The coveted Girl Tech programme launched in Manchester on Friday 6 June 2025, making its highly-anticipated pilot in the region. The event forms part of a series of digital insights days designed to open career paths and opportunities for young women – set to unfold in a total of five major cities across the country in its biggest year yet.
The Girl Tech initiative is designed and facilitated by social-value specialist Ahead Partnership to address significant gender disparities within tech and innovation, focusing much of its reach on young women who lack awareness or connections to this rapidly evolving sector, and providing them with the right tools to better access it.
This year’s Girl Tech was delivered with the support of several long-standing partners and employers, including headline sponsor Netcompany – whose support has helped to facilitate the UK expansion of the programme into Manchester and further across the UK.
Suzie Bell, Programme Manager at Ahead Partnership, said: “We are so proud to deliver this initiative for young women in Manchester. We know how meaningful this work has been for all of its participants to date, and cannot understate its impact for young women across the city.”
Find out more about Girl Tech here: https://www.aheadpartnership.org.uk/girl-tech