Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council announce partnership with AwakenHub

Are you a female founder with growth ambition in the ABC Council area? Apply now for one of 15 sponsored AwakenClub Spaces!

AwakenHub and Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership aimed at empowering women founders in the local council area.

As part of this new partnership women founders in the council area are invited to apply for one of 15 sponsored annual AwakenClub memberships which will open up not only a local group of fellow founders to connect with, but an island of Ireland wide peer network with like-minded women founders at all stages of their journey.

Women founders from all sectors, backgrounds and ages with growth ambition are encouraged to apply for a sponsored annual membership to AwakenHub’s private online women founder community – AwakenClub.

Membership includes access to AwakenHub community events, DropIns, Big Sister sessions, shared intelligence in a peer community and lots more community wide supports and resources specifically targeted at women entrepreneurs.

Applications will open on 19 April and close on 3 May 2024 and 15 lucky women founders will be chosen to join hundreds of other women founders from across the island of Ireland.

Armagh City, Banbridge, Craigavon Council see this new partnership as another opportunity to address the unique challenges faced by women in business and create a more inclusive and supportive ecosystem for their ventures. This will in turn drive greater economic growth, innovation and opportunity in the Council area.

Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Alderman Margaret Tinsley commented:

“As part of Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council’s commitment to fostering women led businesses in Northern Ireland we are delighted to partner with AwakenHub. I am delighted that women within our Council area will have the opportunity to access this network of support.”

Quote: Clare McGee, AwakenHub Co-founder and CEO

“AwakenHub welcomes the addition of Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council as a new partner. We are excited to uncover new and exciting women founders who have yet to find our know about AwakenHub and thanks to ABC council support, welcome them into our founder community.”

Organsiation Info:

AwakenHub & AwakenAngels are sister organisations established to tackle the systemic lack of investment in and by women in the start-up ecosystem on the island of Ireland.

AwakenHub is a registered social enterprise with a social impact mission to remove barriers to investment, scale and success and create gender equity for founders. Founded in July 2020 by five women from the four provinces, the community now has 3000+ subscribers made up of women founders at all stages of their journey, hand picked Big Sisters, partners and allies (men and women) who are aligned to our mission and ethos.

AwakenAngels was launched in Spring 2023 as the first investor syndicate on the island of Ireland built with women in mind. It is women-led (not women-only) and syndicate members from across the globe come together to invest in women-founded businesses from all sectors on the island of Ireland. It is democratising angel investing for women by making it more accessible, educational, affordable and inclusive.