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The Chainmakers’ Festival 2025


Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Claire Williams - NASUWT  sec Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Sam Young - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Sam Young - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Claire Williams - NASUWT  sec Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Kate - NEU George Dixon Primary School

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Sam Young - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel Rebecca  - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Kate - NEU George Dixon Primary School

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Kate - NEU George Dixon Primary School

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel Rebecca  - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Kate - NEU George Dixon Primary School

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Kate - NEU George Dixon Primary School

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel Rebecca  - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Raquel Parchment NASUWT
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel Rebecca  - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Hilary Bills NEU
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel Rebecca  - Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Simmeron Katbamna - PCS

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Hilary Bills NEU
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Hilary Bills NEU
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Hilary Bills NEU
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Hilary Bills NEU
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Dr Tse Fuk Ying University of Birmingham
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Dr Tse Fuk Ying University of Birmingham
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Dr Tse Fuk Ying University of Birmingham
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Dr Tse Fuk Ying University of Birmingham
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Karen Constantine - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign. Author of 'Taken'
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Karen Constantine - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign. Author of 'Taken'
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Karen Constantine - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign. Author of 'Taken'
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Karen Constantine - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign. Author of 'Taken'
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Dr Tse Fuk Ying University of Birmingham
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Rhianna Lockley UCU
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Hong Kong Performer
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Hong Kong Performer
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Hong Kong Performer
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Hong Kong Performer
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Angela Grant PCS
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Antonia Kay Bance MP for Tipton and Wednesbury 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Antonia Kay Bance MP for Tipton and Wednesbury 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Antonia Kay Bance MP for Tipton and Wednesbury 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Angela Grant PCS
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Antonia Kay Bance MP for Tipton and Wednesbury 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Angela Grant PCS
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Hong Kong Performer
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Angela Grant PCS
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Hong Kong Performer
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Angela Grant PCS
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Antonia Kay Bance MP for Tipton and Wednesbury 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Sarah Coombes Labour MP for West Bromwich
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Make Work Pay Panel

•Sarah Coombes MP
        Chair Kathryn Salt
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Stuart Richards Midlands Regional Secretary TUC

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: ' locked out for two and a half d per hour'

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Fighting for 2 1/2 D per hour

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Someone at the door - Samba Band

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Make Work Pay Panel

•Sarah Coombes MP
        Chair Kathryn Salt
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Councellor Vicki Smit
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Someone at the door - Samba Band

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Support the women chainmakers of Cradley

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Councellor Vicki Smit
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Councellor Vicki Smit
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   1910 backdrop
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00amCllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45amMake Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Stuart Richards Midlands Regional Secretary TUC

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur call to arms

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Rob Johnston, Midlands Regional Policy & Campaigns Officer

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Kathryn Salt MBE
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Claire Williams - NASUWT  sec Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Music - Jess Silk

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Claire Williams - NASUWT  sec Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Claire Williams - NASUWT  sec Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Stuart Richards Midlands Regional Secretary TUC

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Rob Johnston, Midlands Regional Policy & Campaigns Officer

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel  -   Claire Williams - NASUWT  sec Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Lion Dance Team

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: UCU

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Rock against Racism

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NEU

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade Georgie Taylor iplaying Mary Macarthur

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women chainmakers of Cradley Heath

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Friends of the Women Chainmakers

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: RMT

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: TUC

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: RMT

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NEU

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NASUWT

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unison

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association


Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women winning at work panel - audience
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association


Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association


Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association


Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Women’s Rights panel

•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
       Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Women Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association


Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: TUC stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Siu Siui stallstall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Martha's story stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unidentified stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unison - Marthas Story stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unidentified stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Movement for an Adoption Apology stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unidentified stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mary Macarthur Trust stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unidentified stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Community stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: unidentified stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Community stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Anne Murray stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Mushroom Station stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: West Midlands Pensioner's Convention stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Mushroom Station stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unison stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Morning Star Stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NAHT stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: PCS stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: The Black Country Party Stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: General Federation of Unions Stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: MU stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NASUWT stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Labour Party Stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Dudley Trades Union Council Stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: GMB stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Thompsons stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unisonm Stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Unidentified stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: RCM stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: RMT stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Wolverhampton and District Trad Union Council stall

location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Someone at the door - Samba Band

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Make Work Pay Panel

•Sarah Coombes MP
        Chair Kathryn Salt
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:  Make Work Pay Panel

•Sarah Coombes MP
        Chair Kathryn Salt
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption:   The Timestealers
Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NEU stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: NEU stall

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

Caption: Cradley Heath Women Chainmaker's Parade

Subject: celebration of Mary Macarthur and the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers’ Strike of 1910
Occasion:  2025 TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival
location:  Mary Macarthur Gardens, Cradley Heath, B64 5BG
Date:   Saturday June 28 2025  11am - 4pm

TimeActivity
11.00am Cllr Vicki Smith of Sandwell met Borough Council to open the festival
11.15 – 11.45am Make Work Pay panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sarah Coombes MP
•Antonia Bance MP
•Angela Grant PCS 
12.00 – 12.30Music – Timestealers
 
12.30 - 12.45pmMusic – Hongkong performer (on the grass/next to stalls)
 
12.45 – 1.15pmWomen’s Rights panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Rhianna Lockley, UCU
•Hilary Bills - NEU
•Diana Defries - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Karen Constantin - Mothers for Adoption Apology Campaign
•Raquel Parchment, NASUWT Sandwell Association
•Dr. Tse Fuk Ying
1.30 – 2.00pmWomen winning at work panel
Chair Kathryn Salt
•Sam Young - Unison
•Rebecca - UnisonSharon Yates, GMB 
•Simmeron Katbamna,  PCS
•Kate - NEU (from George Dixon Primary School)
•Claire Williams, NASUWT Secretary Sandwell Association
2.00 – 2.45pmMusic – Jess Silk
 
2.45 - 3.00pmLion Dance Team (on the grass / next to stalls)
 
3.00 – 4.00pm‘Call to arms’ and parade (Georgie Taylor is playing Mary Macarthur)
Something at the Door band to lead and Hong Kond lion dance

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