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WOMEN across the borough are being urged to send in their nominations for the SheInspires Awards which close on March 31. Already, hundreds of nominations have arrived from across the globe for the awards which started in Bolton eight years ago and have grown exponentially each year. Founder and organiser Gulnaz Brennan explained: “We want to hear from all kinds of women – in business, in voluntary organisations, health heroes, young people and all those helping the community in so many ways as well as teams and individual achievers in their field. “These are change-makers, trail-blazers who lead the way for other women…

A HEALTH charity could soon be £10,000 richer thanks to an award by the University of Bolton. The SheInspires Awards, now in their eighth year, will this year have a new category to honour women in Health and Medical Services. This will be open to professionals in all areas of healthcare including nursing, general practice, surgery and the ambulance service and the winner will receive the cash award for a health charity of her choice. Awards’ organiser Gulnaz Brennan said: “This is a wonderful opportunity not only to highlight individuals but for health charities across Bolton and the North West to take advantage…

ALTHOUGH it is less than two months since the 2021 SheInspires Awards were held at the Bolton Whites Hotel, 120 nominations from all over the world have already come in for the 2022 awards, which will be held in the autumn. Last year’s awards – the first time some categories had been thrown open globally – attracted more than 2,000 nominations from countries as diverse as Denmark, Pakistan, South Africa and the USA as well as from all over the UK. There were 145 finalists for the 18 categories making this the biggest in the awards’ seven-year history. Hundreds attended the event…

A BOLTON woman who lost six members of her own family to Covid has been honoured with a Key Worker award. Meena Patel was recognised for inspiring both her patients and fellow staff. Meena who is manager at the Monet Lodge Independent Hospital in south Manchester picked up the ‘She Inspires Woman Key Worker of the Year’ for leading her teams through the pandemic. Despite losing six of her own family members to Covid, Meena continued to support patients with complex needs and her exhausted colleagues. Some days she was spending 24 hours a day with her patients and was unable to…

A BOLTON-based awards ceremony has had to extend the number of potential winners being chosen after receiving a huge worldwide response. The SheInspires Awards event will have 145 finalists in 18 categories on November 25 at Bolton Whites Hotel as well as live online, and will be presented by BBC North West Tonight’s Annabel Tiffin. This comes after entries have come in this year from Dublin to Denmark and India to Australia, as well as from across the UK. Gulnaz Brennan, who started the annual women’s awards seven years ago, said: “The response across the globe has been very positive and there…

THE lives of women from across Bolton are being showcased at an event at the Manchester International Festival. The book 100 Women, 100 Stories are included in eye-catching artwork Big Ben Lying Down With Political Books which was unveiled in Piccadilly Gardens on July 2. The 42m sculpture of London’s landmark clocktower by Argentine artist Marta Minujin will lie almost horizontally and covered in 20,000 copies of 150 books which have shaped British politics. Among these books, which reflect Manchester’s unique and independent spirit and are designed to spark a fresh conversation, is 100 Women, 100 Stories. This was created by Bolton-based award-winning entrepreneur…

A BOLTON businesswoman has donated a £1,000 prize to help boost the plans of women in the UK and around the world. Jackie Hyde, Managing Director of Stanmore Insurance based in Little Lever, put forward the cash prize as part of the SheInspires Awards. These annual awards, which began in Bolton seven years ago, went national last year and global this year for the first time. Entries have come in from Denmark and Indian, the US, UAE, South Africa and Australia among many countries and there are 145 finalists in the 18 categories. Read more on the Bolton News.

BOLTON-based awards which annually highlight inspirational women are already proving a worldwide hit this year. Nominations for the She Inspires Awards have attracted nominations from countries including Kenya, Nepal, Malaysia, America and Sri Lanka as well as from across the UK. In fact, there are already 1,188 nominations in so far. However, organiser Gulnaz Brennan urged those wanting to nominate extraordinary females in the 18 categories to “please get them in as quickly as possible before nominations close on May 31.” Read more on the Bolton News.