Funny Women CIC

On Monday, the team announced that Funny Women founder, Lynne Parker, won Most Inspiring Businesswoman Award at this year's Best Business Women Awards, an organisation that works to find and promote the best in female business talent from across the UK. Having recovered from the shock and excitement of the awards Lynne shares her experience winning the prestigious award on the Funny Women website. https://lnkd.in/e6UY8rfe #womeninleadership #womeninbusiness #funnywomen

Funny Women are excited to announce that founder, Lynne Parker, won Most Inspirational Businesswoman at Best Business Women Awards on Friday night! 🏆 All of us at Funny Women are so proud of Lynne's achievement and this award is a true testament to all the hard work, dedication and perseverance she puts in on a daily basis. For over 20 years Lynne has worked tirelessly to promote women in comedy, helping artists to kick start and progress their careers and drive equality across the industry. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners, there was an incredible spectrum of individuals and organisations represented on Friday night and it was inspiring to see so many at the event. Here's to many more awards! #womeninleadership #womeninbusiness #funnywomen

Funny Women is excited to be launching the second part of our Glitter Project, 'A Safe Place' at the incredible Women in Comedy Festival in October. As many of your would have seen, the project launched part one at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with free mentorship events for first-time fringe performers and open mic nights for female and non-binary comedians. Funny Women received an enormous amount of support throughout the festival and even won the Jones the Bootmaker (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize alongside the nominated projects. The Glitter Project - A Safe Place will be hosted on the first weekend of the festival providing a networking session for female identifying performers, writers and creators to meet up, get advice and perform in an open mic. Find out more about the festival and the Glitter Project on our website. https://lnkd.in/eC7jiWuB #supportthearts #artsandculture

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is always exciting, and this year, it was even more exciting as Funny Women's new initiative, The Glitter Project, was awarded the Jones the Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize award which was split between all five nominees. The Glitter Project, launched at this year's Fringe, was created to provide both mentoring sessions and open mic nights as a ‘hands on’ way of supporting new and first-time comedy performers as well as more established acts who needed a confidence boost, advice and directing to resources. We’ve been delighted at the response that the project received, even to the point that our mentors were being stopped in the street to answer questions! Find out more about the awards ceremony, The Glitter Project, and what founder, Lynne Parker, had to say about winning the award in our latest article. #edinburghfringefestival #awardsceremony #funatwork https://lnkd.in/eVBFM6en

Comedy plays a role in all of our lives, not just for those who like to get on stage. Not only is it a great way to enjoy everyday life, but comedy can help people work together, aid wellbeing and grow your skillset. If you fancy doing something other than wolfing down a sandwich and reading the news at lunchtime, join us for our Comedy Crash Course from Monday 16 to Friday 20 September for one hour a day and create some of your own comedy with some of the friendliest people in comedy. It doesn't have to be stand up, it could be some character work or getting started on some new writing. https://lnkd.in/etKsjYCD #funatwork #funnywomen #wellbeing #mentalhealthatwork

The Glitter Project won! On Friday 23 August, Funny Women took to the stage with all the winners of the Jones Bootmaker at (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards at Edinburgh Festival Fringe to accept the prize! From everyone at Funny Women, we are so proud of everyone who was nominated/won the awards and the incredible work they do. About The Glitter Project The Glitter Project has been set up as a tribute to our friend, colleague and non-executive director of Funny Women, Jo Fletcher-Cross to offer support to women and non-binary artists bringing their first show to the Fringe, whether this is mentoring or help with expenses, Funny Women and the Glitter Project is there for you. Funny Women have spent 22 years supporting and developing new comedy talent at grassroots with ground-breaking awards, workshops, courses and open mic events. The priority has always been to build confidence in female performers, writers and creators to give them the opportunity to pursue comedy careers. #edinburghfringefestival #awardsceremony #supportthearts

Funny Women has been nominated for the Panel prize as part of the Jones Bootmaker (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for the Glitter Project! The Glitter Project has been set up as a tribute to our friend, colleague and non-executive director of Funny Women, Jo Fletcher-Cross to offer support to women and non-binary artists bringing their first show to the Fringe, whether this is mentoring or help with expenses, Funny Women and the Glitter Project is there for artists. We have spent 22 years supporting and developing new comedy talent at grassroots with ground-breaking awards, workshops, courses and open mic events. The priority has always been to build confidence in female performers, writers and creators to give them the opportunity to pursue comedy careers. From everyone at Funny Women, a big thank you to everyone who has attended our Glitter Project events, our mentors and everyone who has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this initiative a reality. BBC Results will be announced tonight! #awardsceremony #funnywomen #supportthearts

We had a fantastic Stand Up to Stand Out summer school this Saturday! 😁🏖️🍍 Led by Funny Women founder, Lynne Parker, we had 12 fantastic women join us at the Groucho Club in Soho, London to try out creating their own comedy and take part in workshops with comedian, Claudine Ullman - Comedian/Facilitator, and writer, Emma Loveday. Now, you may be thinking that the women who took part were all seasoned performers with 101 jokes up their sleeves, but in reality the people who take part in our workshops are often performing or doing comedy for the first time, or are very early on in their comedy journey. Some have done comedy before, whether that's doing stand up, writing sketches or even doing some improvisation, but our workshops are designed for everyone to take part in an environment that's supportive and encouraging. We've been running these workshops for years and every time we're always astounded at the talent of those who take part and the unique stories, ideas and courage they all have. Thank you to everyone who took part in our summer school, we can't wait to welcome you back to another workshop soon! Make sure to keep an eye on our events page to find out about our upcoming workshops (including our Comedy Crash Course in September!) and our open mic nights. https://lnkd.in/ekMQHzUR #herlarious #funnywomen #funatwork

Been in the office this summer with no chance of visiting Edinburgh Fringe Festival? We're here to fix that for you. This August we've been interviewing some of the funniest women heading the fringe learning about their new shows, what inspires them and how they established themselves as performers. So, grab a coffee, mark yourself as 'busy' on teams and have a good read. https://lnkd.in/eqtinjWZ #funnywomen #funatwork #herlarious