Nicola Carragher will be the guest speaker at the Merseyside Women of the Year awards 2025 later this month, with the last few remaining tickets for the event still available.
The interior designer, mum-of-two and avid runner is currently completing a challenge to run all seven Abbott World Marathon Majors consecutively within 12 months, to raise as much money as she can for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
So far, she has completed the Berlin, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Boston and London marathons, with just Sydney remaining on 31 August 2025. Nicola is the wife of former football player and Sky Sports pundit, Jamie Carragher, and they have two children together, James and Mia. The pair are childhood sweethearts who met in primary school and married in 2005.
The glittering annual celebration of exceptional women, which will take place at the Crowne Plaza in Liverpool City Centre on Friday 27th June. Much loved commère, Pauline Daniels will once again host the event, and there will be entertainment from Liverpool-based singer-songwriter, Emilie Culshaw, and The Liverpool Signing Choir.
Ellie Kerr, MWOTY Founding Director, said: “The challenge that Nicola has taken on to raise vital funds for Alder Hey is truly extraordinary and we are looking forward to hearing her talk about rediscovering herself through running and the circumstances that inspired her to take on this multi-marathon feat.”
Speaking about the event Nicola said: “It’s an honour to be invited to speak at the MWOTY 2025 awards. I am excited to be there to celebrate the amazing finalists and to also have the opportunity to share my own experiences as a mother and woman.”
Rae Brooke, CEO of the Community Foundation for Merseyside said: “The Merseyside Women of the Year Awards provide a platform to celebrate the remarkable of women from our region. It serves to recognise success, highlight unsung heroines and inspire others. We are looking forward to hearing Nicola’s story and acknowledging her achievements, along with those of the incredible MWOTY 2025 finalists.”
The overall “Merseyside Woman of the Year 2025” will be selected from all finalists, following a public vote (contributing 50% of the overall score) and marked by the organisation’s judging panel against its criteria, contributing the remaining 50% of the final score.
The coveted top prize will be presented by headline sponsor, FPC, and category sponsors for 2025 include Merseyrail, Community Foundation for Merseyside, Rathbones, Auteur Media, Neo Community and ADDvanced Solutions, McIver Scott Recruitment and Morecrofts.
A few tickets for the event still remain, you can purchase them here: https://merseysidewomenoftheyear.co.uk/tickets/