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Inspiring Women Honoured at Annual Awards
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Inspiring Women Honoured at Annual Awards

SCORES of Bolton’s most inspiring women were honoured when the 2018 Inspire Awards were held at the Macron Stadium. Around 500 people were present to see 26 awards distributed to women from every area of local life – the charity field, social care, business, sports, industry and also highlighting individual achievement. The culmination was the 2018 Inspire Woman of the Year Award which was presented to Debbie Dowie who established the Boot Out Breast Cancer charity. Awards’ organiser Gulnaz Brennan said she was “very proud” to be able to honour the area’s remarkable women. “We had so many nominations and there were just so many individuals who could easily have been winners,” she explained. These were the fourth Inspire Awards “and by far the biggest,” she added. We have been able t...
#100Years #100Women #100Stories
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#100Years #100Women #100Stories

This year we celebrate  #GreaterManchester Women across time, cultures, and industries by chronicling their stories in #100Women #100Stories Book.  Having actively worked with Women and Media for over a decade, Gulnaz has decided to chronicle some of the most inspiring  Women she has known, met and heard of.  These remarkable life stories of courage, compassion, sacrifice and personal accomplishments  have inspired her and she would like to share her inspirations, in the hope  these stories can inspires others as well.  FourTwographs will be working in collaboration, bringing  expertise of portraiture shoots to this project. The photoshoot hopes to raise funds for 2 charities ...Lifebridge and BootOutBreastCancer.  The Team helping shape this project so far are Sital Raja, Emma Hughes. ...
#Inspire- Celebrate Bolton Women
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#Inspire- Celebrate Bolton Women

NOMINATIONS are pouring in for the annual Inspire Awards which honour women from in and around the Bolton area. The closing date to suggest an individual for the prestigious awards is January 31 and, as organiser Gulnaz Brennan, stated: “We want to hear about all those remarkable women whose work is never highlighted.” The awards themselves will be made at a special presentation evening at the Macron Stadium on Saturday, May 5. Last year, around 300 women attended the event when it was held at the University of Bolton and the Octagon Theatre’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman took the main Woman of the Year Award. The awards, originally started in a much smaller way as part of the Women in Neighbourhoods’ project, has grown over the years. This year, there are main awards sections cover...
INSPIRE WOMEN AWARDS 2017
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INSPIRE WOMEN AWARDS 2017

Bolton’s third annual INSPIRE Women Awards ceremony was held on Friday 12th May in the Chancellor’s Building, University of Bolton, was the biggest and best yet, with a much larger audience and more awards being presented than on previous occasions. The awards is organised by WiN( Women in Neighbourhoods), a women’s charity working to engage and empower women from with diverse groups in Bolton. Gulnaz Brennan, founder of IWA, is responsible for a portfolio of events and projects in Bolton that engage, empower and celebrate the successes of women of Bolton.“We created the Inspirational Women of Bolton Awards to celebrate exceptional work done by women in our communities. Women are shaping the future of Britain with immense energy dedication and flair. These awards recognise the incredible w...