In this edition we meet Charity Champion winner, Renee Friend, who after 30 years of fundraising continues to raise money for Isabel Hospice in Bishops Stortford; Dr Jean Venables CBE has been selected by photographer Anita Corbin to be part of her exhibition First Women UK which features ordinary women achieving extraordinary things; and Mistress … [Read more...]
Women Making Waves: Dr Rebecca Lent, Madi Vorva & Cassa Pancho MBE
Dr Rebecca Lent, executive secretary of the International Whaling Commission, talks about conserving whale stocks; proving you are never too young to force large businesses to change their strategies, Madi Vorva has been campaigning against unsustainable palm oil since the age of 11 and Cassa Pancho MBE, founder of Ballet Black, a company for … [Read more...]
Women Making Waves: Dr Helen Pankhurst, Diane Danzebrink & Soraya Jones
Dr Helen Pankhurst speaks about women's equality today and what it’s like to follow in the footsteps of Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst; Diane Danzebrink explores what we know about the menopause with reporter Bobby Jones and we meet Soraya Jones.ultimate networker and former CEO and founder of Cambridge Wireless. Introduced by Linda Ness and Suzie … [Read more...]
Women Making Waves: Julie Spence, Morgan Seag and Victoria Johnson
Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe speak to the first female Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Julie Spence, who gives a fascinating insight into her police career and the role of the Lord-Lieutenant. Morgan Seag tells us about her fascination for the Antarctic and her thesis that traces the integration of women in the frozen continent and Revd Dr … [Read more...]
Women Making Waves: Sheila Kissane-Marshall & Hannah Deacon
Civil engineer Sheila Kissane-Marshall has over 20 years’ experience in construction, building bridges, highways, tunnels and buildings like the Shard. But with cancer she had another bridge to build; and Hannah Deacon describes her fight to allow her son to be given medical cannabis to bring his severe epilepsy under control. … [Read more...]
Women Making Waves: Nicky Dee, Adelina Chalmers & Aphra Bruce-Jones
Dr Nicky Dee, Head of Research at St John’s Innovation Centre talks about her exciting work with entrepreneurs. Adelina Chalmers is The Geek Whisperer - she talks about her life from picking fruit, working with human rights & equality organisations to advising Theresa May and now working with engineers and we meet barrister Aphra Bruce-Jones. … [Read more...]
Women Making Waves: Dava J Newman, Sharon Williams and Bonnie Samuyiwa
In this edition, Dr Dava J Newman, most recently NASA’s second-in-command; Sharon Williams, who has written an extraordinary story, which has been made into a short film and Bonnie Samuyiwa who has been selected by Powerful Media as one of the top 100 outstanding undergraduates from an African or Afro-Caribbean background. … [Read more...]