The final list of 18 inspiring speakers, which includes six people aged under 27, has been confirmed for TEDxWarrington, being held at Warrington Youth Zone on Tuesday, December 2nd.
Tickets are selling fast for TEDx Warrington, the non-profit event supported by an organising team of volunteers and built around one of the world’s most famous speaker conference formats.
This year’s theme is Identity and Purpose, and the speaker line-up now confirmed this year includes:
- Warrington’s Amanda Wah, winner of TV show Gladiators in 2025 and a prominent LGBTQ+ advocate
- Amazon no. 1 bestseller and MIND ambassador Charlotte Faulconbridge, who is autistic and was non-verbal until her teens
- Warrington-born public speaker, lecturer and charity ambassador, Jonathan Cliffe, will be sharing his story as one of less than 200 male midwives in the UK
- Award-winning vet, international speaker and neurostrategist, Andy Green, will speak on the subject of curiosity and its transformative power
- Founder and CEO of The Science Booth, Carrie Ann Booth, will share her personal story and how education can be a pathway out of poverty
- Young speaker, 25-year-old Chloe Tatton, will tell her story about navigating her life-changing skin conditions and founding her own health community
- Aged just 16-years-old, Warrington Year 12 student Daisy Nurse is this year’s youngest speaker, and will talk about the concept of ‘labels’ and challenge people’s instincts to categorise people
- Dr Jess Morgan will share how reconnecting with our inner child can unlock and liberate our identity and wellbeing
- Virtual reality (VR) artist, game designer and educator at Manchester Metropolitan University, Firdaus Khalid, will discuss how AI, VR and gamification can shape contemporary identities.
- Educator Guy Rands will share how transforming our relationships lies how we listen, in a world overflowing with noise and starved of connections
- Warrington educated professional dancer Hannah Gerrard will share her personal experience of rediscovering joy through dance and faith after the despair of lockdown.
- Speaker, trainer and coach – and keen beekeeper – Heather Wright, will share her thoughts on what bees can tell us about human behaviour and leadership
- Champion fighter, entrepreneur and certified NLP trainer, Jamie McManus, talks about the code of a champion and the mindset needed for exceptional performance
- Kate Harrison will give a unique take on colour therapy and wellbeing, to help people live a life in full colour
- Aged just 17, Kayode Olojugba, an accomplished student and athlete who attends The Grange School in Hartford, will talk about heritage and its ability to be a personal superpower
- Warrington creative technologist Keith Myers, will reveal the secret of Warrington Castle and explore how it can reconnect people with place, pride and purpose
- Mum of two Nikki Potter – a former self-confessed ‘middle lane drinker’ – will talk about her sobriety journey, into coaching positive psychology and alcohol-free performance
- Zoe Harrison, a muscular dystrophy advocate and founder of the ‘Dystrophy Diaries’ podcast will seek to challenge society’s discomfort with disabled body image
“We’re over the moon to have curated such a wide range of inspiring speakers this year,” said TEDxWarrington organiser and Warrington businesswoman Kirsty James.
“TEDxWarrington in 2025 will be something very, very special and, with the range of talks and performances we have this year, there really is something for anyone who attends. We want people to leave feeling inspired and energised, and to celebrate the amazing line-up we have this year.
“The event is almost upon us and the tickets will go before next Tuesday (Dec 2nd), so we’d encourage people to get a place now and enjoy one of the town’s biggest and best events.”
“The event is a fabulous example of collaboration in our region; from home-grown talent on stage to support from volunteers and businesses across the town.”
Sponsors backing this year’s event include Transform Hub, Rebecca Wray Coaching Consultancy, ESR Technology, Changing Minds, EML Ltd, Cactus Clothing, Warrington Chamber Plus, WR Partners, Travel Counsellors by Debbie Lagar, The Institute of Directors, Clarity4D, MKM Building Supplies, The Empathy Coach, and Adele Carr.
TEDx Warrington has also launched a Bursary Programme to support young speakers and attendees to access high profile events such as TEDx. Thanks to the support of two Bursary patrons in 2025 – I Am Me App, the positive mental health app for young people, and SUMO4Schools, who support the staff of trusts and schools – the programme has subsidised tickets for the under 25s.
Tickets are priced from £20 to £50 and are available now by visiting https://tedxwarrington.com/tickets/.
For more information on, and photographs of, the speakers at TEDx Warrington this year, visit https://tedxwarrington.com/tedxwarrington-2025/#2025-speakers
