Celebration of Women in Northamptonshire’s Police and Fire and Rescue Services 2025

Northamptonshire OPFCC, Police and Fire and Rescue Service would like to invite you to a ‘Celebration of Women in Policing and Fire’ event. This event will celebrate the contributions made by women across the organisations, the journeys of women who were some of the first to join, those who are within the organisations presently and a look forward at women who are yet to start their careers.
This event gives women in police and fire a voice to share their stories, to acknowledge how far women have come and to understand how we continue to improve the experiences of women in policing and fire. It also links with the International Women’s Day theme of 2025 which is Accelerate Action for gender equality.

There will be opportunities to meet and talk to women who have kindly shared their own personal journeys which has been captured on film and will be premiered for the first time at this event.

You will hear from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner as well as current female leaders within Northamptonshire Police and Fire. There will be a panel session to ask current members of police and fire questions around their journeys.

British Gymnastics’ Performance Director and Olympic Coach Tracy Whittaker Smith MBE and Gold Medal Paralympian Maisy Summers Newton MBE will be our keynote speakers on the day. Tracey is a renowned leader within the world of Great British Olympics and Maisy is a Gold Medal winning Paralympic swimmer and Citi Disability Sportswoman of the year (2022). Both are from Northamptonshire and will share their journeys, performance and leadership experiences.

There will also be a series of displays showing the history of women in policing and fire within Northamptonshire and the important contribution they have made to protecting the communities of Northamptonshire.

We do hope you are able to attend this exciting event and look forward to meeting you.

Date: – 11th March 2025 Time: Arrival from 09:15 for 10am start – 13:00pm Location – Great Hall, Guildhall Northampton, NN1 1DE.

Please RSVP by booking a place here – Celebration of Women in Policing and Fire Tickets, Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
If you have any questions please contact Jonathon.tunney@northants.police.uk or Debbie.samwell@northants.police.uk