Women of Inspiration / 29 posts found
Inspirational Woman Award 2018
Inspirational Women‘s Ceremony I was delighted and honoured to be presented by Lord Lieutenant Peaches Golding OBE and Asher Craig with an Achievement Award alongside some pretty amazing women for being and “Inspirational Wome
Shereen Daniels, the OBV alumna taking the HR world by storm
Meet Shereen Daniels, the OBV alumna taking the HR world by storm Submitted 19 Oct 2020 3:26pm in Article The growing attention placed on racial inequalities has led many companies to actively seek out ways to positively promote diversity and inclusion. While this may be obvious to you and me, implementing these procedures has in many cases been slow and inefficient. This would understandably be a point of frustration for many, but OBV alumna Shereen Daniels is leading the way in offering solutions, all while building a large following of her own. Shereen’s career in HR has been long, spanning […]
Appointment to Cabinet as Deputy Cabinet Member for Communities Equalities and Public Health
Delighted to have been appointed today as ; Deputy Cabinet Member (DCM) to Deputy Mayor Cllr Asher Craig by Marvin Rees Elected Mayor of Bristol. On the same day as Mayor Rees being announced the best Politician in the UK! I am humbled and honoured… Bristol 24/7 writes Rees appointed a number of new deputy members to his cabinet team: Celia Phipps, deputy cabinet member for adult social care; Paul Goggin, homes; Carole Johnson, communities, equalities & public health; Tim Rippington, transport; Lucy Whittle, climate, ecology & sustainable growth; Brenda Massey, education & skills; Tom Brook, city design. “Right across […]
Deputy Lord Mayor Bristol Girl Guiding
Looking forward to speaking with Girl guides tonight and hearing about their think resilient badge! Well done ladies resilience is a great and very important skill in these times of constant change. Can you do it…yes you can!
Nomination NOEA
St Pauls Carnival!! NOEA National Outdoors Event Association We have been nominated for another award! Category : Production Partnership of the Year!!! 28th November 2019
Magistrates: What’s it like being a justice of the peace?
BBC News menu Magistrates: What’s it like being a justice of the peace? By Jenny Rees BBC Wales home affairs correspondent 30 August 2019 Wales Phillips was a corporate lawyer who started her career in nursing Most of us will hope never to set foot in one, but thousands end up appearing in court each year. What is it like in Wales’ 14 magistrates courts – and how are they working? In the final piece in our series, we look at the magistrates themselves. “We need to dispel this myth that it’s only for retired people.” Agnes Xavier-Phillips has just […]
Kate Green MP
Kate Green MP Speaking to my 2018/9 COTL mentees yesterday in Manchester very inspiring. I am truly honoured to be organising/facilitating/ mentoring on this national programme alongside Sara Hyde and Mike Buckley. Awesome group!
First Black MP of African Caribbean Descent for Wolverhampton South West Eleanor Smith.
A former theatre nurse, who historically took over Enoch Powell’s old seat!!! Eleanor says ” I am the first but I hope I will not be the last!” ” I am MP for everyone.” Admirable words from a woman who now stands in the same seat where Enoch Powell gave his now famous Rivers of blood speech 50 years ago… RT Hon Eleanor Smith MP well done and thank you. I too hope that you will not be the last of your calibre or background.
Eleanor Smith MP
Unison union elected First Black Woman President (2011). Eleanor Smith worked at Birmingham Women’s Hospital as a theatre nurse A theatre nurse from Birmingham when she was elected as the new president of the public sector trade union Unison. Eleanor Smith was the first black woman to hold the position – the highest a member of the union can hold. Mrs Smith, who was born and raised in Birmingham, trained at Nuneaton’s George Eliot Hospital and now works at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The married mother of two said she was proud to take on the role as the union faced […]
Charmaine Lawrence
How this woman is changing the face of business in St Pauls “You have to cut the cord somewhere because otherwise you’re always kind of dithering Born and bred in St Pauls has shared how she turned her entrepreneurial vision into a reality and made herself the successful award winner she is today. Charmaine Lawrence’s business journey began when she decided to develop her own skin care brand. After she was introduced to shea butter by a family member, she started creating her own pots of cream and handed those out to friends and family, as well as selling it […]