Celia Hodson

Celia is a multi-award winning entrepreneur who founded Hey Girls CIC with the aim of eliminating period poverty in the UK. The social enterprise launched in 2018 with a buy-one-give-one business model, and has since donated 6.2 million period products to people in need.

In her inspiring talks, Celia shares insights from her journey on topics such as:

• social enterprises
• how businesses can drive change
• having a values-led vision
• innovation in product design
• building communities
• the importance of environmental standards

As an inspiring public speaker, Celia has galvanised huge support for Hey Girls and its mission to eliminate period poverty in the UK and become the authoritative voice on period poverty in the UK. In the process, she has taken an idea and built it into a credible alternative to major multinational corporations in the sanitary products market.

Celia has worked in the social enterprise sector for over 15 years. Her previous roles in include CEO of the School for Social Entrepreneurs Australia, Chief Executive of Journeys for Change, Chief Executive of the Suffolk Development Agency, Founder of the Eastern Enterprise Hub and Deputy Chief Executive of Social Enterprise UK.