2024 YOUNG WOMEN’S SPEECH CONTEST

(18 to 29 years old)

43 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NA

Deadline: 31st August 2024

Method of application: Submit your own written composition in relation to this year’s theme

- ‘Women Leading with Creativity - Encouraging Innovative Leadership and Governance’ by email only. Adopt your own theme in your composition.

Write at the end of your composition the following information:

(1) Your name in full

(2) Date of birth

(3) Home telephone/Mobile number

(4) Email address

(5) Home address

(6) Emergency contact (name, telephone, email address)

(A) Write in English only.

(B) Write in A4 size, portrait orientation, with aprx.1000 words.

(C) The applicant should speak based on this composition (Must

NOT read it out, but may look at notes)

Email address: info@wfwp.org.uk

If your composition is handwritten, please scan it and Email it as an

attachment.

Telephone interview: Shortlisted applicants will undergo a telephone interview which

will be recorded and evaluated, resulting in the selection of 7 finalists. This will be

conducted in the third week of September.

The result will be communicated to all candidates by Thursday, 7th September at the latest.

Evaluation:

Speaking Skills: Fluency:

Naturalness of delivery

Grammatical correctness

Vocabulary

Content: Clarity of argument:

Structure and flow of discourse

Originality

Presentation Skills: Delivery:

Stage presence

Connection with audience

Time management

Answering questions: Accuracy:

Appropriateness of language

Relevance to questions

Persuasiveness

Communication strategies

Post Finals Development - Leadership of the Heart Programme.

Unlock your leadership potential with Leadership of the Heart (LOH) programme created by WFWP USA. This 3-part interactive seminar was designed with the aim to bring out the powerful leader that is within each person, offering tools to make peace a reality within each person’s lives, families, communities, nations and the world. WFWP believes that ‘peace starts with me’ - How can I make positive change in this world? The answer lies within the self, family and neighbourhood.

Join our part 1 of 3 educational program, designed to unleash the leader within - this November 2024.

How to get involved?

Sign up after the finals by expressing your interest with a member of the YWSC Committee and empower yourself with tools to cultivate peace. Together, let's make positive change a reality!