Women in Tech North East CIC

Big news – Women in Tech North East is now a Community Interest Company! We’re very excited to say that we’re looking to the future as a CIC, building on our first two years as a voluntary network. We’re amazed at how far Women in Tech North East has already come – from an idea that we needed a new network to support women and non-binary people from all career stages and all parts of the tech sector here in the North East – to what we’ve delivered: 👩💻      An online community with over 1000 members ☕      Seven fully-booked in-person events, with hundreds of attendees from a whole range of organisations 💻      Working with brilliant partners - Newcastle University, Aspire Technology Solutions, Credera UK, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, Waterstons, Home Group, Marra and Gateshead College 🗞️      Media coverage by Dynamo North East, UKTN, High Life North Magazine, Bdaily, Prolific North So, we thought it was about time we made things ‘official’ and gave Women in Tech North East some structure and a framework so it can continue to grow and support this amazing community. Our current community organisers, Rachel Pattinson, Kathryn Wharton ⭐️ and Jennifer Wood have become the CIC’s founding directors and we’re really excited about moving this forward! Thank you to everyone who has supported us along our journey to becoming a CIC, including North East BIC, Innovation SuperNetwork and the North East BICP. And a massive thank you to START UP at Newcastle University, who are funding some of our essential start-up costs. And of course, we’re continuing to look to work with partners and sponsors on our events and activities – please get in touch with us if you’d like to join us in supporting women and non-binary people in tech in the region! #womenintech #womenintechnology #womenintechnortheast #communityinterestcompany #socialenterprise 

Bookings are now open for our January meetup 🤩 We're kicking off 2025 with something a little different. Jeni Smith from NetKno will be running a practical session on how to network like a pro and feel more comfortable doing it. They'll then be time to practice your new skills over coffee and cake. We delighted to be returning to The Catalyst to host this event in collaboration with Mercator Digital. Book your free space here > https://lnkd.in/eziU6h2N Any questions then get in touch with Kathryn Wharton ⭐️, Rachel Pattinson or Jennifer Wood

As 2024 wraps up, our directors Kathryn Wharton ⭐️ Rachel Pattinson & Jennifer Wood wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has engaged with the community in 2024. Establishing a Community Interest Company was a huge milestone for us. It reinforces our commitment to continue to do our bit to make a more equal tech sector and will hopefully provide access to funding opportunities so we can do more. We need to extend a special thanks to our partners Home Group, Marra, Gateshead College, hedgehog lab, CyberNorth & BJSS for helping make the events happen. The first event will take place on 28th January at 10 am. Bookings go live w/c 6th Jan. See you in 2025 👋🏼 #WomenInTechNorthEast #Community

We may have ran our last event of 2024 but we're busy planning for 2025. Here's the details of our first event of 2025: 📍 The Catalyst, Newcastle ⏰ 10 am - 12 pm 📅 Tuesday 28 January 🎟️ Bookings open early Jan We’re delighted to be partnering with Mercator Digital to kick off the year with a networking extravaganza with Jeni Smith. If you’re interested in partnering on a future event then do drop Kathryn Wharton ⭐️ or Rachel Pattinson a message. #WomenInTechNorthEast #WomenInTech #Community

Throwback to last Tuesday at Bank House - Pilgrim Place celebrating all things Cyber with BJSS and CyberNorth. Huge thanks to our inspiring speakers Nicola Japp and Dr. Meera Sarma who are doing some brilliant and impactful work in the sector. We had another fantastic turnout. It was great to have people in the room who have supported us over the past couple of years and to welcome some new faces. Our events will be back in 2025. If you're interested in co-hosting or sponsoring then get in touch with Kathryn Wharton ⭐️ or Rachel Pattinson (Thank you to Andrew for the pics!) #WomenInTechNorthEast #CyberFest24 #Community

We're beyond delighted to have been nominated in the 2025 Northern Power Women Awards 🎉 Thank you to the wonderful, anonymous human who said these very kind words in the entry: "𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬—𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨." 💜 Kathryn Wharton, Rachel Pattinson & Jennifer Wood will be keeping an eye on the shortlist to see if they need to find a frock for the awards ceremony. #NPWAwards #WomenInTech #Community

Only two weeks to go until our October meet up 🎉 We've organised fireside-style chats with two inspirational women doing fantastic work in their respective areas of Cyber Security. Dr. Meera Sarma, CEO at Cystel, and Nicola Japp, Security Delivery Manager at Accenture will be talking about their careers, passions and activities in the sector. The event is fully booked but we recommend joining the waiting list to be the first in line for when tickets get cancelled > https://lnkd.in/ea4WYDHE Huge thanks to our partners BJSS & CyberNorth and big shout out to the organising team Kathryn Wharton ⭐️, Rachel Pattinson & Thea Scott #WomenInTechNorthEast #CyberFest #Community

Event 4 of 2024 is now live 🎉 This time we've lined up two incredible women in tech. They'll be sharing their career journey's, challenges they've overcome and future plans. It's fair to say that we're excited about every event we run...but we're super excited about this one! Here's all the details: ⌛ Tuesday 15 October, 18.00 - 20.00 📍 BJSS HQ, Bank House, Pilgrim Street 🤝 Thanks to our partners BJSS & CyberNorth 🎟 https://lnkd.in/ePFbDByc Do get booked on / share with your pals / like and comment to spread the word! Kathryn Wharton ⭐️I Rachel Pattinson I Jennifer Wood I Thea Scott 💜 hashtag#WomenInTechNorthEast hashtag#Community

Missed the last Women in Tech North East CIC event or just want to relive the morning? Our friends at Gateshead College kindly created this highlights reel for us. Hosted in collaboration with Marra, we were lucky enough to hear from Cindy Lai, Natasha, Sophie Irwin and Rachael Wood who shared their journeys into tech. Huge thanks again to the organising team of Kathryn Wharton ⭐️, Jenny Lee Vickerman, Monika Sharma, Jo Mcgovern, Sara Nixon, Chloe Eve Fergie🦩, Deepa Gibson, Natalie Barras, Rachel Pattinson and Jennifer Wood. Have a watch and do tag your friends 📸

The Women in Tech North East April event is now fully booked! 📝 But don't worry, we have opened a waiting list for those who still want to attend, please visit the booking page: https://lnkd.in/e_EH5Cnm ⭐️ Thank you to our sponsors, Marra and Gateshead College. 💡 Don't forget to let us know if you can't come to the event, so we can give your ticket to someone on the waiting list. #WomenInTechNorthEast #Community #WiTNE #WomenInTech