MWOTY Where are they now: Louise Gillespie – Jessie & Co turns 10
Eleven years on from being named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2013, Louise Gillespie and daughter Jess are celebrating a
Eleven years on from being named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2013, Louise Gillespie and daughter Jess are celebrating a
Singer, songwriter, humanitarian and friend of MWOTY, Claire Mooney, has passed away following a long and brave battle with cancer.
Alfie’s Squad was recognised at the MWOTY 2023 awards, when Allison Furlong, was named ‘Woman of Courage’ (sponsored by Auteur
Just a month after the joy and celebration of MWOTY 2024, an unthinkable tragedy unfolded when three young girls from
The Community Foundation for Merseyside, in partnership with Sefton Council and Sefton CVS, has activated an urgent fundraising appeal for
Sefton Park Palm House is offering a free transition programme this summer and has two spaces left. The transition programme
Women to Watch 2023 winner, Lucky Ali, has announced the return of Lucky’s Café+ Community Free Hot Meals Initiative for
Lightbody Health CIC will be undertaking its annual ‘Carry the Weight’ walk from Southport to Otterspool Prom in Liverpool to
St Helens Bees Netball Club celebrated a swarm of nominations at the North West Netball One Awards on Sunday 7th
Calling all adrenaline-seekers who want to make a difference! The Choir With No Name Liverpool, which is managed by our
Following her double win at the 2024 awards, our MWOTY 2024, Director and Joint Owner at Carpenters Group, Donna Scully,
MWOTY 2023 Entrepreneur winner, Emma Jarvis, has secured £25,000 for her product Dearbump. Dearbump is a revolutionary product aimed at
Donna Scully, joint owner and director at Carpenters Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of insurance and legal services
Laura Pye, Director of National Museums Liverpool, has been announced as guest speaker at the Merseyside Women of the Year
On June 7th, under the nurturing embrace of the Gemini New Moon, the Circle of Joy, established by MWOTY 2022
Dr Sue Palmer-Conn, runner up in the MWOTY 2023 Business Leader Category, attended the Resolution National Conference 2024, the biggest
Liverpool business and MWOTY sponsor Rise Construction Framework has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity
The finalists for the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2024 have been revealed and the public has been invited
Merseyside Woman of the Year 2023, Heather Evans, received a further accolade at Aintree Races earlier this month, when she
Juliana Pinheiro Landim, Director of MWOTY 2023 Arts, Culture & Media category winner, Katumba, is launching a series of Music,
A pioneering community support and signposting service tailored for the LGBT+ community, which was established following the death of MWOTY
World Autism Acceptance Week (2 – 8 April) took place earlier this month and we saw no better time to
A mammoth challenge to generate funds for #kNOwKnifeCrime to buy bleed control kits and cabinets for schools has raised an
The Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) awards is committed to helping all women in Merseyside in the Liverpool City Region to
Ten years on from being named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2014, Sara Lawton, Director of Rise Construction Framework, has
MWOTY 2023 Entrepreneur award winner, Emma Jarvis, is looking for organisations with 5-10 pregnant employees to take part in a
MWOTY 2022 Finalist, Ithalia Johnson is gearing up for the “Powerful Gal Bacchanal” an electrifying celebration of Liverpool’s diverse Black
The team behind the Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) Awards will next week (Thursday 7th March 2024, 12 noon)
Women are more worried about running out of money during retirement compared to men, new research* from the Liverpool office
Teachers and students from Southport Learning Trust have collectively raised more than £5,000 for the #kNOwKnifeCrime campaign, through a relay
Moira O’Shaughnessy, managing partner of MWOTY headline sponsors, FPC, is marking her 60th birthday with a special challenge for two
Liverpool city centre’s first independent, privately-owned, boutique hotel and MWOTY supporter, Hope Street Hotel, has celebrated its 20th birthday! Welcoming
Sunshine Group members and their supporters have come together to shoot a 2025 calendar to raise money for the group,
MWOTY 2022 Social Impact award winner, Natalie Denny, will publish her second book Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature
Next month, from February 5th – 11th is Children’s Mental Health Week. It’s a week that shines a spotlight on
Nominations for the Merseyside Women of the Year awards have opened for 2024, with Investec Wealth & Investment (UK), part
MWOTY 2023 winners, Heather Evans and June Russell, have raised an incredible £6256.35 to support local children through a “Christmas
Lucky’s Café+, launched by MWOTY 2023 “Women to Watch” winner Lucky Ali, has announced a programme of winter initiatives to
Hatter’s Digital Agency has revealed that it will partner with consultancy and artificial intelligence (AI) automation intelligence agency, Nextelligence, in
MWOTY 2023 “Women to Watch ” winner, Lucky Ali, has been recognised for excellence in learning, teaching, and enhancement of
The Big Help Project (BHP) has enjoyed double award success at the Liverpool Chamber Awards, winning the Community Impact Award and
Ainsdale-based independent financial planning and investment management firm, FPC, has announced that it will return as headline sponsor for the
Hatter’s Digital Agency, has been named Digital Marketing Agency of the Year in the Corporate Livewire Global Awards. Hatters was
Ithalia Johnson, finalist in the MWOTY Arts, Culture and Media category in 2022, has launched a transformative ADHD coaching experience
Team 1C, founded by MWOTY 2023 ‘Inspirational Women’ award winner, Claire Cathcart, is to launch a pilot scheme with Liverpool
Category sponsor and charity partner of the 2023 Merseyside Women of the Year Awards, the Community Foundation for Merseyside, were
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so we took the opportunity to catch up with our 2023 ‘Women Making a
The Team 1C Stars and Stripes Ball, which took place on Saturday 30th September, has raised £25,000 for a range
The winner of the 2023 Entrepreneur award, Emma Jarvis, who was recognised at this year’s awards for founding Parent Promise,
After five years of hard work and determination, the first welcome meeting of the pilot group for Alfie’s Squad – a
Some of Liverpool’s most iconic venues set the stage for a huge Black Arts festival in the city in August,
Do you know a primary school in Merseyside who would like to receive a FULLY FUNDED evidence-based Wellbeing programme? The
Who could forget the incredible sights and atmosphere across Liverpool in May when our wonderful, vibrant, beautiful city was host
There are just a few tickets left for Team 1C’s ‘Stars & Stripes Homecoming’ fundraising ball at the Shankly Hotel,
Heather Evans and June Russell, founders of the Halle O’Brien CIC have been jointly crowned Merseyside Woman of the Year
Merseyside Women of the Year Awards (MWOTY) 2023 ceremony will feature “A conversation with Cherie Blair CBE, KC”, hosted by
Eurovision brought joy, fun, music and 100,000 extra people into Liverpool for two fantastic weeks in May. As we continue
The finalists for this year’s the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2023 have been revealed and the public has
MWOTY 2019 ‘Business Leader of the Year’ category winner, Rita Waters, received a very important invitation this month, to attend
Earlier this month, 2013 Merseyside Woman of the Year Winner Louise Gillespie and daughter Jessie Hill, founders of fashion boutique
Wirral based suicide prevention charity The Martin Gallier Project – led by 2019 MWOTY ‘One to Watch’ winner, Jessica Gallier
MWOTY’s official event photographer, Kayleigh King of Wild Kind Photography is once again offering her 20-minute outdoor mini brand shoots
As part of its commitment to the community, women-led independent financial advisers, the Financial Planning Corporation (FPC), has stepped up
MWOTY power strikes again as two of our 2022 winners are further recognised for their amazing work! Natalie Denny, Community
Wednesday 8th March will see organisations across Merseyside celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) and its 2023 theme #EmbraceEquity – because
The MWOTY team was heartbroken to learn that radio presenter, community campaigner and MWOTY Marvel winner, Cassie James passed away
Earlier this month MWOTY 2022 Community Change Award winner Barbara Rouse – also known as ‘The Duchess of Bootle’ –
As we begin our preparations for the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2023, we caught up with category sponsor
On Thursday 17th November, MWOTY supporter Fazenda Liverpool hosted the first of a series of mini-MWOTY networking events for finalists
The MWOTY family was deeply saddened to last month hear of the sudden passing of long-standing MWOTY supporter Drew Cockton.
This year’s MWOTY Business Leader, Jennifer Greenan has retained the title of Green Business of the Year for the second
October 18th 2022 is World Menopause Day, a day designated by the International Menopause Society (IMS) to raise awareness of
Jennifer was the 2022 winner of the Merseyside Women of the Year, Business Leader Award which committed MWOTY supporter the
Following the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday 8th September 2022, MWOTY founding director shares her thoughts
Inclusive fashion business, Molby the Label, led by MWOTY Entrepreneur of the Year Karina Molby, has launched a breastfeeding dress.
MWOTY 2022 Social Impact winner, Natalie Denny, has seen two of her monologues published in Bloomsbury’s Hear Me Now Volume
BlackFest – Liverpool’s grassroots Black arts festival – has revealed a packed line-up of multi-arts festivities taking place across the
Hot on the heels of BlackFest artistic director, Jubeda Khatun, being named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2022, the festival
Jubeda Khatun, artistic director of grassroots combined arts festival, Blackfest, has been named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2022. The
On Monday 27th June MWOTY finalists, sponsors and supporters gathered at the fabulous Mason’s on Seel Street for our annual finalists’ evening
Cherie Blair is set to open the 2022 Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) awards ceremony, in a year that
Eighteen courageous and inspirational women making a difference in Merseyside have been revealed as finalists in the Merseyside Women of
Nominations for 2022 awards officially open following two-year hiatus. Liverpool headquartered law firm Hill Dickinson has been revealed as the
A South Liverpool community group that has already raised £7,600 for struggling local charities, is hoping to boost donations through
Iconic buildings and landmarks across the Liverpool City Region were illuminated bright orange on Wednesday 25th November as part of
A teacher, nurse, volunteer radio presenter, disability advocate and a community hub owner have all been revealed as the winners
Online initiative launched as main MWOTY Tenth anniversary event is postponed to Friday 25th June 2021 in light of ongoing
Back in 2017, counsellor and educator, Alison Hodgson, was named our Merseyside Woman of the Year and also the winner
In light of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak the MWOTY team has decided to postpone the 10th anniversary event to a
We understand that it is a concerning and uncertain time for all of us right now. We’re all just getting
 Ahead of International Women’s Day (IWD) on Sunday 8 March, we are appealing for more nominations from the city regions
When beauty therapy salon owner Roz Tranfield was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, she refused to take it lying
In 2018 Sue Connerty was crowned Merseyside Woman of the Year and Inspirational Woman of the Year for the work
In the first of a brand new series celebrating the Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) award’s tenth anniversary, we
Laura Hughes is the sister of Colin McGinty, who was brutally stabbed to death in a shocking case of mistaken
Mia’s life was turned upside down when she had a stroke at the age of 21. She was left with
On Friday, Saoirse Redmond, the winner of our Young Female Apprentice award, sponsored by The Learning Foundry, was so emotional
We originally attended the Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) awards three years ago, in 2016. We were so inspired
We first heard about Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) awards when we were nominated in the Healthcare Hero category.