Building confidence will take centre stage at a London festival dedicated to empowering women
The Festival of Confidence will take place at Lyric in Hammersmith London and will provide a safe space for all women over 18, including Trans, non-binary and intersex to focus on building and celebrating their confidence.
Yolanda Copes-Stepney founder & director of all-female digital agency Speak&Do, created the event to highlight the importance of confidence, self-esteem, wellbeing and mental health for women. The festival invites women to celebrate and support each other at a day filled with masterclasses, workshops, talks and panel discussions all themed around building confidence and empowering women.
The London-based event aims to bring together a diverse group of women representing a variety of communities and activities include:
- Panel talks: Body image, wellbeing, mental health, mindfulness and more…
- Career advice
- Financial advice
- Self-care for anxiety
- Bra fittings and body confidence workshops
- Flirting and dating workshop
- Meditation and mindfulness
- Makeup masterclass
Speakers and guests include:
- Cate Mackenzie – Love Coach, Psychosexual Therapist and Couples Counsellor
- Cherry Shakewell – Burlesque Performer
- Cici Coleman – TV Personality
- Em Deacon – Motivational Speaker & Former NHS Doctor with Stage 4 Cancer
- Jayde Pierce – MUA & Beauty Influencer
- Jini Reddy – Journalist & Author
- Katie Weir – Curvy Kate’s Bra Whisperer & Body Image Activist
- Lais Martins Waring – DJ
- Lucy Jackson – Activist & Actress
- Natasha Bjoerndal – The Careerist – Career & Life Coach
- Rafeeka Love – Model & Skincare Writer
- Sangeeta Pillai – Writer and Owner of Soul Sutras
- Sarah Vogel – Leadership Coach
- Sarupa Shah – Entrepreneur
- Shakira Akabusi – Athlete
- Tamar Jeynes – Lived Experience Practitioner
- Zoe Manyonda – Your Space Yoga Club
- And more…
Founder, Yolanda Copes-Stepney said, “I created the event due to my own confidence being affected by drastic life changes. I had a difficult few years, where in the space of 21 months, I lost nine members of family and my long-term relationship ended, but I had a new business to run and responsibilities, so couldn’t take a break.
I have always been incredibly confident, but grief from bereavement and heartbreak really took a toll on my self-esteem and mental health. I had to learn to motivate myself through a trying time and was lucky enough to be surrounded by women who made it their mission to build my confidence until I was back to normal myself.
I want to bring women together in an environment that can build and give the gift of confidence. We are starting off small, but I hope this is the first of many Festivals of Confidence. Women don’t need to be taught to band together, it’s something we do naturally and this is a real way to celebrate that.”