WOMEN IN CHARGE

Women In Entrepreneurial Roles

Seven women from Sussex have been named among the UK’s most inspirational and dynamic female entrepreneurs by the f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100’ campaign.

The f:Entrepreneur campaign was launched in 2017 to raise greater awareness of the impact of incredible female business owners across the country, and help provide inspiration and role models to the wider small business community. Delivered by Small Business Britain, the leading champion of small businesses in the UK, the campaign offers a host of events, training, and networking opportunities to boost skills, capability, and confidence.

SUSAN PAYTON Founder of The Business of Stories

Susan is, in her own words, a story strategist, copywriter and messaging geek. In 2006, she was diagnosed with ME, and her work suffered further in 2008 when the property market she worked in crashed. She devoted the next few years to returning to health, leading to her training as an Advanced NLP Practitioner and Life Coach.

In 2015, she created a community for women who wanted to start their own business. She now helps passionate business owners to craft stories and narratives that launch businesses, build brands and deeply connect with their target market.

LISA BASKOTT Founder of 2nd Line of Defence

Lisa established 2nd Line of Defence, a female-focused front line security recruitment agency, in order to bring the recruitment and training of door staff into the 21st century.

She aims to address distinct issues:

• Prioritise the safety of women and vulnerable people/ groups within the cultural night-time economy.

• Address the chronic talent shortage of fully trained and vetted Security Industry Authority (SIA) licensed front line door security staff in the UK.

• Focus on people instead of premises.

JENNY LEGG Founder of Training Legs First Aid

Jenny is the owner of Training Legs First Aid, lead trainer for First Aid for Mental Health, co-founder of the First Aid Facilitators Forum and head ambassador for her campaign

‘Bra Off Defib On’.

This campaign was launched in 2022 after Jenny found out that women are 30% less likely to have a defibrillator used on them correctly simply because they are wearing a bra which should be removed.

#GetYourTitsOutForThePads

ROXY VAN DER POST Founder of Myosotis Film & Photography

As a young girl, Roxy dreamed of becoming a teacher. However, she failed a Maths test at school, that crushed her dreams and dented her confidence.

Instead, she gravitated towards a creative career. In her studies in Media & Culture at the University of Amsterdam, she took courses in gender studies and psychoanalysis, ethnomusicology and media history, and fell in love with documentary filmmaking.

She moved to Bradford to undertake a Masters Degree in Digital Film Making. She is now settled in Brighton – a city, she says, “filled with fellow purpose-driven, vegan, and queer creatives.”

JANNEKE BLOKLAND is the Chaplain at Hurst College, she is also an associate member of the Senior Management Team and Director of Staff Wellbeing