We are delighted to introduce another fantastic singer who will be joining us at our upcoming HBW presents a Christmas Carol Concert at Bona Church on the evening of Tuesday 10th December The fabulous Katie Munro! Here is what Katie had to tell us about herself and why she was so keen to be involved in this event:

My name is Katie Munro. I moved to the Highlands in 2020. I have been singing for years. In 2012 I joined the military wives’ choir, featuring in 2 albums and a music video. I also got the opportunity to sing with the Scottish legend Lulu!

In 2023, I applied for the Ness Factor and became a finalist, raising funds for the Highland Hospice. Now I sing solo and with my newly formed band NessiX.

I wanted to sing at the Xmas Concert to bring awareness and help raise funds for the HALO Charity. Knowing that the cost of living is having a detrimental effect on families, I am hoping the money raised brings a positive impact on all those that need support. I volunteer for MCR Pathways supporting vulnerable children and with having 2 children of my own, I wanted to give something back to the community.

Pages to like and follow:

https://www.facebook.com/KTMUNRO.SINGER

https://www.facebook.com/NessiXband

You can also contact Katie via email: contact.ktmunro@gmail.com

We are delighted to introduce another fabulous singer who will be joining us at our upcoming HBW presents a Christmas Carol Concert at Bona Church on the evening of Tuesday 10th December The wonderful Kelly Davidson!

Kelly started her music career at the age of 16 performing across the north of Scotland in the family country music band. On moving to Inverness Kelly took part in Ness Factor and was delighted to win most inspirational fundraiser of the year. She also performed with Highland Voices.

Kelly is proud to be a member of local soul band Scooty & the skyhooks and looking forward to 2025.

Tickets to attend our concert are on sale now but are selling out fast!! This event is open to all so please feel free to bring your friends and family to help us raise as much money for Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo as possible

We are delighted to announce that the fabulous Sarah Mackay will be joining us once again, this time to perform at our upcoming Christmas Carol Concert on the evening of Tuesday 10th December at Bona Church on the grounds of Highland-Escape.com

As many of you will know, Sarah performs with soul band Scooty & the Skyhooks. She is also a session singer for other bands and acts. As a proud member of Scooty, Sarah has been delighted to support acts such as Jools Holland, Martha Reeves and Runrig. Previous to this Sarah worked in five star hotels abroad and on cruise ships. Sarah has also performed in adverts for Gala Bingo and supported boyband Blue as a solo artist.

We're sure many of you will remember that Sarah supported our fundraising efforts for Halo recently when she joined us at our Awards ceremony, hosting our live Hit or Miss game!

Tickets to attend our concert are on sale now but are selling out fast!! This event is open to all so please feel free to bring your friends and family to help us raise as much money for Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo as possible

We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Zoe Kinnear McIntyre will be one of the singers at our first ever Carol Concert on the evening of Tuesday 10th December at Bona Church on the grounds of Highland-Escape.com

Zoe owner of The Powder Room by Zoe told us:

I have always loved to sing, and I more recently have found myself performing locally with some talented friends in a musical theatre capacity. By day you can find me running my beauty business, The Powder Room by Zoe. I'm very excited to be doing something I love for a worthy cause such as Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo

You can follow Zoe on her business page tagged below

The Powder Room by Zoe

Get your tickets to attend the concert now before they sell out. This event is open to all so please feel free to bring your friends and family to help us raise as much money for Halo as possible

We are delighted to announce that the wonderful and very talented Caoimhe Simpson will be performing at our first ever Carol Concert on the evening of Tuesday 10th December at Bona Church on the grounds of Highland-Escape.com

Caoimhe one of the Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo trustees and owner of Timeless Spa & Beauty Ltd told us:

Singing has been a passion of mine from a very young age, however I don’t often get the chance to perform much these days with work commitments. I’m so excited to be performing at the HBW Carol Service night and to help fundraise for an incredible charity at the same time!

You can follow Caoimhe on her business page tagged below

Timeless Spa & Beauty Ltd

Get your tickets to attend the concert now. This event is open to all so please feel free to bring your friends and family to help us raise as much money for Halo as possible.

We can’t quite believe it’s that time of the year already where we announce we will be opening applications to be our Charity of the Year for 2025 very soon.

We have had the most incredible and rewarding year working with Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo throughout 2024 and we’ve still got lots more fundraising to do and awareness to raise for them before the end of 2024

Applications to be our Charity of the Year for 2025 will open at noon on Friday 15th November and close at noon on Friday 20th December.

You can check back on our website on 15th November for more info and to download the application form

https://www.hbw.scot/new-page-1

Highland Business Women Members please save the date of the afternoon of Tuesday 14th January for our annual Charity of the Year Presentations and Lunch. More information on that to follow in the coming weeks. Please note only current members can vote and you must attend the lunch to do so.

We have now launched our raffle in aid of our Charity of the Year Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo

On the 10th of December the raffle will be drawn live at our Christmas Carol event and there will be ONE WHOPPING GREAT HAMPER for ONE LUCKY WINNER!!

What an amazing Christmas treat!!

By purchasing a ticket, you'll be doing your good deed for the day as all raffle ticket sales are going straight to Halo.

That's a win win if there ever was one!!

Thank you so much to these fantastic local businesses who have already donated such generous prizes.

If any more businesses would like to gift a prize for this very worthy cause to encourage as many ticket sales as possible, we would be so very grateful Just pop us a message.

With over a month to go we will have more prizes to add

Tickets are only £5 each and it's nice and easy to enter, via the following Just Giving Link:

https://www.justgiving.com/.../highland-business-women...

Please note that no numbers will be issued. All those who enter will have their names entered into our raffle draw.

The final IMPACT30 programme will start in September 2024 for 12 months.

This is an incredible opportunity plus 1:1 business mentoring, at no cost to the individual.

There are some eligibility criteria;

✨Must be based in Highlands and Islands

✨Ideally 35 or under

✨Working in an enterprise less than five years old (or it can be an early-stage business idea/concept too)

✨Ambitious, with the drive to take their business, or the business they work with, to national or international level

✨Open to putting new ideas into practice that can boost business, and effect positive change and growth

Apply for IMPACT30 ⬇️⬇️

We wanted to take some time to highlight our wonderful Charity of the Year Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo and the fantastic work they do within our local community.

Halo was founded to support families in crisis and bridge a gap for families who require immediate assistance for their wee ones. In the Highlands 1 in every 5 children is living in poverty and living in poverty can create adverse childhood experiences for children and can leave them vulnerable to being bullied, limiting their life chances and opportunities. When something as simple as a warm winter jacket and boots encourages a child to want to attend school, it’s a small step on their path to a brighter future.

You can help Halo at anytime by donating via the Just Giving link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/.../highland-business-women...

They also have an Amazon wishlist:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/14G4HEZS013DF...

You can also drop any donations to their drop off at the Eastgate Centre or at their HQ at 50 Seafield Road, Inverness, IV1 1SG by prior arrangement.

🏆🏆🏆 News just in 🏆🏆🏆

Our Charity of the Year Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo are the winners of Charitable Organisation at the Highland Heroes Awards organised by Highland News & Media 🎉🎉

Ladies,

Lots of you still haven’t featured in Member Monday yet! Don’t be shy please tell us all about yourself and your achievements 📣

We’d love to learn more about you all ✨

We, the Highland Business Women board are committed to ensuring you receive value and benefit from your memberships and are keen to increase your profile/visibility within the organisation and across the wider community.

With a combined total of over 5900 followers across our social media channels it really is a great opportunity to promote yourself and highlight your story and your successes.

Our friends over at Executive Magazine launch their brand new podcast tomorrow 🎉

You can get it on the below links ⬇️⬇️

Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eBzH4gkj

Amazon: https://lnkd.in/e_ktETua

Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/

Our wonderful ✨️Charity of the Year✨️ 💜💛 Highland Action For Little Ones - Halo 💛💜️ have today, officially opened their brand new drop off facility in the Eastgate Shopping Centre!! 🎈🎉

Congratulations to all involved! The facility looks fantastic!! What an inspired solution for an easy and accessible way for people to donate! We hope you all make good use of this facility. If we can all manage to give even just a little, together we can make a huge difference.

We cannot wait to work with this absolutely incredible and well deserving charity!!

We would once again like to thank all of our charities who presented at our event today. We know that everyone in the room found the vote a hard one to make, what incredible charities we have here in our community!!

We look forward to seeing what our year ahead with Highland Action For Little Ones will bring and we will bring you more on that partnership very soon!!!