Events Calendar

Impress employers by preparing for your interviews and communicating with confidence.

The most important step to landing a job is being prepared for your interviews and sharing your professional story with confidence.

Led by facilitators Zahra Hirji and Orphtee Quarcoo from the Seneca Works team, this workshop in our Career Foundations series will guide you on how to get ready for online and in-person interviews. Learn about common types of interview questions and how to prepare responses using the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method to communicate why you’re the best fit.

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The Accelerate Your Career 2021 Conference provides a unique opportunity for delegates to learn about a variety of topics and seek answers.

It will highlight practical examples from successful role models which can be passed onto up and coming leaders, helping them to build knowledge and confidence in their respective workplaces.

We have lined up a panel of 15 speakers, who will discuss a number of topics ranging from the meritocracy myth, the art of being indispensable, and importantly moving forward, how to manage people and succeed in a hybrid environment.

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Diversity within an organisation leads to improved decision making, according to research. So, have you got the right mix in your team?

How many women are in your team? How many people of colour? What’s the balance like in terms of age, experience, flexible working and diverse thinking? And would you know about sexual orientation or disability? Does this matter?

Parm Plummer, of WomenEd, thinks this matters a great deal and will share why you need to ensure a balanced and diverse group on your team. In particular, Parm will take you though the steps to achieve this.

Are you ready to be 10% braver this year?

#WomenEd is a grassroots organisation that empowers, connects and supports aspiring and existing women leaders in educations. We have network teams across the UK and globally and are all volunteers who want to support other women in education to achieve their career ambitions.

Find out more about our events, our networks, books and resources on our website.

Check out our YouTube channel also and we look forward to seeing you.

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Are you passionate about female empowerment? Are you looking for a completely safe-space to 100% be yourself? Do you believe in supporting other women on their journeys?

Join our FREE Women’s Business Network meeting on Wednesday 16th June at 12pm noon!

If you are self employed, running your own business or just contemplating turning your hobby into an income, we invite you to come along to Women Empowering Women’s Open Business meeting to meet our community of like minded, supportive female business owners.

During this meeting, we will be holding ‘break out rooms’ to give you an opportunity to network with fellow female business owners to introduce yourself and your business to discuss what it is that you offer.

Our founder Nichola, will be talking about what Women Empowering Women UK is all about and the ways in which you can be a part of our amazing journey!

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Please join us for a very special part of our Legal Pride 2021 celebration where we explore the past, the present, and the future of LGBT+ rights and activism in the United Kingdom and across the globe.

We will kick off with a panel of intersectional icons who were seminal in the birth of modern LGBT+ rights and activism, including founders of Stonewall here in the United Kingdom as well as trans leaders from the United States and the United Kingdom. Each of the speakers will talk about their personal journey, as well as their contributions to LGBT+ equality and activism. We will also explore what activism means to them and how we can each play our own role as allies to each other within the LGBT+ community.

We will then have a fireside chat with the Chief Executive and Chair of Stonewall to discuss their newly unveiled strategy, Free to Be (2021-2025), encompassing the present state of the LGBT+ rights as well as looking towards the future.

The panel and the fireside chat will be followed by a Q&A session with all of our speakers. This is a once in a lifetime event and not to be missed!

Speakers:

• Olivette Cole Wilson, Founder, Stonewall; Counsellor; LGBT+ Family Expert, Barnardos; Actress
• Lisa Power MBE, Founder, Stonewall; Sexual Health Expert; LGBT+ Activist
• Mia Yamamoto, Lawyer; Civil Rights, LGBT+ and Trans Activist
• Professor Stephen Whittle OBE, Professor of Equalities Law, Manchester Metropolitan University; LGBT+ and Trans Activist
• Michael Cashman CBE, Founder, Stonewall; Member of House of Lords; Actor; LGBT+ Activist
• Nancy Kelley, Chief Executive, Stonewall
• Sheldon Mills, Chair, Stonewall; Executive Director, FCA; Co-Lead Race & Ethnicity Network, InterLaw Diversity Forum
• Daniel Winterfeldt QC (Hon), Founder & Chair, InterLaw Diversity Forum; General Counsel EMEA and Asia, Jefferies (Moderator

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Remote working has its perks but also its challenges. With blurred work/home lines, isolation, distractions and disconnection, it’s no wonder many are feeling the pressure.

It can be hard to stay inspired and balanced when every day has the same routine and constraints. It is also difficult to “leave work at the door” if you are no longer going out the door.

You are invited to this engaging session which will teach you how to recognise the tell-tale signs of burnout, build better boundaries and renew your energy levels in a way that is practical and playful!

Move from:

Ineffective to INSPIRED
Collapse to CURIOUS
Exhausted to ENERGISED
Burnout to BRIGHT-EYED and BOUNTIFUL

The session will look at practical ways to:

Tune In and Switch ON – How to feel energised and motivated for work in the mornings
Tune Out and Switch OFF – How to unplug to relax and enjoy your evenings

Leave with clear immediate actions you can take to create calm in the chaos and cope better.

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About Celynn

Celynn Morin is a certified wellbeing speaker and qualified dietitian with a practical and playful approach to work place wellbeing. Celynn helps others enrich the quality of their lives by helping them connect their mind, heart, body and spirit in a way that supports their wellness. She has authored two books and received international accolades for her professional speaking and facilitation. Celynn prides herself on developing and sharing practical frameworks to help people become their own CEOs – Chief Energy Officers. She has a unique style that includes a joie de vivre rooted in curiosity, connection, community and celebration. The founder of the Wellbeing Clubhouse, she is an effervescent foodie who loves champagne and salsa dancing.

We need women’s wisdom in the corridors of power.

We Are the City and 50:50 want to inspire women who have a wealth of life experience and talent to consider taking the plunge into politics.

The panel will include inspirational women who have entered the political arena following on from another career.

This is your chance to ask questions. Hear directly from all these amazing women about their journey and why they think that it is important to have more women at Westminster and on all elected bodies, at a national and local level.

About us:

We Are The City has been helping organisations attract, retain and develop female talent since 2008. We have a membership of over 120,000 women and have curated over 95 events. With our inspirational network we support women in pursuing their career aspirations. See more here.

50:50 Parliament’s mission is to build a better democracy, one in which women have equal seats and equal say.

50:50 work with all the political parties to encourage women to stand for elected office at local and national level. When women click #SignUpToStand via www.5050Parliament.co.uk/signuptostand they:

– send them an interactive Personal Political Profile
– allocate them a 50:50 Buddy
– invite them to weekly party specific Bite Size meetings
– and offer bespoke support to women from diverse groups.

In the corridors of power, men still outnumber women by 2:1. Campaign for change!

Join 50:50 today at: www.5050Parliament.co.uk/join

Or become a Friend at www.5050Parliament.co.uk/donate.

This is event is funded by Comic Relief as part of the Equal Power coalition. Our partners are the Fawcett Society, Parliament Project, Glitch UK, Muslim Women’s Network UK, Citizens UK and Centenary Action Group.

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The PA Show is the largest gathering of Executive Support Professionals in the UK, bringing together 1,000s+ of the community under one roof on the NEW dates 22-23 June 2021, at ExCeL, London.

Whether you’re a PA, Executive Assistant, Office Manager, Virtual Assistant or involved in office support in any way, The PA Show offers you the chance to enhance your skills and knowledge, grow your network of contacts, and source premium global suppliers to support you in your role.

The PA Show offers unique access to a wealth of CPD accredited training designed to help support function professionals excel at every stage of their career.

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How to avoid narrow definitions of success based on externally imposed criteria. Instead, how to define it yourself following the 3 Cs of the Long Win:

– Clarifying what matters, developing broader success criteria about ‘how’ you lead, ‘how’ you turn up as a team member, and ‘how’ you connect to a broader purpose
– Developing a Constant learning mindset – so that you invest in continuous personal growth, regardless of outcomes along the way
– Prioritisation of human Connections in everything that you, developing networks and deeper relationships that will last for the long-term

All drawing on my experiences and expertise from being an Olympian, diplomat in conflict zones, and now leadership speaker and consultant, and drawing out the themes from ‘The Long Win‘, published oct 2020 and in FT’s Top 10 Business Books 2020.

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About Dr Cath Bishop

Dr Cath Bishop is an Olympian, former diplomat and business coach. She competed in rowing at 3 Olympic Games, winning World Championships gold in 2003 and Olympic silver in Athens 2004. As a diplomat for the British Foreign Office for 12 years, Cath specialized in policy and negotiations on conflict issues, with postings to Bosnia and Iraq. Cath now works as a business consultant, leadership coach and author, and teaches on Executive Education programmes at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University and is a Visiting Professor at Surrey Business School. Cath speaks at events globally on topics of leadership, high performing teams and cultural change. Her first book ‘The Long Win: the search for a better way to succeed’, published October 2020, was described by the Financial Times as ‘a deep and rewarding exploration of human motivation in sport, politics, business and our personal lives.’

www.cathbishop.com

A chance for all LGBT+ students, or those with initial questions about sexuality or gender identity to gather online via Zoom and address some of the specific issues that are impacting on their wellbeing and to feel heard.

The group will run every week at the same time and will be facilitated by LGBT+ identifying members of staff and facilitators. The group aims to provide a safe space for students to discuss some of their problems and share ways of coping during ever-changing uncertain times.

This will be a supportive and non-judgemental atmosphere and topics raised by the group will be sensitively held by the group. We ask for confidentiality in the group, you don’t have to be ‘out’ or claim an identity to attend. The group will last 60 minutes and run at the same time every week.

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After a successful series one we continue our disability, accessibility and inclusion discussions on our Great change; Great Women series 2 webinar starting on June 3rd 2021.

We have some really great speakers who will discuss topics ranging on the benefits of menopause networks, digital accessibility, innovative coaching within education and how disability is now firmly on the board agenda of over 500 of the world’s most famous organisations. It promises to be thought- provoking and insightful as always and we invite all our attendees to ask any burning questions towards the end of each session in the Q&A.

Ali is a practising emotional therapist, author of the Ollie and his Super Powers series of books, public speaker, NLP trainer and creator of the Ollie Model. Ali’s strength is the unique way she views the world and her instinctive ability to empower children and parents to find the solutions from within.

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The LinkedIn Thrive Academy programme is based on the four PACT principles: Presence, Action, Connect and Thrive.

The Academy is for you if…

• ​You worry your profile is a bit haphazard and isn’t speaking to your target audience.
• You’re just not getting enough enquiries and you’re attracting the wrong connections.
• You are embarrassed about what to say when you connect with new contacts and don’t want to come across as too salesy.
• You are time poor, not sure of where to start and are afraid of making mistakes.
• You lack confidence, and waste too much time fretting over what others are posting.
• Your content strategy equals the question What content strategy?
• You know you’re not getting any ROI from LinkedIn but don’t know why.
• You want to generate leads and be more visible, but are unsure how to stand out in a sea of competitors.

Quote ‘WATC‘ when booking to receive an extra bonus.

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We are really pleased that on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York, Sue Sanders will be joining us for an LGBT+ activism panel event.

It will be a fantastic opportunity to hear from Sue about her 50 years of LGBT+ activism, her experience of founding LGBT History Month here in the UK and so much more!

This is a digital event via Zoom . We will be sending out guidance around online session etiquette, boundaries and rules before the start of the session. We will also be sending out the Zoom link a few days before the event so you will be able to log on.

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Looking for more events or networking opportunities? WeAreTheCity has a dedicated events calendar with thousands of different events to help broaden your network and learn new skills. We have also launched WeAreVirtual – a series of free webinars to help expand your learning online.

Don’t forget, you can also sign up to our bi-weekly newsletter to keep up-to-date with our upcoming events and webinars.

Anita will share her inspirational journey into philanthropy, and how it helped her become more fulfilled, and advise on you can get involved.

She will begin by outlining how she got into charitable work by being moved by stories of human trafficking and figures for the number of children growing up in poverty. After 15 years as a teacher, she was growing disillusioned with the system, and when she met her second husband, who ran a family foundation, she swapped her teaching career to help him fundraise and realised she loved it!

She will then share some of her moving stories from fact finding missions to India, and some key fundraising achievements such as raising £191k for the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Appeal, which led to the first ever FGM-dedicated social workers.

Anita aims to inspire you by telling how this career shift led her to acquire a sense of purpose. She describes philanthropy as “food for her soul” which motivates her to work hard each day. She also has some facts that evidences how giving back to the community can enrich your life!

Finally, Anita will give actionable advice on how you e can get involved: First, identify what they are truly passionate about, then how you can search for suitable causes and how to fit in philanthropic work into a busy schedule. Her mantra is: Explore > Enrich> Encourage.

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About Anita:

Anita Goyal is CEO of the Hemraj Goyal Foundation, an author, philanthropist, podcast host and chair and trustee of many charitable organisations and foundations.

Her career has been varied, starting as a teacher in an inner-city London school, but her mission has remained unchanged: to promote the education of key social issues, empower women and children around the globe, support organisations driving social change and nurture a generation of philanthropy.

As CEO of the Hemraj Goyal Foundation, she works with more than 30 different charities and organisations every year. She also holds the position of Vice President of Barnardo’s, ambassador of the Alzheimer’s Society and in the 2021 New Year Honours List she received an MBE for services to diversity and female empowerment.

In 2014, she launched Ultimate You, an organisation delivering educational workshops and seminars on things like goal-setting and relationships. She runs these pro-bono with her husband because they have a passion for personal development.

After a successful series one we continue our disability, accessibility and inclusion discussions on our Great change; Great Women series 2 webinar starting on June 3rd 2021.

We have some really great speakers who will discuss topics ranging on the benefits of menopause networks, digital accessibility, innovative coaching within education and how disability is now firmly on the board agenda of over 500 of the world’s most famous organisations. It promises to be thought- provoking and insightful as always and we invite all our attendees to ask any burning questions towards the end of each session in the Q&A.

Sarah K. Herrlinger, a 1994 graduate of DePauw University and Apple Inc.’s director of global accessibility policy & initiatives. Herrlinger joined Apple in 2003, starting in product marketing and then moving into the education division, where her boss suggested she take on work in special education – identifying ways Apple technology could help students with disabilities to learn.

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From puberty to menopause, this is what all women need to know about their bodies to thrive in health, in work, and in life.

In this session The Well HQ founders will take you on a whirlwind discussion of key women’s health topics, how they relate to the workplace, and what can be done right now – from the menstrual cycle, pelvic health, breast support, nutrition, mindset, facilities and culture. Get ready for your mind to be blown!

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About Baz & Emma:

We’re Baz and Emma – the coach and the scientist. Independently, we have worked with women for decades – training athletes, teaching body literacy and trying to smash the taboos that block progress. Serendipity brought us together in 2018 and we joined forces.

The Well is a learning hub built on cutting-edge science, expertise and experience. Through community, resources and support for women and those who work closely with women, we can bridge the knowledge gap. We can become the architects of our own health, happiness and performance.

It can be difficult to find a balance between meeting the expectations of your role, and enacting your own values at work.

This session will unpack the concept of authenticity, and invite discussion and reflections on the value of authenticity in relation to meaningfulness and wellbeing at work.

Professor Deniz Ucbasaran (WBS) and Dr Isobel O’Neil (Nottingham) will share insights from their research on sustainability-driven (environmental) entrepreneurs who made the transition from employee to business founder.

Their work highlights the trials and tribulations of these individuals who moved from feeling inauthentic – distant from their personal identity and values – to being in a position when they felt authentic as founders. Carried out over four years, their research traces and explains how these individuals worked at, and then achieved, both ‘fitting in’ and ‘standing out’ as credible entrepreneurs.  

This interactive session will not only benefit those pursuing entrepreneurial pathways but also to any professional seeking to find that meaningful balance.

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After a successful series one we continue our disability, accessibility and inclusion discussions on our Great change; Great Women series 2 webinar starting on June 3rd 2021.

We have some really great speakers who will discuss topics ranging on the benefits of menopause networks, digital accessibility, innovative coaching within education and how disability is now firmly on the board agenda of over 500 of the world’s most famous organisations. It promises to be thought- provoking and insightful as always and we invite all our attendees to ask any burning questions towards the end of each session in the Q&A.

Caroline Casey is an award-winning social entrepreneur and founder of The Valuable 500 – a catalyst for an inclusion revolution that exists to position disability equally on the global business leadership agenda.

Committed to building a global movement on inclusive business for the 1.3 billion people in the world with a disability, over the past two decades she has set up several organisations and initiatives centred on disability business inclusion.

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As part of its well-established portfolio of high-level diversity events, many of which have enjoyed government support, City & Financial Global is delighted to be organising the 5th edition of the Annual Women in Finance Summit, which is being held in partnership with Women in Banking and Finance and 20-First, on the 8th of July 2021.

This high-profile forum builds on the success of the previous four editions of the Women in Finance conference and the other four diversity portfolio events that City & Financial Global and its partners have held in the past.

What will be discussed this year?

Speakers include:

• John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, EST Diary, HMT
• Catherine McGuinness, Chair of the UK Government Diversity Taskforce, Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee at the City of London Corporation
• Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard, Global Chair, 30% Club
• Sherry Madera, Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance and Chief Industry & Government Affairs Officer, Refinitiv
• Patricia Cobian, Chief Financial Officer, Virgin Media, O2
• Sandra Finley, President & CEO, League of Black Women
• Richard Iferenta, Vice Chair, KPMG and Chair, Race Equality Leadership Team, Business in the Community
• Kate Phillips, Chief Operating Officer, Financial Crime, NatWest Group
• Marie-Anne Haegeman, Board Member and Chief Risk Officer, Euroclear Bank
• Katrien Goossens, Diversity & Inclusion Lead BeNeLux, ING
• Liz Hughes, Director of Thought Leadership at WIBF and, Director of WIBF’s ACT Research Programme
• Grace Lordan, Academic Researcher for the WIBF ACT Research Programme, Associate Professor Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Founding Director of the Inclusion Initiative
• Ronan Dunne, Executive VP & Group CEO, Verizon Consumer Group
• Tiger Tyagarajan, CEO, Genpact
• Claire Godding, Senior Expert at FEBELFIN for Diversity, Inclusion & Societal Needs and Women in Finance BE

Virtual platform

Our virtual platform will enable the summit to run in the same way that a physical event would. You can watch live keynote addresses and panel discussions on the main stage, visit sponsor booths in the exhibition room, and network with other delegates and speakers using the 1-to-1 live video meeting tool. Sessions will also be available on demand to all participating delegates after the event.

WeAreTheCity are delighted to be able to offer a 20 per cent discount off ticket prices (Early Bird tickets – £300 + VAT (until 13th June); Standard Delegate Tickets – £350 + VAT). Use code WIF5WATC for your discount.

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Looking for more events or networking opportunities? WeAreTheCity has a dedicated events calendar with thousands of different events to help broaden your network and learn new skills. We have also launched WeAreVirtual – a series of free webinars to help expand your learning online.

Celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit #hustlers #showsomehustle

From startups to freelancers, The Hustle Awards is here to celebrate all the founders, co-founders and team members that have disrupted, impacted and taken a risk or a leap of faith with their business.

The evening will include;

 6.00pm Networking & drinks! The foundation of our startups events. Our regulars know the format well and we are staying true to form with our relaxed evening and networking kick-off. For those joining online the event will start at 6.30pm.

 6.45pm Keynote Speaker: Sonya Barlow As a thought leader in entrepreneurial circles, Sonya will be delivering a talk covering themes of business development from her upcoming book, and how you can deliver power, purpose and profile.

 7.30pm Winners announced. We will be shouting to the rooftops about our amazing winners, hear from startups and entrepreneurs just like you about how they are planning for the future and what it means to them to win. Hosted by Anna Flockett

 8.30pm Networking – following the event until late we will be celebrating the fact we can see your beautiful faces again. For those joining online the event will finish here.

 Freebies: And we mustn’t forget your freebies! The latest Startups Magazine issue as usual as well as a few surprises.

Interested in submitting your startup or freelance business for free? Find out what you can win here or once you are ready, or enter via our categories in the sidebar.

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