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Board member Imme Rog: 'All women’s voices deserve to be heard'

 - Lotterynews

Imme Rog, member of the executive board of the Postcode Lottery Group, was keynote speaker at Women's Voices, an event in London bringing together the creative industry and charities to give more women a voice.

Picture: Imme Rog with Liz Ward from Stonewall, left, and Su Mei Thompson from Media Trust, right, at the Women's Voices event in London

Representatives of more than 30 charities across the UK gathered in London today for an inspirational event marking International Women’s Day (March 8th).

Organised by Media Trust and supported by People’s Postcode Lottery, Women’s Voices brought together good causes campaigning and advocating for women and girls with volunteers from the media and creative industries, to help raise awareness of the incredible work they do in transforming and improving lives.

Protecting rights of women and girls
Keynote speakers included member of the executive board of Postcode Lottery Group, Imme Rog, who outlined the lotteries' long-term commitment to support charities working to protect the rights of women and girls, and who drew inspiration from Postcode Lottery Ambassador Nice Leng’ete, in urging all those taking part to ensure their voices were heard, “Loudly. And often".

Speaking at the event, Imme said: “The Postcode Lottery Group has and will always be deeply committed to raising funds for charities working to advance and defend the rights of women and girls everywhere."

"Imagine the power when we speak as one. It’s important that we never forget – all women’s voices deserve to be heard.”

Imme Rog speaking at Women's Voices

Google Academy London
A diverse range of charities took part in the event at Google Academy London. They covered issues such as political representation, sports inclusivity, mental health, economic empowerment, domestic violence, and much more – but all with a common aim of supporting women and girls to reach their full potential and to thrive.

During the day-long workshop, which is now in its eighth year, volunteers were matched with charities to share their expertise and skills, work through communications challenges and help increase engagement with core audiences and the wider public.

Creative industry
Volunteers from more than 120 organisations working within the creative industries gave their time to take part, including team members from People’s Postcode Lottery.

From helping with social media strategies to reach new audiences, to developing campaigns to raise funds and suggesting ways to drive engagement, each team worked to find creative solutions and deliver a plan for the charity to take away, develop and implement.