Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
@zebracaz.bsky.social
Heritage Operations, Chief of Staff & Committee Chair 🏛️The Portico 📚 ~ Co-Founder The Zebra 🦓 Partnership Award Winning Mentor, Publisher & Events ~ Chartered Management Institute Chair WMNW Board, Deputy Chair, CMI Women ~ 50:50 Parliament Trustee
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As Chair of Chartered Management Institute regional board thanks 🙏🏽 #ArdenUniversity for the collaboration & opportunity to be a speaker at the fantastic #CMICommunitiesLive event in #Birmingham. We had a visit from our royal patron HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh @cmi-managers.bsky.social
#EventVibe
#EventVibe
Happy Birthday to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy Birthday to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
“Hey Queens” ✨💚✨
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Hey Queens” ✨💚✨
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Did a rare repeat cinema visit to see Black Phone 2 a second time, because my daughter is home from uni for half-term and she’s a fellow horror nut. Still an absolute blast.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a dark room . the woman is wearing a fur coat .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a dark room . the woman is wearing a fur coat .
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Did a rare repeat cinema visit to see Black Phone 2 a second time, because my daughter is home from uni for half-term and she’s a fellow horror nut. Still an absolute blast.
I love with these stunning photos taken during Bimbo Ponmile's book launch for #WorldMentalHealthDay & #BlackHistoryMonth at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #PorticoUbuntu - #QueensInPrint
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I love with these stunning photos taken during Bimbo Ponmile's book launch for #WorldMentalHealthDay & #BlackHistoryMonth at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #PorticoUbuntu - #QueensInPrint
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Loads of cool people and me contributed to this piece, please read and share 👊🏾
Notice the breadth of occupations of the contributors and the range of things selected. I think we're trying to tell you something...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Notice the breadth of occupations of the contributors and the range of things selected. I think we're trying to tell you something...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Supremes, Marcus Garvey, Tupac Shakur: the cultural figures who inspired our Black History Month panel | Lenny Henry, Zeinab Badawi, Yolanda Brown and others
At the end of Black History Month, our panel reveal the influences that helped them shape their beliefs and identities
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ubuntu: Black Creatives with Kevin Dalton Johnson - part one
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ubuntu: Black Creatives with Kevin Dalton Johnson - part one
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
#Portico #Ubuntu Local History, Global Impact exhibition launch.
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#Portico #Ubuntu Local History, Global Impact exhibition launch.
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
We were privileged to accompany Storm around at New York Comic Con today. Or, as she tells everyone, she's Mini-Storm.
#nycc
#nycc
October 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#PorticoReunited
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#PorticoReunited
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
For whatever it’s worth:
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
For whatever it’s worth:
#FridayFeeling
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
#FridayFeeling
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
Images at the @porticolibrary.bsky.social by
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Images at the @porticolibrary.bsky.social by
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Just dropped my daughter off at university so if anyone needs me, I’m the sobbing pile of goo in the corner.
jerry from tom and jerry is crying while holding a stick in his mouth and giving a thumbs up .
ALT: jerry from tom and jerry is crying while holding a stick in his mouth and giving a thumbs up .
media.tenor.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just dropped my daughter off at university so if anyone needs me, I’m the sobbing pile of goo in the corner.
Regional Boards dinner:-
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Regional Boards dinner:-
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
Update, my #CoachingSafari slots are now full for 2025/26 ✨
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
September 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Update, my #CoachingSafari slots are now full for 2025/26 ✨
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Angela Rayner is a successful northern girl from a working class background & the elites don’t like it, they’re trying to find ways to take her down.
@dailymail.co.uk, @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social & @telegraphnews.bsky.social are the worst for this.
#AngelaRayner
@dailymail.co.uk, @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social & @telegraphnews.bsky.social are the worst for this.
#AngelaRayner
Why are the tabloids so enraged about every aspect of Angela Rayner’s life? | Zoe Williams
Whether it’s her housing, clothes, the restaurants she goes to, or the fact she watches opera and drinks wine, she can apparently do nothing right, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Angela Rayner is a successful northern girl from a working class background & the elites don’t like it, they’re trying to find ways to take her down.
@dailymail.co.uk, @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social & @telegraphnews.bsky.social are the worst for this.
#AngelaRayner
@dailymail.co.uk, @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social & @telegraphnews.bsky.social are the worst for this.
#AngelaRayner
The #Paramedics receive their Chartered Management Institute certificates at the Bolton Wanderers Stadium. It was an honour to represent as Chair of CMI West Midlands & North West Board @cmi-managers.bsky.social
youtu.be/Sh5QLLoq8qY?...
youtu.be/Sh5QLLoq8qY?...
Chartered Management Institute WM & NW Chair at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust event
YouTube video by The Zebra Partnership Channel
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The #Paramedics receive their Chartered Management Institute certificates at the Bolton Wanderers Stadium. It was an honour to represent as Chair of CMI West Midlands & North West Board @cmi-managers.bsky.social
youtu.be/Sh5QLLoq8qY?...
youtu.be/Sh5QLLoq8qY?...
Reposted by Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
And this is why I absolutely cannot be trusted at an “antiques” centre…
August 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And this is why I absolutely cannot be trusted at an “antiques” centre…
#SixDegreesOfSeperation
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
August 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#SixDegreesOfSeperation
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
August 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This was fun! @porticolibrary.bsky.social book launch.
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
August 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This was fun! @porticolibrary.bsky.social book launch.
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater