Events | International Women's day Celebration #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

International Women's day Celebration #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

About this Event

Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.

We can choose to challenge and call out gender bias, discrimination and stereotypes.

We can choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements.

Collectively, we can create an inclusive and more gender - equal world.

From challenge comes change, so lets all choose to challenge.

Event programme:

• Welcome & introduction - NatWest

• Event MC - Eorl Crabtree, Club Ambassador Huddersfield Giants

• Inspirational Speaker - Tanya Arnold, BBC Sports Reporter / Presenter

• Inspirational Speaker - Miriam Walker-Khan, Freelance journalist & reporter mainly at BBC Sport

• Business Support - Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) & The Mid Yorkshire Chamber Of Commerce

• Wellbeing Yoga Session - Ella Mesma, Entrepreneur and Founder of Business YogaElla

• Pitch Perfect - Andrew Watson, Commercial Director Huddersfield Giants

• Q&A with Audience & Close

Guest Speakers:

Tanya Arnold, BBC Sports Presenter

Tanya Arnold is an experienced sports reporter and presenter at both regional and network level. She's the sports reporter and presenter for the regional news in Yorkshire, BBC Look North. For BBC Sport she works as pitch-side reporter and presenter on the Rugby League coverage which has included the Challenge Cup and the Rugby League World Cup. Since 2012 she's presented the weekly regional and network Rugby League highlights programme, the Super League Show. She's also presented sport for Breakfast News and the News Channel. Among the other career highlights she covered the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She also presents and reports for Radio 5 Live.

Miriam Walker-Khan

Miriam is a freelance French speaking journalist and reporter mainly at BBC sport. She was the only sports journalist to be nominated for the outstanding young journalist award at the Asian Media Awards in 2018 and 2019. Miriam is currently the Co-Chair of the BBC Sport's BAME advisory group. Miriam is originally from Sheffield but currently based in London.

Ella Mesma, Entrepreneur and Founder of Business Yoga

Ella who is the published author of Journal to Joy and director of award-winning company Business Yoga (Prestige award 2020) will be guiding us through a short yoga session. She is a teacher, a coach and a dance artist. Ella has been a mentee on the Rose Review Be the Business Mentoring Programme since 2020.

Event Sponsor:

Kirklees College

Kirklees College is one of the largest colleges in the UK. We are dedicated to providing people with the best education and most up-to-date skills available.

As proud sponsors of the Huddersfield Giants, we are happy to support and promote WIB events and look forward to celebrating this years Women’s International Day, choose to challenge!

With a variety of courses to study online, why not visit our on-line shop and challenge yourself with a variety of on-line CPD (Continued Professional Development) short courses. You can find them here https://kirkleescollege.theskillsnetwork.com/

You can also find a selection of Professional Business courses and others that are FREE. Register here https://store.kirkleescollege.ac.uk/short-courses/courses-for-adults/business To find out more about our offer, please contact the Employer Engagement Team 0800 781 3020 or email employers@kirkleescollege.ac.uk

About:

Eorl Crabtree - Huddersfield Giants Club Ambassador

Eorl is a former professional rugby league player, he played at representative level for England, and at club level in the Super League for the Huddersfield Giants. The former prop forward now works as a club ambassador at the Giants maintaining his relationship with the club where he spent his full professional Rugby League career.

NatWest - Rose Review

In 2019, Alison Rose, Chief Executive of NatWest, published The Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship, as commissioned by the UK government. One of the key findings of the Rose Review is that if women were to start and scale businesses at the same rate as men, it would add £250bn to the UK economy: so addressing inequality in entrepreneurship isn’t just good for women, it’s good for everyone. One of the key barriers for women, identified by the Rose Review, is a lack of relatable sponsorship, mentorship and role models, a challenge which the Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring Programme pilot will address. NatWest teamed up with www.bethebusiness.com to deliver this programme.

Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP)

We want the Leeds City Region to be recognised globally as a strong, successful economy where everyone can build great businesses, careers and lives. Our Business Support Service provides entrepreneurs with a single point of access to a wide range of support from our public and private sector partners to help them grow and develop. Businesses at all stages, from start-ups and early-stage companies to those that are more established, can benefit from one-to-one tailored advice, funding, training, events and networking opportunities.

The Mid Yorkshire Chamber Of Commerce

The Mid Yorkshire Chamber is the local ‘go to’ organisation for businesses of all sizes across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. Your business growth is our mission, now more than ever, as we recover from an unprecedented economic shock and our aim is to provide business support and help drive growth across the region.

NatWest Boost

Our NatWest Boost programme provides support for your business that goes beyond just finance. As your local Business Growth Enabler I can connect you with the right people and the right knowledge to boost your business and help it grow. We have a team of Business Growth Enablers in the UK who have supported more than 250,000 customers through free events, individual consultations and networking.

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