Our founder – one of the county’s leading female business owners – has been awarded a prestigious ‘MP HERoes Award’ in recognition for her achievements in business and her commitment to Northamptonshire’s charity and non-profit sector.
Jessica Pilkington, founder and director of our Northamptonshire based PR and marketing company Pilkington Communications, was nominated for the award by Mike Reader, MP for Northampton South and collected her award from Westminster Palace this month.
Jessica, who in her new role as an MP HERo will now attend year-round activities at Parliament and be called upon to champion female entrepreneurship in the UK said: “This is a huge honour. I am particularly proud as this is the first year a Northamptonshire person has been selected for this award. This is all about building a talent pool of local role models, successful business owners with ambition to grow, who lead the way for other women. I am passionate about this and proud to be in such incredible company.”
Jessica and her team demonstrate how local businesses can make a real difference in our community. Their work making high-quality marketing services accessible to charities and social enterprises helps amplify the impact of vital organisations across Northampton. As the first person to have ever been nominated for this award from Northampton South, I’m honoured to be supporting her.Mike Reader MP
The MP HERoes programme, now in its third year, champions successful women business-owners all across the country. It is a Savvitas programme, run in partnership with NatWest, which links each MP with a successful woman business owner in their constituency to encourage, celebrate and support female entrepreneurship across all sectors and industries.
Jessica added: “Our team are driven by the belief that everyone deserves access to great marketing and communications support. In the charity and wider not for profit sector, budgets might be restricted, but ambitions rarely are. I passionately believe that brilliant, clever and creative comms should be available to all. Making a difference to these organisations is incredibly rewarding. A huge thank you to MP Mike Reader for nominating me for this career highlight. I am incredibly proud and committed to championing female founders and entrepreneurship.”
Pilkington Communications, a PR and marketing agency founded in 2013, with offices in Delapré Abbey, Northampton, has a specific focus on working with charities, social enterprises and not for profits.
Clients include Groundwork Northamptonshire, Deafconnect, Community Law Service, Brackmills Business Improvement District, Delapré Abbey Preservation Trust, 60 Miles, and Commsave Credit Union.
The company is also a supporter of Northamptonshire Community Foundation, donating monthly to the charity’s Corporate Giving Network – which provides essential funding for local groups in need.
Outside working hours, Jessica is a trustee of Northampton Community Spaces. She is also a founding member of a charitable fund which provides bursaries for secondary schools with neurodiverse challenges. Harry’s Fund was launched earlier this year by Jessica and her husband and Pilkington Communications co-director David Chadwick – in memory of their son Harry who died six years ago at the age of 19.
Meet Jessica’s fellow 2024/25 MP HERoes here.
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