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WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership)

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WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership) is a London-based club for senior women in advertising and communications, founded in 1923. Its stated aim is to accelerate gender equality in the advertising and communications industries, including a campaign for women to hold half of all chief executive roles. Members are mostly chief executives, founders or the most senior marketers at client organisations, agencies, media owners and trade bodies. Membership is by nomination from one member, seconded by another, and applicants need to have taken part in WACL events within the previous two years. Members meet at dinners and drinks and take part in peer mentoring, a guest speaker programme and campaigns such as #ChangeTheStats. For women earlier in their careers it runs the WACL Talent Awards, which fund training through bursaries, an annual Festival of Talent and Talent Sessions of mentoring and events. The annual subscription is not published. Members commit to 'The Power of 3': attending one dinner or members' drinks, buying or donating one ticket for mentoring or the festival, and acting as a mentor, committee member or campaign supporter. WACL says these costs come to about £630 to £950 a year on top of the subscription. It has about 300 members. It operates through WACL Limited, a company limited by guarantee incorporated in 2004, according to The Gazette.

Women in Film & TV UK

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Women in Film & TV (UK), known as WFTV, is a London-based not-for-profit membership body for women in film, television and digital media, formed in 1989. Any woman working in any role in the media industries can join, either as a personal member or through corporate membership, which covers all women at the member company. Members get a weekly programme of online and in-person events, more than 270 online webinars, a weekly newsletter and discounted tickets to the WFTV Awards, held each December. The Four Nations Mentoring Scheme gives mid-career women six months of mentoring with senior industry figures, with seminars in London, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow. The Fast Track to Fearless Leadership Programme takes 12 senior leaders a year for six group coaching days and three individual coaching sessions, and is free. Personal membership costs £120 a year or £10 a month, including value added tax (VAT). Corporate membership is priced by company size. WFTV is part of Women in Film & Television International, a network of more than 12,000 women. It is led by chief executive Katie Bailiff, and its legal entity, Women in Film & Television (UK) Limited, was incorporated in 1990 as a company limited by guarantee.

Women in PR

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Women in PR (WPR) is a UK membership network for senior and middle-management women working in public relations, with most events held in London. Full and digital membership are open to public relations practitioners with five or more years' experience, or those working at middle-management or director level. Full membership is meant for people who can get to events in London and includes free entry to standard in-person events and all online events. Digital membership is for those further away and covers online events and one in-person event in their region. Members can apply for a 12-month mentoring programme run with PRWeek UK, which pairs mentees with women in very senior UK PR roles for at least six sessions. Employers can buy group memberships at a 10% discount. Full membership costs £100 a year or £10 a month, and digital membership £50 a year or £5 a month. Members are all female or female-identifying, although men are welcome at events. WPR also keeps a directory of women speakers, campaigns on issues affecting women in the industry and gives members links to Global Women in PR. It is run by an elected committee of 20, led by its president, Ginny Paton.

Women of the Future Network

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Women of the Future Network is an invitation-only network for high-achieving women in the UK, set up in 2007 as part of the Women of the Future Programme. Members are drawn from the shortlists and champions of the Women of the Future Awards and the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, and from other programme initiatives that support younger women. The network runs a series of events each year where members share experiences and build business relationships, including business lunches, drinks receptions and morning networking sessions. Hosts have included KPMG and Rio Tinto, and some events are held online. Members work in fields such as science, technology, health, media, finance and design, and range from early-career specialists to chief executives. Membership fees are not published, and people can register their interest through a form on the website. The network says it has more than 1,000 members. It has also launched in Asia Pacific, where events have included receptions at the British High Commission in Singapore. The wider programme is led by its founder, Pinky Lilani, a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and Deputy Lieutenant (DL), who set up the Women of the Future Awards in 2006.