Whilst the Brownie movement is celebrating 100 years in 2014, Jean Sant is celebrating her own milestone as the Brown Owl in Sale Moor for over 50 years. Although now in her seventies, Jean still spends every Tuesday welcoming and instructing the Brownies and continues to […]
Laing O’Rourke’s vision is to challenge and change the perception of the industry to ensure that construction and engineering careers are seen as exciting and relevant for women. It has undertaken a range of initiatives from sponsoring schools like Skipton Girls High School to increasing […]
After leaving care, Joanne has continued to work closely with key decision makers to ensure that other looked after children and care leavers are supported effectively. She is a member of her local Corporate Parenting Board and encourages all professionals working with or for ‘looked after’ […]
Joanne Thompson
On October 23rd 2012 Millie’s daddy, Dan took her to nursery school for her third day, just before lunchtime Joanne received a telephone call from Dan to say “you have got to go to Millie something has happened to her at nursery”. As Millie was […]
In 2012, Kirsty was the youngest person to ever receive an MBE. A remarkable honour for a remarkable girl. At the age of 8, Kirsty went on a trip with the charity ‘When you wish upon a star’. She met and made friends with Chloe – […]
Lisa set up the Sweet Mandarin Sauce company last year and has built a manufacturing business from scratch. It is now sold in 500 Sainsbury stores; Selfridges; Amazon.co.uk; Booths and Wing Yip. She is now supplying the sauces to Russia, Germany and Switzerland.
She is so dedicated […]
When Paula’s 20 year old son Martin was struck down a second time from Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma, he was told that without a bone marrow/stem cell donor he would die.
Paula took it upon herself to set up the Match4Martin campaign along with family and […]
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, became President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester in 2010 and is a distinguished life scientist specialising in neuroscience. In 2004 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Nancy oversees a £800 million budget, 40,000 students and 9,000 […]
Susan is the Project Director for The Sharp Project – a digital media development in East Manchester which focuses on growing the digital and creative sector utilising the Project’s unique combination of space, power and broadband connectivity.
Sue’s vision for The Sharp Project is to create […]
Clippy’s dedication is simple – preserving the British Apple. Although she’s now producing tens of thousands of jars per month, not one foreign imposter apple will be aqueezed, juiced or chopped into any of those jars. Clippy also preaches what she practices and plays an active role in British […]
