Ada Lovelace Celebration - Cream Tea with Inspiration Women

Name: Ada Lovelace Celebration - Cream Tea with Inspiration Women
Start: 2024-10-05T14:30:00+01:00
Location: Toll Road, TA24 8QD Porlock, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat Oct 05 2024 at 02:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Toll Road, TA24 8QD Porlock, United Kingdom | Minehead, EN

On Saturday 5th October Porlock will be celebrating International Ada Lovelace Day with its 11th annual “Cream Tea with Inspirational Women”, inviting women from all walks of life to share their inspiring stories and achievements. This year’s speakers are:
Heather Goldstraw, ( photo above) 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.
Cream Tea with Inspirational Women takes place in Porlock Village Hall, starting at 2.30pm. Tickets are £8 and are available online at https://www.wegottickets.com/event/603853 (booking fee applies) and from Rosalinde Haw (payment by card or cash) and Porlock Information Centre (cash only). Please buy your tickets early, as there will only be a limited number available on the door and the event has sold out every year since it was first held in 2013!