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18/08/2026

We are busy working on the autumn edition of The NetWORKer Junior - a partnership between SASS media and Careers Navigator by Network Notwork CICafter a successful mini mag was launched in the spring.

Every young person deserves access to positive role models and opportunities that help them recognise their potential. That belief is one of the reasons we are proud to be launching the second edition of The NetWORKer Junior.

Created with junior journalists, the magazine will be packed with real-life stories, interviews and practical advice from people who have built successful careers across a wide range of industries. Young readers can discover different career paths and understand how work experience can help open doors in the future.

If you're interested in sponsorship and editorial, please drop me a line at [email protected]

Network Notwork CIC

As journalists, we spend much of our time telling stories, interviewing people from all walks of life and discussing the issues affecting communities across the region. One topic that comes...

17/08/2026

Dates for your diary!

Network Notwork CIC free networking events are back with a bang in September. Here are the dates for September...

Let’s get started with your diary dates for NetWORK Stockton and Stockton Globe Rob Lindsay! The Globe is our home turf and we can’t wait to kick off a new season right here! The 9th December will be a Christmas 🎄 gathering to remember! (Yes I feel sick and want to slap myself a little for mentioning C-word 🤮). Grab your tickets now - we already have a whopping 71 of you booked in for the 23rd! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/network-notwork-cic-88621195113

These events are in partnership with Katy Scott and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) 💫

We also have another Stockton surprise up our sleeve to be announced!

17/08/2026

Missed NETWORK NOTWORK CIC events? Don't worry, they are back with a bang in September!

17/08/2026

Female Founder UK® is a growing movement. The official trademarked brand of female founders across the UK, Female Founder UK was born and is based in Teesside.

Founded by female founder and marketing guru Max Freer, Female Founder UK® is a growing ecosystem set up to educate, inspire and support female founders whatever stage they're at in business.

The second Founder Live event - held at venue partner Teesside University - hosted 50 female founders and included a powerful presentation by Max on the startling statistic that only 2% of UK equity investment goes to female founders.

We gave a talk on storytelling, visibility and how your founder story can be used as a marketing tool to reach your key audience.

Laura Hall, owner of The Truffled Hog and The LH Group, was a fab interviewee for Sarah D's fireside chat where we discussed the highs and lows of being a female founder. We could have talked for so much longer on this so watch this space for a more in-depth interview!

Sarah W hosted a roundtable discussion on the issues raised in the presentation and what support is needed for female founders. Women around the table talked about a range of topics including misogyny in the workplace, barriers to visibility, fear of appearing vulnerable, to name but a few.

Mae from Social Allies captured the electric atmosphere with photos and reels. Keep an eye out for them dropping.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended, it was great to see you all. Read the full story below. Follow Female Founder UK on Eventbrite to keep up to date with events.

https://sassmedialtd.co.uk/news/female-founder-uk-is-a-growing-movement/

SASS is the official media and PR partner of Female Founder UK.

22/07/2026

Role models need to do better for our young people.

As journalists, we keep up to date with topical affairs and regularly have lively discussions in our office about what’s in the news.

Something that keeps coming up time and time again is behaviour. In particular, the behaviour of ‘role models’ – people in the public eye, from politicians to world class footballers.

People, you would think, who should know better.

Read our latest blog below:

As journalists, we keep up to date with topical affairs and regularly have lively discussions in our office about what’s in the news. Something that keeps coming up time and...

25/06/2026

Time is running out for students who have just finished their GCSEs to register to take part in an experience day Prior Pursglove College on Monday 29th June.

Angela Stevenson shared her personal account of resitting her GCSEs, before becoming the first person in her family to go to university.

What an inspiration, showing you can achieve great things, no matter your results - and Prior is here to help you!

Atomix Educational Trust

Prior Pursglove College invites those who recently finished GCSEs to join them for the day on June 29th The end of GCSEs is always tinged with anxiety, as secondary school...

25/06/2026

Calling all contacts with an interest in women's health and menopause support!

Consultants Choice Clinic is launching a specialist menopause clinic, led by Jahnavi Veeramasuneni, who we had the great pleasure of interviewing for this feature.

Dr Veeramasuneni is an expert in menopause and women's health and lifestyle and is able to provide a level of specialist care that goes beyond routine primary care.

For more information, check out the story at

Service ‘bridges the gap’ for one in 20 women with complex needs or requiring additional support A Stockton clinic which bridges the gap between the NHS and unaffordable private health...

23/06/2026

Record numbers of GCSE students have applied to study at Stockton Sixth Form College in September, where courses range from Aviation Operations (BTEC) to T Levels in Engineering and Adult Nursing – as well as traditional A Levels.

At least 1,625 Year 10 pupils from Stockton secondary schools are due to attend the college for special ‘taster days’ between now and July 8, where they can enjoy a flight simulator experience and learn about the college’s full range of courses.

A further preview day for Year 11 students, which students can book onto online, is also being held at the college on July 10. Visit https://www.stocktonsfc.ac.uk/ to register.

New courses at Stockton Sixth Form College, which is part of Atomix Educational Trust include AAQs in Early Childhood Development or Mental Health: Individuals and Society and A Level Spanish, which has returned due to popular demand.

Read the full story on SASSmedia

https://sassmedialtd.co.uk/news/college-flies-high-with-record-applications

19/06/2026

At the inaugural Female Founder UK Founder Live event at Teesside University this month, award-winning designer Kate Fearnley shared a raw account of the highs and lows of being a female founder.

During our fireside chat in front of an audience of education leaders, captains of industry, finance experts and female founders, Kate shared the highs of winning awards, dressing celebrities and having her own collections stocked in 80 bridalwear boutiques across the UK. She also shared the lows - the pressures behind the scenes of keeping up with demand, long hours, cashflow issues and trying to keep up with the shifts the industry underwent during and after Covid.

Kate was forced to close her business after 24 years in October and she has kept a very low profile since but inspired by the support she received from Max Freer and Female Founder UK, she decided to do a live interview with me at the FFUK event.

It's fair to say you could have heard a pin drop during the interview.

This is why we're hosting these vital conversations and this is why we're not just going to talk about the fact that only 2% of funding across the UK goes to female founders, we're going to galvanise action.

Right here, right now.

Because Kate - and every female founder - deserves it.

https://lnkd.in/ed9vFm8i

15/06/2026

Really pleased to see that Tees Business has covered the Female Founder UK event Sarah Dale and I hosted at Teesside University.

This event came on back of the work Female Founder UK has been doing behind the scenes to support women in business across Tees Valley for many years.

It invited women in business to join captains of industry, financial experts, intellectuals in the digital space, educational leaders and health and wellbeing specialists to demand the holistic support women in business across Teesside need right now.

Keep following us for more news to come from Female Founder UK, as SASSmedia is the official media and publicity partner for this amazing brand, built by women on Teesside for women on Teesside and beyond!

https://teesbusiness.co.uk/2026/06/12/female-founders-gather-to-demand-what-they-need-for-business-success/

Max Freer Samantha Anderson Joanna Wake Noel Dennis Andrew Rowe HSBC

Female founders from across Teesside were joined by captains of industry, education providers, finance experts and wellbeing specialists at a landmark event to discuss the need to back female entrepreneurs – and capitalise on “one of the greatest economic opportunities of our time”. The inaugu...