Fully-Funded Wellbeing Programme with The Worry Wizard
Do you know a primary school in Merseyside who would like to receive a FULLY FUNDED evidence-based Wellbeing programme? The Blue Sky Foundation, with support from the Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside, are offering The Worry Wizard’s ‘Introducing Wellbeing’ programme to primary schools across the region. ‘Introducing Wellbeing’ is a low input, high impact […]
FPC Celebrates the Women Behind Liverpool’s Eurovision Year
Who could forget the incredible sights and atmosphere across Liverpool in May when our wonderful, vibrant, beautiful city was host to the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) on behalf of Ukraine? The event reached 162 million people over the three live shows with the UK credited with delivering the largest ESC audience on record – […]
Team 1C Fundraising Ball: Stars & Stripes Homecoming
There are just a few tickets left for Team 1C’s ‘Stars & Stripes Homecoming’ fundraising ball at the Shankly Hotel, on Saturday 30th September 2023. Hosted by presenters Adam Weighell and Gemma Cutting, the evening will see guests enjoy live music from Capone and a DJ set by Steve Cocky, with all funds raised going […]
MWOTY Awards 2023 Winners Revealed
Heather Evans and June Russell, founders of the Halle O’Brien CIC have been jointly crowned Merseyside Woman of the Year 2023. Heather set up the Halle O’Brien CIC in 2020, in memory of her beautiful daughter Halle, who tragically passed away in 2019 at the age of 19, after contracting a rare form of meningitis. […]
Merseyside Women of the Year Awards to host “a conversation with Cherie Blair CBE, KC” at 2023 ceremony
Merseyside Women of the Year Awards (MWOTY) 2023 ceremony will feature “A conversation with Cherie Blair CBE, KC”, hosted by the CEO of the Community Foundation for Merseyside, Rae Brooke. The barrister and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women has been a Patron for the Community Foundation for Merseyside for sixteen years, donating […]
Pauline’s Brush With Eurovision Fame
Eurovision brought joy, fun, music and 100,000 extra people into Liverpool for two fantastic weeks in May. As we continue to bask in the glow of its fabulousness and look forward to its legacy in the city, we delve into MWOTY commère, Pauline Daniels’ brush with Eurovision fame. In 1979, Pauline was working days in […]
Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2023 Finalists Revealed
The finalists for this year’s the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2023 have been revealed and the public has been invited to vote for their overall ‘Woman of the Year’. All the women have been recognised for their work supporting and improving the lives of people in Merseyside and beyond, through their businesses, voluntary […]
Royal Invitation for MWOTY 2019 Winner
MWOTY 2019 ‘Business Leader of the Year’ category winner, Rita Waters, received a very important invitation this month, to attend the King’s Coronation on 6th May. Sharing the exciting news and a photograph of the invitation on Facebook, Rita quipped “Think I’m going to need a new hat! 👑” National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) CEO, […]
Jessie & Co Calls for Support for Small Businesses
Earlier this month, 2013 Merseyside Woman of the Year Winner Louise Gillespie and daughter Jessie Hill, founders of fashion boutique Jessie & Co shared an emotional post on social media, highlighting the challenges being faced by many small businesses in the current economic climate. On her Facebook page, Jessie posted: “Unfortunately the reality is that […]
The Martin Gallier Project Launch Vital Service In Chester
Wirral based suicide prevention charity The Martin Gallier Project – led by 2019 MWOTY ‘One to Watch’ winner, Jessica Gallier – has announced it is launching a new base in Chester city centre. The new facility, which is set to open in late April, will be based on Werburgh Street. The Martin Gallier Project will […]