Business owner Jessica Pilkington (above) is honoured to become the first Northamptonshire businesswoman to receive a MP HERoes award.
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ONE of Northamptonshire’s leading female business owners has been awarded a MP HERoes Award in recognition for her achievements in business and her commitment to Northamptonshire’s charity and non-profit sector.
Jessica Pilkington, founder and director of Northamptonshire-based PR and marketing company Pilkington Communications, was nominated for the award by Mike Reader, MP for Northampton South, and has collected her award from Westminster Palace.
In her new role as an MP HERo, she will now attend regular events at Parliament and be called upon to champion female entrepreneurship in the UK.
“This is a huge honour,” Jessica said. “I am particularly proud as this is the first year a Northamptonshire person has been selected for this award. This is all about building a talent pool of local role models, successful business owners with ambition to grow who lead the way for other women.
“I am passionate about this and proud to be in such incredible company.”
The MP HERoes programme, now in its third year, champions successful women business owners all across the country. The programme is run by the think tank Savvitas in partnership with NatWest and links each MP with a successful woman business owner in their constituency to encourage, celebrate and support female entrepreneurship across all sectors and industries.
Mike, who won the Northampton South Parliamentary seat at the General Election in July, said: “Jessica and her team demonstrate how local businesses can make a real difference in our community. Their work making high-quality marketing services accessible to charities and social enterprises helps amplify the impact of vital organisations across Northampton.”
Pilkington Communications, which has offices in Delapré Abbey, Northampton, specialises in working with charities, social enterprises and not for profits.
Clients include Groundwork Northamptonshire, Deafconnect, Community Law Service, Brackmills Business Improvement District, Delapré Abbey Preservation Trust, 60 Miles, Made With Many and Commsave Credit Union.
“Our team are driven by the belief that everyone deserves access to great marketing and communications support,” said Jessica. “In the charity and wider not for profit sector, budgets might be restricted but ambitions rarely are.
“I passionately believe that brilliant, clever and creative comms should be available to all. Making a difference to these organisations is incredibly rewarding.”
The company is also a supporter of Northamptonshire Community Foundation, donating monthly to the charity’s Corporate Giving Network.
Outside working hours, Jessica is a trustee of Northampton Community Spaces. She is also a founding member of a charitable fund which provides bursaries for secondary schools with neurodiverse challenges.
Harry’s Fund was launched earlier this year by Jessica and her husband and Pilkington Communications co-director David Chadwick in memory of their son Harry who died six years ago at the age of 19.
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