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Women on the Water - Network Event July 2021

Date:
08/07/2021

Start Time:
01:00 PM

End Time:
05:00 PM

Venue:
Online Workshop

 "Women on the Water" networking event on 8th July 2021, 1 PM to 5 PM 

Helen Gregory, Duty Operations Manager of Woolwich Ferry will be talking about the improvements Woolwich Ferry has made to introduce equality and their plans to encourage more women into the marine industry.

The networking event will start at 1 PM with a visit of Woolwich Ferry, please note that due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions the visit is limited to 16 participants.

The zoom workshop will start at 3 PM where Helen will be presenting:

We have been extremely fortunate that Hellen has stepped in for Fire Brigade Station Commander Brinley Powel after his early retirement. We are pleased to announce that the newly appointed Station Commander in post Emma Carr,  has been in touch, and is very happy to support future WOTW network events.

This networking event is open to all ladies in an operational role on the Thames.
Please book your attendance here.

For the visit at Woolwich Ferry we would kindly ask you to take a rapid lateral flow test. To order your free home-testing lateral flow test please visit the NHS webpage

What "Women on the Water" aspires to: 

PREVIEW Future Woman on the Water networking events 2021: 

7 December 2021, 3 PM to 5:30 PM at Waterman's Hall

Engaging in Conversations about Gender, Race and Ethnicity

  • Speaking comfortably about gender, race and ethnicity bias behaviours
  • What can we do?

We will reveiw what progress the network has made this year and discuss the benchmark survey results. We will be hosting a workshop on “Speaking comfortably about race at work, followed by Ethnicity & Gender Bias behaviours and what can be done to reduce them.  Find out more here 

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