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Rise to the 50:50 challenge

14 October, 2016 By WiC

Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch
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Celebration Lunch 2014
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Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch
Celebration Lunch 2014
Celebration Lunch 2014

Join us on 10 November (mid-day to 4pm) for our 14th Annual Celebration Lunch at Drapers’ Hall in the heart of the City.

The Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch is a signature event in the City of London.

We’re celebrating the amazing female talent working in the City and beyond and we’re championing the progress of women in all sectors.   Our annual lunch brings together senior level influential men and women to celebrate diversity and network with purpose.

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What’s included

  • pre-Lunch drinks Reception
  • 2-course lunch
  • post-Lunch Mix & Mingle Reception with desert canapés
  • wines, coffee and soft drinks
  • petit fours
  • copy of our Souvenir Programme with Guest List
  • opportunity to enter our Prize Draw

At last year’s Lunch our Founder & CEO, Gwen Rhys, set guests a challenge

Let’s make our 2016 lunch 50:50 men and women. It’s important we include men in the conversation about gender partity and diversity, please encourage your male colleagues, associates and clients or customers to join you.

Rise to our Founder’s 50:50 challenge

bring someone (preferably of the opposite gender) with you to the lunch
and save £30 on the Double Ticket

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Take a table of 12 or a half-table of 6 and bring colleagues or guests, or come alone (you’ll be very welcome).

Table: £2340 (+vat) (=£195 per person)
Half-Table: £1170 (+vat) (= £195 per person)
Individual(s): £210 (+vat)

Experience a great buzz and energy; quality food and wine; high level networking; Guest Prizes and hear from our Future Leaders Award Winner, Kitty McCormick and Keynote Speaker, Julie Bentley, CEO Girlguiding.

It’s all part of the Celebration Lunch’s unique mix.

Stunning Venue – Drapers’ Hall

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Situated in the heart of the City of London, a stone’s throw from the Bank of England, Drapers’ Hall is one of the City’s most magnificent venues.

You may have seen its wonderful interior on the BBC’s 2015 Great British Menu which celebrated 100 years of the Women’s Institute.

Format

Our Annual Lunch is a fantastic networking occasion and we’ve built in TWO opportunities to make high level connections. There’ll be a Sparkling Reception at the start followed by a two-course Lunch (starter and main course) followed by a post-lunch Mix-and-Mingle when we’ll be serving Desert Canapés.

Speakers – Julie Bentley & Kitty McCormick

Julie Bentley
Julie Bentley
Kitty McCormick
Kitty McCormick

We’re delighted Julie Bentley, CEO Girlguiding who was named in the 2015 Woman’s Hour Game Changer list is our Keynote Speaker.

Girlguiding is the largest charity for girls and young women in the UK with over half a million members, and Julie has been its CEO since November 2012.

She has dedicated her career to working in the not for profit sector and has held senior leadership positions for twenty years,

Kitty McCormick, Director, Coutts is our 2016 Future Leaders Award Winner.

Kitty has responsibility for identifying, coordinating and delivering continuous improvement initiatives to the Coutts Lending and Capital Management business. She represents Coutts on the Wealth Management Association’s Millennial Forum and sits on the RBS Commercial & Private Banking Junior Management Team. She’s passionate about attracting and retaining female talent and is member of the Coutts Women’s Network Committee.

Guest Prizes

Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch

Everyone who attends has the opportunity to win one of our Guest Prizes which this year include a £300 Kerry O’ Brine Womenswear voucher , a £250 dining voucher at the Coq D’Argent, a Private Whisky Tasting for up to 24 people at The Whisky Exchange; a professional make-over for 3 people at Facebar London, complimentary membership of The Capital Club and two tickets to the 2017 Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch.

City Tradition

Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch
Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch

The Women in the City Annual Celebration Lunch is about combining the old with the new. We love City tradition and as usual our Master of Ceremonies (a City Beadle) will announce the guests and our Founder & CEO, Gwen Rhys, together with the Keynote Speaker, will welcome everyone personally and, of course, we’ll have our formal toasts, too.

Rise to our Founder’s 50:50 challenge

bring someone (preferably of the opposite gender) with you to the lunch
and you’ll save £30 on a double ticket

Quote Coupon
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BOOK NOW

 

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