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Bloomfest: The Lift
What has made you feel uplifted today?
All3Media: Annika Allen
The energy in the room, just seeing all the different people here that are asking questions, uplifting each other, the different sessions.
Spotify: Sally Keane
Michelle Moore speak, when she was talking about really own your success and how your success can inspire others to achieve. I thought that just really resonated with me.
Responsible Marketing Agency: Aina Fuller
I absolutely loved the spoken word poem and the moment where we all put our hands up in the room. Peju did such an amazing job.
It Takes A Village: Chloe Davies
Connection with people has made me feel uplifted here today.
Group M: Felix Moise
People have been very eager to find ways to work with each other, even when it's not directly relevant. So I feel that, I mean, I guess this is the point, but I feel that everyone is sort of trying to figure out how to expand the work that they're doing and connect it across all of the people that are at the meeting today.
Disabled and Proud Podcast: Brooke Millhouse
The amount of people that are here and everybody seems super willing to learn and listen and network and get involved and that's amazing.
Fireflying: Amy Combrinck
The passion from every single person that has been talking. One particular quote of one of the panels that I heard was you don't find your purpose, it finds you. So many people are talking about that today and you can feel it off everybody you meet.
UM Worldwide: Michael Brown
It's seeing people in 3D and having great conversations. I personally think it's really important that men come to learn and perhaps learn how to be better colleagues, line managers to women.
Leap of Thought: Keren Blackmore
I think it's really special when you're able to connect and share and learn from other women in the space. So I think for me it's those connections and conversations.
Creativebrief / BITE: Georgie Moreton
It's just inspiring to see all these people in the same place and get some sessions on storytelling which give inspiration for creativity as well as connection.
Bloom UK: Bronac McNeill
Bloomfest just gets better, bigger, more fun, more informative. You can't come away without going, wow, I didn't know that. It's amazing. And, yeah, it's just very uplifting.
Bloom UK / 16x9media: Elizabeth Anyaegbuna
I can't say one thing. I've got to say the whole event. Because they've all been different things. Yeah, so, all of it.
The biggest event in the Bloom calendar, Bloomfest was an unmissable open-to-all one-day festival, bringing together 400+ women and allies to raise each other to new heights.
“Such a brilliant and thought provoking day”
“I loved how many Black women were sharing their wisdom, experience and journeys this year.”
“a magical space for women, nb and trans folk to come together”
“Never been to an event with so many happy people!”
What happened
A stellar line-up of 40+ speakers, facilitators and artists
22 sessions, including panels and workshops
The Booth of Truth, our annual safe space for anonymous story-sharing
Deeper content with speakers via our Bloom Voices podcast
Networking session
Wellbeing activities/moments
Entertainment, food & drinks
It was a day of provocation, up-skilling and coming together to overcome these barriers to success. The event brought to life what Bloom stands for: providing support, driving change, building connections, and having fun. It’s safe to say attendees will come away from Bloomfest feeling inspired, entertained and with an expanded network of brilliant women.
A space for women to be unapologetically themselves, find motivation to reach higher, and lift each other up. The Lift is our rallying cry to empower women, offer practical wisdom, champion gender equality, and celebrate the essence of womanhood.
Speakers
Rachel Yankey OBE
First Professional female footballer in England
Natasha Jonas
Professional boxer
Michelle Moore
Leadership coach, author, speaker
Cindy Gallop
Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn
Reeta Loi
Storyteller, Buddhist and Forbes 100 Founder
Ben Hunte
Global Correspondent, VICE News
and many more!
Where it happened
Taboola, 2nd Floor, Aldgate House, 33 Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1DL
Nearest tube stations: Aldgate (Circle Line, Metropolitan Line) is a 1 min walk, Aldgate East (District Line, Hammersmith & City Line) is a 6 min walk.
Nearest rail stations: Fenchurch Street Station is a 7 min walk, Liverpool Street Station is a 17 min walk or a short bus ride away.
Bus No. 25 stops right outside the building, and other bus routes 242, 205, 254, 115 serve bus stops close by.
Click the location pin on the map below to open Google Maps
All our spaces were wheelchair accessible and gender-inclusive.
Brought to you in partnership with our sponsors
Bloom annual sponsor
Presenting partner
Event sponsors
Get in touch
All our spaces were wheelchair accessible and gender-inclusive.
If you have any queries about the event, interest in speaking at our next Bloomfest or becoming one of our esteemed partners, sponsors and collaborators, please email bloomorguk@bloomnetwork.uk.
