Name: Cheshire International Women's Day (IWD) 2025
Start: 2025-03-05T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Statham Lodge Country House Hotel Warrington

Cheshire International Women's Day IWD 2025
Following the success of prior IWD events run since March 2020, Tricia and Kirsty will unite to deliver an event for Women in Business in the Cheshire and surrounding region.
The global campaign theme for International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 is - TBC
PROGRAMME (subject to adjustment):
Our 2025 programme will see networking activities as well as presentations from several speakers and include morning refreshments and lunch.
Women in business will be offered an event that is fun and supportive and which promises connections, learning and inspiration.
10.00 - Doors open to attendees to browse stalls & for open networking over welcome refreshments.
11.00 - Welcome and Introductions from the event hosts & partners
11.15 - 14.45 - Multiple Speakers, Lunch and Networking Activities
14.45 - Raffle and thanks
15.00 - Event close
SPEAKERS*
Clare Hayward MBE DL DBA(h.c.) MBA, High Sheriff of Cheshire
Dr. Sally Penni MBE, CCMI, FRSA, Barrister at Law
Nicola Wood, TEDx Speaker | Cancer Activist | Author | Multi-Award-Winning Entrepreneur | Medical Hair Loss Specialist
Esther Ghey, Director at Peace & Mind UK
To view speaker bios, visit: https://kirstyjames.co.uk/events/international-womens-day-5-mar-2025/
* Our speaker program is subject to potential alteration if we are affected by illness or other late availability issues beyond our control that may require us to replace a speaker or allow them to join by video link. We confirm that a minimum of 3 speakers will be at the event in person.
EVENT SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Leavitt Walmsley Associates Limited
Other yet to be added.
Copying and printing supported by ASL Group, formerly Sharples Group
For opportunities to sponsor the event and receive additional promotional content, please email [email protected].
TICKET TYPES
Early Bird - £49 + £1 booking fee (until 20 Jan 2025)
Advance - £54 + Eventbrite booking fee (until 2 Feb 2025)
Standard - £59 + £2 booking fee (until 23 Feb 2025)
Last minute - £69 + £3 booking fee (from 24 Feb to 2 Mar 2025)
Tables of 8 or 10 - Early bird rate guaranteed and no fees (please email [email protected] to be invoiced)
Charities - Early bird rate guaranteed and no fees (please email [email protected] to be invoiced)
TABLE HOSTS
There are opportunities available for those wishing to host a table and have marketing materials in the room. If you are interested, please email [email protected] to book.
STALLS
A limited number of stall places are available. If you are interested, please email [email protected] to book.
DIETARY NOTES:
If you have any food allergies, please ensure that you have added these during the booking process.
CHARITY RAFFLE:
Our chosen charities for this event will be Prevent Breast Cancer and Peace & Mind UK. Please have cash or a payment card to hand if you’d like to buy a ticket. Tickets are £5.
If you are in a position to donate a raffle prize of products or services, please bring with you and let us know on arrival.
REFUNDS & CANCELLATION:
Refunds will not be possible within 14 days of the event once orders have been placed with the venue.
Should you need to cancel your place, we will issue a refund if we are able to find a find a replacement attendee to take your place.
This event will run in-person. In the event of having to cancel or postpone the in-person event due to Covid or other logistical changes, we would endeavour to run an alternative online event. Attendees would be contacted and given the option to cancel for a full refund, to carry forward their ticket to the rescheduled event or to attend online with a credit for the reduced event content and applicable price difference.
Pre-booking only
Ladies only please unless pre-agreed with organisers. No sector or geographical restrictions. No limit per company
EVENT ORGANISERS:
Cheshire Women in Business is a collaborative event hosted by Kirsty James and Tricia Peters.
Between them, they have helped hundreds of people to connect and grow their businesses and they are responsible for thousands of pounds worth of business in the region, as well as significant fundraising for many charities, both regional and national.
They host two joint events a year – Cheshire International Women’s Day (a full day multi-speaker networking conference) and a summer networking lunch.
The Cheshire IWD event was originally set up by Kirsty, Tricia and Sue, aka KTS Women in Business and three of the most renowned networking event organisers in the North West, who have been referred to in the regional press and by attendees as the ‘Queens of Networking’ and the ‘Backbone of Networking’ in Cheshire and Manchester. When Sue France retired late 2024, Kirsty and Tricia agreed to continue hosting the IWD event.
Although each of the ladies has their own business and their individual style of bringing people together, their core message is the same. They know that, although social media is a fantastic tool for business development, nothing beats direct communication via events to build up business relationships.