Cream Tea with Inspirational Women

Porlock, in the very West of Somerset, celebrates Ada Lovelace Day with a Cream Tea and five women speakers:

• Heather Goldstraw,  a graduate of the MOD Science & Engineering Fast Stream who now brings 30 years of systems thinking and leadership to the Defence Enterprise, aimed at improving the exploitation of great science and technology
• Diane Turner, NHS Senior Practitioner and MATS Clinical Lead and upper limb specialist with experience gained in the NHS, army and private practice who also using her skills coaching others and working for two specific charities close to her heart
• Natalie Dyson, a qualified commercial property lawyer with a wealth of experience in the charity sector who has recently taken up the post of CEO of Diversity Voice, a Somerset based charity whose aim is to help refugees to integrate and settle into the local community
• Alex Prideaux, a senior quantity surveyor working in the defence industry leading a team of 12 overseeing construction projects with a total value of approximately £500million, a position achieved just 7 years after starting her apprenticeship
• Karla Thresher, RNLI skipper who joined the lifeboat service aged 17 and in 2022 was successful in her application to become a full time Lifeboat commander on the river Thames working from Gravesend managing an Atlantic 85 class of Lifeboat covering 26 miles of the river.

This event is SOLD OUT