USEFUL RESOURCES

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This page provides trusted support and signposting for women, helping you access practical guidance, professional advice, and the right services when you need them.

• Lighthouse (Mental health support)
• Helen Topp: helen.topp@horizonplatforms.co.uk
• STEM
• ACAS for workplace rights, discrimination, bullying, and what steps to take at work.
• EASS (Equality Advisory and Support Service) for advice on equality and human rights issues.
• Citizens Advice for practical guidance on discrimination, pregnancy/maternity issues, and workplace problems.
• Maternity Action for maternity rights, pregnancy discrimination, return to work, and maternity pay/benefits guidance.
• Pregnant Then Screwed for support and advice around the motherhood penalty and workplace discrimination.
• Working Families for flexible working, working parent/carer support, and legal advice guidance.
• Carers UK for unpaid carers needing work, financial, and practical support.
• Women’s Aid for domestic abuse support and local service signposting.
• Refuge for specialist domestic abuse support services.
• Mind (and local Mind services) for mental health information and support.
• Samaritans for confidential emotional support, including urgent support by phone.
• NHS menopause support and Women’s Health Concern for menopause and women’s health support information.
• MoneyHelper for government-backed money guidance, budgeting tools, and debt advice signposting.
• StepChange for free debt advice and debt support.
• Turn2us for benefits, grants, and financial support tools.

Introducing StrongHer Circle

We are pleased to spotlight StrongHer Circle, a membership community created to support women in business who are ready to move beyond simply holding everything together and start building greater strength, clarity and confidence in how they live and lead.

StrongHer Circle is built around the StrongHer FAB Method: Foundation, Alignment and Breakthrough. Its approach is focused not on pushing harder, but on helping women reconnect with themselves, create sustainable momentum and build a stronger sense of personal and professional alignment.

Designed for women in business over 40, the membership offers a supportive space for reflection, growth and honest conversation. Through fortnightly videos, weekly reflection prompts, monthly live calls and community support, StrongHer Circle gives members practical tools and a space where they do not have to perform, but can instead focus on what they need to thrive.

At a time when many women are balancing leadership, ambition, responsibility and the pressure to keep going, communities like StrongHer Circle matter. They create space for women to pause, reset and move forward with greater intention, resilience and support. This aligns strongly with the wider need across industry and business for environments that support not just performance, but sustainable growth and wellbeing.

To learn more about StrongHer Circle and its approach, visit their website and explore the membership.