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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Fantastic night at #RisingStarsAwards in London- I was a speaker & won the Editors Choice Award 🥇 @wearethecity.bsky.social it was spoilt by the 2hr train delay the next day 10-07-26 #AvantiWestCoast the 100% refund is extremely hard to get, I travel all the time and not once had success. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

GM4Women2028 Rising: Ten Boroughs. One Sisterhood. “…Across all ten we stand as one, no boundary can divide. A Greater Manchester sisterhood That’s right, And still we rise.” By #CarolAnnWhitehead Co-Participation Lead @gm4women2028.bsky.social 💜🤍💚 Full poem www.gm4women2028.org/post/ten-bor...

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“We lift as we climb” Always fun supporting Executive Director Aba Graham and Stockport Race Equality Partnership (S-REP) team with the cool 😎 vibes for last Friday in May #YouthZone Planning summer trip away day (participants not pictured) Find out about the great work they do www.srep.co.uk

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

An extract from my poem: My Tapestry of Golden May 🤩 “…So May became my tapestry of grace Of friendship, heritage, and public place; A month where my energy and care Left celebration shining everywhere.” Full poem here: lnkd.in/eR7usJvk

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Earlier this year I was honoured to receive my invitation from CMI President Fiona Dawson CBE to attend the 2026 #CMIPresidentsDinner & Awards with the #CharteredManagementInstitute at the iconic #WaldorfAstoria The @cmi-managers.bsky.social event was amazing and took place last week 💫

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Historic Moment for #GreaterManchester 🐝✨ I am incredibly proud to witness my friend, author & broadcaster Mark Llewellin DL, officially installed as the #HighSheriff of #GreaterManchester for 2026/27. 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #CommunitySpirit #YourManchester #VoluntarySector #Tameside #Leadership

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Rules in Life: You should give your camera lens a quick wipe down before taking a photo 📸 #HotBoobMist 🤩 #IYKYK

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A huge thank you to our speakers Fiona Taylor - BA(HONS), MA, Revd. and Simone Roche MBE for their insightful contributions to today's CMI West Midlands & North West webinar "𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 👏 YouTube link www.youtube.com/live/mORu_Xb... #CMICommunity

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

As Chair of Chartered Management Institute regional board - CMI West Midlands & North West - I invited my fabulous guests Simone Roche MBE and Revd Fiona Taylor - to join me for #WiseWomenRising - Embracing Menopause in Leadership www.youtube.com/live/mORu_Xb... @cmi-managers.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Still buzzing ✨flying the @porticolibrary.bsky.social & #ZebraTribe flag at the #NorthernPowerWomenAwards being awarded highly commended in the #EmpowermentChampion category - fab being interviewed by #MichelleEagleton & catching up with fab #STEM legend Prof Sue Black 💖

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#WhiteheadOnTheWireless 📻 In my 12th year as a contribution and first for 2026 I was back on #BBCRadioManchester with Broadcaster, former Deputy Lieutenant Eamonn O’Neal and radio host & former CITV presenter Danielle Nicholls. Prof Helen Pankhurst CBE & I will be on the radio Fri am 💜🖤🤍💚 #IWD2026

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“As we step into #WomensHistoryMonth 2026, we do so with the profound understanding that #genderequality is the bedrock of global #humanrights. In the spirit of #ZeroDiscriminationDay, we commit to #amplifyingmutedvoices” 🟪⬜️🟩 An extract from my quote @5050parliament.bsky.social House of Commons

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The sun came out for @porticolibrary.bsky.social Dr Debbie Challis & yours truly for our #HeritageHoliday trip to Liverpool. This knowledge sharing, best practice visit was to #TheReaderUK and the Mansion House at Calderstones. Thanks Jemma & Anton 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Look at my pressie from him indoors #ThreadsOfDestiny from #StarTrek Deviations ✨ Mahoosive thank you @danwhitehead.net

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Look at my pressie from him indoors #ThreadsOfDestiny from #StarTrek Deviations ✨ Have a fab weekend.

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

“STOP WITH THE AI CARICATURES!!! PLEASE! It’s not funny, it’s not a joke, AI steals from artists to then churn out these god awful things… .. Just support the ARTS, it’s just as important as anything else. Art is work.” #MarcJackson Well said that man 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #ArtIsWork #SupportTheArts #Comics

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#StockportRaceEqualityPartnership Event: Stockport Race & Culture Awards Host: #CarolAnnWhitehead Date: 6 Feb 2026 Category: Young Person of the Year Presented by: Kofo Kego Oyeleye, Chair of #GMCA #RaceEqualityPanel Winner: ✨Papula Aga ✨ Well done Papula 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #community #youth

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Stockport Race And Culture Awards Well!! That was a bit of a blast last night💥 Not only supporting Stockport Race Equality Partnership (S-REP) Directors #AbaGraham & #SolomonOnaolapo but hosting the awards for the 4th year is an absolute tonic. Amazing finalists 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 @stockportcouncil.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Happy February!! Have a wonderful week everyone My #ZebraTribe week: 🔸Kickstart #RaceEqualityWeek with my University of East London Fellowship 🔸CMI MotherShip Meetings 🔸Back up north for the Stockport Race & Culture Awards Meanwhile Starbucks making me feel special 🤩

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

January in a nutshell ✨ @5050parliament.bsky.social Ambassador @gmchamber.bsky.social speaker • #ClassCeiling Launch • @porticolibrary.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social visit • #NPWawards finalist• Finalist @cmi-managers.bsky.social Finalist • #GMBTE Lifetime Achievement award Grateful 💫

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#PorticoLibrary Volunteers Rock!! Meet the fabulous Ikram. Thanks to the visitors for joining us for our first Saturday opening of 2026. @porticolibrary.bsky.social 📚

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition" #Sade #Musician Happy 67th birthday to the forever muse, Sade Adu 🌹who looks amazing. Long before any backlash of the 2023 live action ‘Little Mermaid’, Sade did this back in 1992! 34 years ago! 😲 Going for a lie down 🫣

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Live by the Sun ☀️ Love by the Moon 🌙 #TheZebraPartnership (Publishing / Events / Campaigns) #OutOfOffice #Christmas2025 🫶🏿🫶🏽🫶🏻🫶

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#ChristmasFeast 🏛️ @porticolibrary.bsky.social 📚 Fab event by Chef #JoeFenn & his team. Hosted by Dr Thom Keep, CEO & yours truly Chair, Public Programme Committee. Exciting times #PorticoReunited is an £11 m capital project that will transform & #futureproof our Grade II* listed building.

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

#SpreadingTheGospel for #ShirleyMay that @youngidentitymcr.bsky.social are looking for Trustees to join their board. Great opportunity 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 Application pack here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5e678...

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls Women putting the needs women and girls at the forefront of what they do. First Minister & Deputy First Minister of #NorthernIreland #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Happy Birthday to @porticolibrary.bsky.social Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

“Hey Queens” ✨💚✨ Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland #VoicesOfLeadership conference. I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I love with these stunning photos taken during Bimbo Ponmile's book launch for #WorldMentalHealthDay & #BlackHistoryMonth at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #PorticoUbuntu - #QueensInPrint 📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Ubuntu: Black Creatives with Kevin Dalton Johnson - part one Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

#Portico #Ubuntu Local History, Global Impact exhibition launch. Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us @porticolibrary.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#PorticoReunited This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community. www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#FridayFeeling Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟 @alliancembs.bsky.social We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Images at the @porticolibrary.bsky.social by #GideonOkorie Creative Story Teller Through Photography Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Regional Boards dinner:- Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Yes, as her indoors I completely concur. I had my fill of fabulous #clocks 🕰️ of all kinds. I was strong and did not indulge 😜

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

#SixDegreesOfSeperation On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates #Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲 Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything. Still waiting Mindy ✨💐

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

#KeepCalmAndCarryOn Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness. Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

This was fun! @porticolibrary.bsky.social book launch. Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

On this day in 2023 there was a buzz with a bit of seasoning at #OldTrafford stadium & it was nothing to do with football ⚽️ I was asked to be one of the line up of hosts for the #BOBExpo (#BlackOwnedBusiness) - I was flying out to Belfast with #dzywhitehead to film in a few days 🌟

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

#England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 winning on penalties! #WEURO2025final #LikeALioness 💪🏿⚽️💪🏽⚽️💪🏼⚽️ At 19 she’s a #Trailblazer 💥 Just look at #MichelleAgyemang getting celebrated like that and thinking of all of the young #women & #children watching who look like her 🌟❤️🌟 #DareToDream #SportForAll 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #Lioness

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

What did you do on #NelsonMandelaDay? I joined the speaker & podcast line up with some awesome Queens 👑here in the U.K. & overseas. #GREATERMANCHESTER #BLACKTECHEXPO - The Power of Expression Thank you to #MichaelEkpechue of Adanian Labs for curating a space.

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

“Success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the difference you make in people's lives." @michelleobamya.bsky.social Thanks to #LeeChambers who paid for some winners to attend the awards, their company would not due to #EDI #rollback 😠 We all had a fantastic night 🌟 #RisingStars100 🌟

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

As #WeAreTheCity Judge I’m in #London as speaker at the awards. Representing Chartered Management Institute @cmi-managers.bsky.social as Dep Chair #CMIWomen & Chair CMI #WestMidlands & #NorthWest board. 🌟Congratulations #RisingStars100 winners 🌟

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Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI @zebracaz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Flying the flag for @cmi-managers.bsky.social “Watching the embodiment of change and disruptor that is Carol Ann shake the room at the Women in Leadership conference hosted by Institute of Government & Public Policy. Talking about the elephant in the room. Women supporting women more.” #Made4Tech

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