Women in Business Festive Lunch

Join us for our annual Women in Business Festive Lunch, which will include a two-course sit down lunch, a glass of wine and the chance to make those last connections of 2024.

Guest speaker

We are delighted to have Prof Helen Pankhurst CBE as our guest speaker.

Prof Helen Pankhurst CBE is an international development and women’s rights advisor to CARE International – working mainly in Ethiopia and the UK. She is a Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University and Chancellor of the University of Suffolk and holds honorary doctorates from Edge Hill University and the University of Manchester.

The granddaughter of Sylvia, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, Helen carries on the legacy e.g. in the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, advising on the film Suffragette, convening Centenary Action and GM4Women2028. Publications include: Deeds Not Words, the Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now (2018).

Bring an ally!

Males are an important part of the conversation and showing up for your female colleagues, contacts and friends is hugely important. Come along and join the conversation, enjoy the event with colleagues and build on those important existing and new connections.

Charity donations

We are supporting the raising of funds to bring about change so that there is a gender equal Parliament by 2028 > See more here