International Women's Day Talk - Give to Gain

Monday 9th March | 6pm The Scullery, Lime Wood

Join us at Lime Wood for an evening of conversation, connection, and reflection to mark International Women’s Day 2026.

This year’s theme, Give to Gain, explores the power of generosity, reciprocity, and support in driving meaningful progress for women. When we give, whether through time, knowledge, encouragement, or advocacy, we create opportunities not just for others, but for ourselves and our wider communities. Giving is not a loss; it’s a multiplier.

Hosted as a panel discussion, this 45-minute talk will bring together voices from different backgrounds to share perspectives on collaboration, contribution, and what it truly means to support women’s advancement today. The evening will conclude with a Q&A, offering the opportunity to join the conversation.

Your ticket includes fizz and nibbles on arrival, the panel discussion and Q&A, and a thoughtfully curated gift to take home.

Come along to listen, learn, share, and be part of an important and evolving discussion, because when women thrive, we all rise.

Meet the Panel:

Sara Glen

Sara, DipCNM (Distinction), MSc (Distinction), and Heart Rate Variability Coach, is a Naturopathic Nutritionist, wellness educator, and community health advocate. Formerly Deputy Chief Constable of Hampshire Police, she led major investigations and pioneered trauma-informed wellbeing programmes, earning the Queen’s Policing Medal for exemplary service.

Sara now combines public service, leadership, and lifestyle medicine as the founder of Infinite 8 Life and Director of Hengistbury Head Outdoors (HHO), a community wellbeing hub transforming a previously derelict facility into one
of the South Coast’s first community-owned spaces for land- and water-based therapies, social prescribing, and inclusive health programmes. Passionate about the intersection of people, nature, and prevention, she champions
initiatives that strengthen communities, reconnect people with the environment, and improve physical and mental wellbeing.

Claire Pearson

Claire Pearson is Managing Director of NEMI Teas, a UK social enterprise with a mission of Changing Journeys Through Tea; sales of NEMI teas and TRAMPOLINE Teas - their everyday sister brand - fund employment and training opportunities for refugees at their impact cafe ‘TRAMPOLINE’ in London. Previously Global Growth Director at Belu, she expanded their sustainable water solutions into Hong Kong and Singapore, with all profits going to WaterAid.

Claire champions giving back through purpose led business and collaboration across the hospitality and corporate sectors, ethical supply chains, and inclusive models that deliver positive social and environmental impact.

Rebekah Shaman

Rebekah Shaman is an eco-conscious pioneer who has worked with plant medicines for over 28 years. Her path began after a life-changing accident in Machu Picchu in 1997, which led her to train for 14 years with shamanic teachers in the Peruvian Amazon and later with ceremonial cacao in Mexico. In 2013, she began introducing cacao to the UK as a powerful plant medicine for mental health and wellbeing, helping to shape the early cacao movement through ceremony, teaching and mentorship.

In 2018, Rebekah founded Ritual Cacao, a ceremonial-grade cacao company sourcing directly from indigenous communities in Ecuador’s Chocó Andino bioreserve. Guided by ethics, ecology and ancestral wisdom, her work centres on cacao as a Master Plant Medicine, supporting healing, connection to nature, and the preservation of traditional farming cultures through ceremonies, retreats, training and the highest-quality, consciously sourced cacao.