2022 She Inspires Categories
Women in Business Award
This coveted prize will be awarded to an exceptional businesswoman who has shown immense business acumen to secure her success. She will exhibit every talent required of a brilliant business professional, including sublime creativity, focus and growth. Her efforts will have achieved remarkable growth and profitability in her organisation – as an owner of a business. And she will also have engaged with the wider community to a significant degree.
Women in Digital Award
Digital sector now accounts for almost 8% of the UK economy, and more and more women are taking leading roles within delivery and innovation driving this exciting area. Whether it be Marketing, Digital Media, SaaS (Software as a Service), Cyber Security, Design, or an emerging platform, this award will celebrate a woman who has excelled within the Digital Sector and has displayed outstanding use of Digital technology and techniques to support others, as well as promoting inclusivity and innovation within their communities.
Volunteer of the Year Award
Volunteers sacrifice their time and energy for no personal gain. They put their values and beliefs into action and pour their commitment into causes and projects. They fundraise, organise activities, help run community centres and projects. They must be organised, driven, hard-working, energetic self-starters and team players. We will celebrate a female Volunteer/Fundraiser who combines all these attributes to contribute to her community. We will be paying tribute to the highest calibre of volunteer or a team of volunteers.
Please Note: This needs to be an unpaid position
Health and Medical Services Award
(The winner of this award can nominate a HEALTH CHARITY of her choice to receive £10,000 grant. ( pledged by University of Bolton)
At the heart of our community are the professionals who keep us safe and return us to health so we may continue living our lives in this wonderful town. Their talent and dedication as individuals and team members providing front-line care for Bolton and the NW cannot be overlooked. This award will recognise, highlight and reward the service and performance of an exceptional woman working in nursing, general practice, surgery, the ambulance service or another area of healthcare.
Young Achiever Award (21 years or less)
It will celebrate and highlight one young woman’s natural aptitude, enthusiasm and commitment to help others, excel and contribute. Nominees for this category can be chosen from either school, college, workplace or community. Contributions can be diverse and vary from helping mom at home, being a carer, buddy at school/college, volunteering or fundraising. Open to young apprentices as well.
Her- Abilities Award
This Award is reserved for a special woman who despite her disabilities inspires by her positive contribution to the community, workplace, family or just her own life. The winner of this award will have transcended her physical or mental or learning disabilities to turn her life around. Embracing HER-Abilities, she may also have achieved new success, eliminated limiting beliefs, and found a fulfilling way to live a fulfilling life.
Team of the Year Award
This award will recognise an outstanding team effort for exceptional achievement whether working in charity, business, private or public sector. Teams that have made a significant impact or achieved significant results by successfully utilising the skills of all members of the team. This November we will be celebrating their triumphs by crowning one team as our Team of the Year. Team can be a team of two people, couple, siblings, friends, partners. More than one is a team.
Women in Fitness, Holistic Therapies & Wellbeing Award
Here’s to the women who work wonders on our well-being. This award will celebrate fitness coaches, personal trainers, gymnasts, acrobats, fitness dance coaches who help us stay active and fit, professional in acupuncture, aromatherapy, massage, yoga, homeopathy, hypnotherapy or another holistic therapy. This award is for outstanding creative ability that has a lasting restorative effect on clients.
Women in Fashion, Hair & Beauty Award
The UK Fashion and Beauty industry continues to grow at pace with new fashions emerging and demand for the best service and products soaring. This award will celebrate an exceptional woman working in fashion and beauty industry ~ fashion designers, Make up artists, personal stylists, nail technicians, beauticians, hair stylists, lady working in salons, boutiques, brow bars, beauty rooms or other businesses in the industry.
Women in STEM Award (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)
This Award is designed to identify and celebrate women who are passionate about STEM and good at what they do – she could be a business woman, a start-up, female inventor, women in academic setting, working in public, private or non – profit organisation, a technician or a young woman just starting out working to change the image of girls and women working in STEM. She will inspire others by showing what it is possible to achieve and demonstrate to the wider industry the contributions women are making in the field of STEM.
Women in Event, Networking & Hospitality
This award will recognise a remarkable woman in hospitality, catering, networking and/ or event management. Her authentic and unique style should draw the best results. Whether organising networking events, retreats, an open day, fund raising or a gala annual event, her excellent leadership, communication, innovation, commitment in organising and managing an event or events should inspire and set the bar for other professionals.
Women in Leadership Award
A true leader inspires! Whether in education, charity or politics, they must lead, inspire and take their team to greater heights. They must retain clear vision, answer to boards, governors, trustees and public scrutiny while managing staff, beneficiaries and volunteers. Our deserving winner will handle all those pressures to ensure her organisation’s mission succeeds.
Rising Star Award
The Rising Star award is intended to recognise an emerging leader in any field, at any level. Business Owner or Employee, Apprentice or Teaching Assistants, her record should reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contribution to the profession or organisation. She should demonstrate an increased level of leadership, responsibility, and sphere of impact. Her track-record should reflect a strong career trajectory with the possibility for appointment at the highest levels of the profession, business or organisation.
Agent of Change Award
Through this special award we will celebrate the hard-work, inspiration and dedication of a lady who has been an agent of change. Through her regular work or any specific campaign, whether her work has been focused in her town locally, or on critical issues further afield, nationally or globally. Her work should have brought about a positive change. Work could be around championing the rights of women and girls, preservation or enhancement of culture and heritage, policy change at workplace and advance awareness of a specific concern, this award gives us a unique opportunity to share and shine a light on remarkable stories of change.
SHEro Award
This special SHEro Award is to celebrate and shine a light on women who are an inspiration everyday. This award will celebrate one woman whose kindness and dedication inspires us. This award will also recognise women who despite disabilities (physical or mental) inspire by their positive contribution to the community, workplace, family or just her own life.Her everyday selfless acts of compassion make our homes, our neighbourhoods and our world a better place. Open to all women from all walks of life.
Culture Champion Award (Media, Art, Literature, Film, Music & Poetry)
This award will celebrate true cultural champions and talented women across a range of artistic fields. Artists play one of the most important roles in our society. Whether a dancer, musician, singer, painter, photographer, poet, author, screenwriter, an actress, playwright or comedienne, we’re going to use this year’s awards ceremony to highlight and revel in the outstanding talents of an artist through a single piece of her work or a showcase of her talents.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Our special lifetime achievement award recognises the contribution of a phenomenal woman who, over the course of her whole career and lifetime, has given her time, energy and gifts to enhance the people and place where she lives. The winner of this award will boast a life story which acts as a guiding beacon to inspire others who share it with her.
Global Categories
The following categories are open to local, national and international nominees.
Culture Champion Award (Media, Art, Literature, Film, Music & Poetry)
This award will celebrate true cultural champions and talented women across a range of artistic fields. Many have left lasting impressions on the world with their gifts. Artists play one of the most important roles in our society. They can reshape our world into a better place. Whether a dancer, musician, singer, painter, photographer, poet, author, screenwriter, an actress, playwright or comedienne, we’re going to use this year’s awards ceremony to highlight and revel in the outstanding talents of an artist through a single piece of her work or a showcase of her talents.
Agent of Change Award
Through this special award we will celebrate the hard-work, inspiration and dedication of a lady who has been an agent of change. Through her regular work or any specific campaign, whether her work has been focused in her town locally, or on critical issues further afield, nationally or globally. Her work should have brought about a positive change. Work could be around championing the rights of women and girls, preservation or enhancement of culture and heritage, policy change at workplace and advance awareness of a specific concern, this award gives us a unique opportunity to share and shine a light on remarkable stories of change.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Our special lifetime achievement award recognises the contribution of a phenomenal woman who, over the course of her whole career and lifetime, has given her time, energy and gifts to enhance the people and place where she lives. The winner of this award will boast a life story which acts as a guiding beacon to inspire others who share it with her.
Rising Star Award
The Rising Star award is intended to recognise an emerging leader in any field, at any level. Business Owner or Employee, Apprentice or Teaching Assistants, her record should reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contribution to the profession or organisation. She should demonstrate an increased level of leadership, responsibility, and sphere of impact. Her track-record should reflect a strong career trajectory with the possibility for appointment at the highest levels of the profession, business or organisation.
SHEro Award
This special SHEro Award is to celebrate and shine a light on women who are an inspiration everyday. This award will celebrate one woman whose kindness and dedication inspires us. This award will also recognise women who despite disabilities (physical or mental) inspire by their positive contribution to the community, workplace, family or just her own life.Her everyday selfless acts of compassion make our homes, our neighbourhoods and our world a better place. Open to all women from all walks of life.
Women in Leadership Award
A true leader inspires! Whether in education, charity or politics, they must lead, inspire and take their team to greater heights. They must retain clear vision, answer to boards, governors, trustees and public scrutiny while managing staff, beneficiaries and volunteers. Our deserving winner will handle all those pressures to ensure her organisation’s mission succeeds.
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