC Europe

Claire has been such an important part of the awards success in so many ways but in particular helping us find incredible sponsors to keep us going year on year!

18/10/2022

Today we'd like to introduce the newest member of the steering group. The tour de force that is Stacey Phoenix, alongside her very important job as director and solicitor at Cygnet Law Stacey is a dedicated community champion.

Stacey was the first ever winner of the Mo Mowlam award 7 years ago and we are chuffed to have her on the team for this year!

17/10/2022

As we prepare for our 7th year of Inspiring Wome Redcar & Cleveland, we thought you might like to meet the women who give up their time voluntarily to put these awards together year after year!

Starting with one of our OGs Cllr Ceri Cawley - Dormanstown

Ceri is the ward councillor for Dormanstown Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and has been part of the awards since the very beginning!

15/10/2022

We are so thrilled that nominations are now open for the next and you can nominate those local heroes now!

www.inspiringwomenrc.co.uk

21/09/2022

I’m proud to be among some amazing ladies,

The Inspiring Women Awards Redcar & Cleveland The Inspiring Women Awards Redcar & Cleveland have been running annually since 2015. The project was first set up by Anna Turley in memory of Mo Mowlam MP and Jo Cox MP. During the lifetime of the awards, we have recognised some of the most incredible wo...

21/09/2022

We have exciting news! We now have our very own Inspiring Women Redcar and Cleveland website where you can read about the history of the awards and MAKE YOUR NOMINATIONS…

The Inspiring Women Awards Redcar & Cleveland The Inspiring Women Awards Redcar & Cleveland have been running annually since 2015. The project was first set up by Anna Turley in memory of Mo Mowlam MP and Jo Cox MP. During the lifetime of the awards, we have recognised some of the most incredible wo...

27/07/2022

Six young women from across Redcar and Cleveland schools spent a day in the company of motivational female ambassadors here at Beyond Housing, as part of the Inspiring Women School Shadowing Experience.

07/07/2022

One of our Director's Stacey Phoenix was delighted to welcome student Jessica to shadow her today in the family law team. This is part of the Inspiring Women Scheme which Stacey has been involved in from the outset.

Jessica showed enthusiasm and we are sure she will be successful in her future career. Well done Jessica and the fantastic team behind the scheme, making it a success across the Borough each year.

https://www.facebook.com/InspiringWomenAwardsRC

27/06/2022

Today at 12.30 make sure you are tuned into channel 4’s Stephs Packed Lunch to see our Inspiring Woman, Jo Yaldren, talking about her journey with Parkinson’s and deep brain stimulation.

Jo was the recipient of our Inspiring Others Award as well as the overall Mo Mowlam winner!!