Newry Chamber have announced the return of their International Women’s Day Celebration Lunch. This prestigious event will be held on Thursday 9th March 2023 at Killeavy Castle Estate.
This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity and guests will hear from a range of inspirational women who are leaders in their respective fields.
A keynote address will be delivered followed by a panel discussion including:
- Caroline Willis, Finance Director at Shelbourne Motors
- Jacqueline Malone, Director of Fisher & Fisher Solictors
- Naoimh McConville, Co-Managing Director of Rathbane Group
The MC is Deborah Loughran, MD of King Communication.
Principal Sponsors of the event are Fisher & Fisher Solicitors and Southern Regional College and the Charity Partners include Women’s Aid Armagh Down and Cancer Fund for Children.
Julie Gibbons, President of Newry Chamber commented:
“One of the goals of the Chamber is to promote diversity in the workplace and to help inspire businesspeople to achieve their ambitions. The lunch is all about empowering, connecting and celebrating women. Therefore, we are delighted to have such a fantastic range of speakers who will share their remarkable stories. They are role models in our society, and I am really looking forward to hearing from them.”
Jacqueline Malone, Director at Fisher & Fisher Solicitors said:
“We are delighted to be sponsoring Newry Chamber’s International Women’s Day event at Killeavy Castle. This year Fisher & Fisher Solicitors celebrates 125 years working in the local Newry, Mourne and Down community. We will shortly be launching a year of celebrations with our team, of which this event is an important part of.”
“We have a rich history of supporting and promoting women in the legal profession right back to Mrs Reside, a pioneer of her time, who was practising law in the firm more than 100 years ago. This year’s theme #EmbraceEquality is also close to our hearts in the legal profession. We are looking forward to attending and hope it is a successful event for all involved.”
Tracy Rice, Head of Business Engagement at SRC added:
“We are thrilled to be sponsoring this year’s International Women’s Day event with Newry Chamber, hosted at the magnificent Killeavy Castle Estate. The College is committed to promoting women in leadership and we actively encourage women to take up management positions.”
“We provide a range of supports for new managers including accredited management training and we are extremely proud that SRC’s senior executive team has an equal split of female and male directors. The College has a range of health and wellbeing resources as well as family friendly policies to support all employees, including a new menopause policy which will be launched very soon.”
“Recently, we have delivered a number of Women Returners programmes to encourage and support women back into the world of work, by providing up-to-date skills, mentoring, confidence building and motivational training.”
“We are also seeing more females applying for programmes of study that have traditionally been male dominated, including engineering, technology and construction. We are committed to targeting females in our promotional campaigns to ensure there is equality of opportunity for everyone across a range of vocational areas and industry sectors.”
The Killeavy Castle Estate event is now completely SOLD OUT. However, Newry Chamber in partnership with Newry BID are also holding an informal networking evening to celebrate International Women’s Day.
This event takes place on Wednesday 8th March 2023 from 5:30pm – 7pm at The Oliver Restaurant in Newry. Tickets are £10.00pp plus booking fee and can be purchased at HERE and includes a cocktail on arrival, sponsored by Mourne Dew Distillery and Canapés on the evening.
All proceeds will be donated to our Charity Partners, Bolster Community and Caring Coins.