National Museums Liverpool’s Laura Pye MWOTY 2024 Guest Speaker
Laura Pye, Director of National Museums Liverpool, has been announced as guest speaker at the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2024. Laura joined the National Museums Liverpool in August 2018. Born in Liverpool, she returned from the city following several years as Head of Culture for Bristol City Council, with responsibility for the five […]
Circle of Joy turns One!
On June 7th, under the nurturing embrace of the Gemini New Moon, the Circle of Joy, established by MWOTY 2022 finalist, Ithalia Johnson, will turn one year old!! To celebrate this, on 7th June there will be a Circle of Joy exploring how we connect with others and ourselves, through movement, dance, and shared rituals, […]
MWOTY 2023 Finalist Attends Resolution National Conference
Dr Sue Palmer-Conn, runner up in the MWOTY 2023 Business Leader Category, attended the Resolution National Conference 2024, the biggest gathering of family justice professionals, earlier this month to deliver a workshop on imposter syndrome and two plenary sessions on Trauma: The Whole(istic) Picture alongside colleagues. Dr Sue Palmer-Conn has been recognised as the UK’s […]
Rise Construction Framework receives the King’s Award for Enterprise.
Liverpool business and MWOTY sponsor Rise Construction Framework has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity through social mobility. Rise Construction Framework is one of 252 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise. Announced today (Monday 6 May). Rise Construction Framework has been recognised for its […]
Merseyside Women of the Year 2024 Finalists Revealed
The finalists for the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards 2024 have been revealed and the public has been invited to vote for their overall ‘Woman of the Year’. The 20 finalists have been recognised for their work supporting and improving the lives of people in Merseyside and beyond, through business leadership, voluntary work, activism, […]
MWOTY 2023 winner wins Rose Paterson Community Sportswoman Award
Merseyside Woman of the Year 2023, Heather Evans, received a further accolade at Aintree Races earlier this month, when she was presented with the prestigious Rose Paterson Award Community Sportswoman Award. The award was launched by Aintree Racecourse in partnership with BBC Radio Merseyside at the 2021 Randox Grand National Festival, in memory of Aintree’s […]
MWOTY 2023 Category winner launches Music, Movement & Mindfulness sessions
Juliana Pinheiro Landim, Director of MWOTY 2023 Arts, Culture & Media category winner, Katumba, is launching a series of Music, Movement and Mindfulness sessions, aimed at busy and stressed women and gender non-conforming people. Recognising that many find themselves stressed, drained and disconnected from their authentic self, the sessions are designed to allow attendees to […]
The Collaborative Network Launches
A pioneering community support and signposting service tailored for the LGBT+ community, which was established following the death of MWOTY friend and supporter Drew Cockton, has officially launched, supported by National Lottery Funding. Founded by Josef Hollywood, a radio presenter at Capital FM and the founder of the successful media agency Ocular Media, along with […]
Autism and Communities: A Chat with Lynsay Armbruster
World Autism Acceptance Week (2 – 8 April) took place earlier this month and we saw no better time to catch up with MWOTY 2022 Community Change finalist, Lynsay Armbruster. Lynsay is a Detective Chief Inspector working within Merseyside Police for the last 19 years. She has supported the force around autism and wider neurodiversity […]
#kNOwKnifeCrime marathon challenge raises £23,000
A mammoth challenge to generate funds for #kNOwKnifeCrime to buy bleed control kits and cabinets for schools has raised an enormous £23,000 and educated 35,000 students on the dangers of knife crime. A few days ahead of the TCS London Marathon 1,680 children from across Sefton took part in a 2.6 mile mini marathon and […]