Women's Ambassador Campaign
The Women’s Ambassador Campaign was launched in June
2007 to help create a national network of women entrepreneurs.
It aims to promote a culture of women’s enterprise whether by
starting a business or social enterprise, or by making an
innovative idea happen at work.
It is an inspirational and ambitious campaign, backed by a
coalition of business, charities, education bodies and government –
it’s unique in being women focused, business-led and
government-backed. This army of businesswomen activists will
provide a 1000 strong national network helping women across
the country and will work with the new Task Force for Women’s
Enterprise.
In July 2007 the NWDA launched the Northwest region's
Women's Ambassadors Campaign. Several leading women and men
involved in Women's Enterprise in the Northwest spoke at the
event. Read the press release
here.
The Women's Ambassadors will:
- be recruited by Regional Development Agencies advised by
Enterprise Insight, with each RDA asked to recruit over 100
entrepreneurs
- have a focus on key stages of women’s lives including younger
women, women who have just had children and are taking stock of
their future work plans and women whose children may now have left
home; and,
- work with women in their communities, through education and in
specific industries to inspire more women to start their own
businesses.
The NWDA is working with Enterprise Insight on the campaign and
now has over 140 women entrepreneurs from the Northwest registered.
Benefits include:
- An opportunity to be part of the Women’s Ambassadors network of
inspirational women
- Promotional opportunities for you and your business through the
national Enterprise Insight press office, newsletter and campaign
websites
- Speaking opportunities at schools, colleges, universities or at
networks, conferences and events
- Other personal development opportunities including offers of
training, information on relevant awards and invites to networks
and events offering opportunities to meet well-known business
people, media and celebrities
- The opportunity to shape policy at a local, regional and
potentially national level
- Receive regular e-newsletter updates on enterprise and the
women’s enterprise agenda keeping you in touch with everything
that’s going on.
The NWDA holds regular quarterly
Women’s Ambassador events across the Northwest which enable the
region’s Ambassadors to meet up and share best practice. On
25 June 2008 the Women's Ambassador programme held it 1st
anniversary meeting. The event was attended by over 50 registered
women's ambassadors from across the Northwest region and included
speakers on the Women's Enterprise agenda, Access to Finance and
tendering for supply chain contracts through WEConnect (www.weconnect.org.uk ). The next
meeting is scheduled for the end of September 2008.