In conversation: Tracey McDermott and Jude Kelly
Join Tracey McDermott in conversation with WOW’s Founder and CEO Jude Kelly as she discusses her commitment to ensuring social mobility for future generations and shares her personal story from growing up in Rotherham to becoming a senior leader in the international finance world, in her role with Standard Chartered Bank. Meet the Speakers: Tracey McDermott […]
Rotherham Recovery Panel
Don’t miss the Rotherham Recovery Panel, led by Karen Shimwell, Recovery Programme Manager, alongside Joanne Finnie, Rachel Moss, and Lauren Williams, each sharing their unique journeys and insights into recovery, resilience, and support in Rotherham. Rotherham Recovery Community are a community-based network for those in recovery from addiction, their carers, partners, families, friends and […]
Let’s Talk Activism and Migration
Join us for Let’s Talk Activism and Migration featuring speakers Lora Krasteva, Tchiyiwe Chihana, Debjani Chatterjee and Melinda Mo Martinez. Delve into a discussion with women from diverse backgrounds on the migrant experience in the UK, our roles in everyday activism, and its global impact. Meet the speakers: Lora Krasteva is an artist, cultural producer […]
Let’s Talk Neurodiversity and Mental Health
Don’t miss the Let’s Talk Neurodiversity and Mental Health panel, discussing interconnected experiences of womanhood, neurodiversity, and mental and physical health. Explore how late diagnosis often leads to additional diagnoses like borderline personality disorder, depression, and anxiety before ADHD or Autism is considered in medical settings. Meet the speakers: Vicky Morris, an award-winning writer, mentor […]
WOW Big Ideas
WOW Big Ideas is all about pressing conversations and ideas for change. Get inspired by Darcey Everton, a 15-year-old advocate discussing body positivity, Georgina Kamsika, a speculative fiction writer from Rotherham. Hear from Hazel Oakes, a talented mural artist and illustrator renowned for her vibrant and empowering artwork celebrating women, and Angry Girls from Chol […]
Sabbiyah Pervez
Sabbiyah Pervez is a reporter at BBC Look North, she’s passionate about empowering people to use their own voices and tell their own stories. Sabbiyah is also a mum of 3 children Over the past nine years, I have reported from Rotherham frequently, often on topics that are quite sensitive. I have seen the resilience […]
Team members from Angry Girls Collective – Local Conversations
Lauren Townsend and Kerry Lindeque are part of the team behind Angry Girls Collective, they will be taking part in the Local Conversations panel. In times when patriarchy and injustice aims to stifle our anger and power, there was a need to create a local safe and inclusive space for women and gender-diverse people to […]
Rotherham Creative Network – Panel
Rotherham Creative Network will bring together a panel of speakers representing women, girls, trans and non-binary people who are working in the creative industries across Rotherham and South Yorkshire to discuss their work, their contributions to the sector and their own personal journeys. We hope to inspire, and excite whilst also creating a safe space […]
Lindsy James
Lindsy James, Founder and Director of the Doncaster-based children’s and young peoples’ charity Active Fusion has dedicated 24 years of her professional career inspiring young people to ‘be the best they can be’ through sport and physical activity. Her career spans several sectors including education, charitable and sport. Lindsy is passionate about improving the physical […]
Dana Abdulkarim – I struggle to smile panel
At WOW Rotherham 2023 Dana will be joining us as part of the I struggle to smile panel. In 2000 Dana became the first Muslim and Arab woman to compete for England Internationally with 67 caps in Rounders. She was the first to then Coach an England side of her own from 2005 until 2012 […]
