On Friday 16th March, Carolyn Atkinson, a Director of Huddersfield-based chartered accountancy practice, Sheards, hosted the Huddersfield & District Society of Chartered Accountants Annual Dinner in her role as President of the Society.
The event, which took place at Cedar Court Hotel, was attended by a record number of guests with over 270 in attendance from across the Huddersfield business community, including VIP guest Deputy Mayor of Kirklees Cllr Gwen Lowe.
Eve Pollard, renowned broadcaster and former national newspaper editor, gave the after dinner speech in which she addressed the new era for women in business in light of the Time’s Up and Me Too campaigns.
On the night over £3,400 was raised for Kirkwood Hospice, Sheards Accountancy’s charity of the year, which will go towards a specialist mattress – a vital piece of equipment for the wellbeing of the residents.
Carolyn Atkinson commented:
“I want to say a huge thank you to all those that attended and helped us to raise such a fantastic amount of money for Kirkwood Hospice. This year the Hospice are celebrating their 30th anniversary and they have been such a huge part of community during that time so it’s fantastic to support them.”
“As President, I have worked to engage with women as well as students and younger members of the professions in the events that the Society carries out. It was an absolute honour to have Eve Pollard in attendance; it was important to me have a female as the after dinner speaker and Eve was the first female to have ever given a speech at this particular event.”
