Each year for the past nine years, the Action for Children Scotland Women of Influence Awards has celebrated a woman who has had a remarkable impact on Scottish society. This year, in honour of the tenth year of the Awards, the red carpet will be rolled out for, not one, but ten influential women – ‘The Perfect 10’ - in a glittering birthday bash that is set to raise a record amount for Action for Children Scotland.

 

Taking place on Sunday, 21^st March in the grand Hunter Halls, Glasgow University, the Woman of Influence Awards exist to encourage, support and recognise influential women in Scotland. Previous winners include: Helen Liddell, Scotland’s first female Secretary of State; Olivia Giles, Motivational Speaker and Charity Campaigner; and Elish Angiolini, the first ever female Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate.

 

Organised by a volunteer committee of dynamic Scottish women, the Awards have raised over £575,000 since the inaugural event in 2001, which has gone towards supporting some of the country’s most vulnerable and excluded children and young people in over 60 projects throughout Scotland.

 

This year, all money raised will go towards Action for Children’s Neglect appeal, recently launched by Davina McCall, which aims to raise £17million nationwide towards helping the country’s neglected children. 

 

All donations received will go direct towards the Neglect Appeal.   

 

£3 a month could help pay towards a fun day out for a neglected child

£5 a month could pay for two full dental hygiene packs for a year

£8 a month could help pay for a reading lessons for a child

£15 could pay for a hot nourishing lunch for 10 neglected children

£25 could buy an educational toy for a family centre toy library

£100 could pay for an inexperienced parent to join an Action for Children parenting course