The mentorship programme, which was arrange final 12 months by Amelie Tassin, founding father of Girls in Beer, helps ladies staring out within the UK beer trade by partnering them with extra skilled members.
WSET will sponsor the following cohort of mentees for the programme and provide a Degree 1 Award in Beer course for all mentees prematurely of the Girls in Beer Pageant in Edinburgh this October.
All mentees collaborating within the programme profit from devoted mentoring time, in addition to free entry to a collection of webinars and occasions supplied by different sponsors for the mentorship programme.
Natalya Watson, WSET’s enterprise growth supervisor for beer, mentioned: “Girls are historically under-represented on this trade, particularly in management roles, and consequently can really feel remoted. This programme helps ladies discover assist networks and construct connections, accelerating their profession growth and giving them confidence to pursue new alternatives.
“At WSET we’re dedicated to creating constructive influence by utilizing our affect to assist form a extra numerous, inclusive and sustainable world drinks trade.”
The primary a part of the pilot for the Girls in Beer Mentorship Programme ran from September 2023 to March 2024 and acquired greater than 45 purposes for the 12 locations. The second a part of the pilot will run from April to October 2024, with outcomes from each offered in October 2024 on the Girls in Beer Pageant.
