How to Get Involved in Public Life (Without Losing Yourself)
Rachel Richards
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: From £75 + expenses
- Category:
- Life Skills
- Updated:
- 1st August 2025
- Tagged:
- Campaigning | Activism | Leadership | Public Speaking
Whether it’s speaking up at a local meeting or standing for a committee, this empowering talk helps women understand how to step into public roles with confidence — even if they’ve never seen themselves as “political.” Based on Rachel’s work as a trainer for Women in Parliament.
Ideal for: civic groups, charities, women’s leadership events, town forums
Views: 12 | Enquiries: 0About Rachel Richards
Rachel Richards is a speaker, coach, and trainer with a gift for connecting personal stories to wider social change. Her talks inspire and inform in equal measure, drawing on real-life experience, humour, and a deep understanding of women’s wellbeing, leadership, and history.
A qualified wellbeing coach and personal trainer, Rachel helps women over 40 build healthier, stronger lives through sustainable habits — not perfectionism. She also brings her background in civic education to life through compelling storytelling, especially in her signature talk on the first ten women elected to the UK Parliament.
Rachel is based on the Isle of Wight and regularly speaks at WI federations, community groups, wellbeing events, and workplace training sessions. Whether she’s helping an audience feel stronger in their bodies or braver in their communities, her warm, grounded style makes her talks feel like a conversation — not a lecture.
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