What is Stellar?

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  • Stellar Collective is a Manchester-based community for creative women building businesses, teams, projects and ideas. Our members include female entrepreneurs, founders, creative directors, independent consultants and women in leadership roles across media, PR and the creative industries.

    We host curated dinners in Manchester that bring women together alongside a wider digital community.

  • The Table is our premium membership and the core of Stellar Collective. It includes our monthly dinner series in Manchester,

  • Stellar Collective is for creative women who are:

    • Running businesses

    • Leading teams

    • Building projects or ideas

    • Navigating what’s next in their careers

    Our members include female business owners, creative entrepreneurs, consultants, founders, and women working in PR and media.

    If you’re very early in your career or looking for formal mentoring or traditional networking, it’s probably not the right fit.

  • Our signature dinners take place in Manchester, hosted in a rotating selection of carefully chosen restaurants and venues.

  • Fill out the quick application form online. We want to get a feel for who you are, including your work, energy and outlook. Every application is reviewed thoughtfully. If it’s a good fit, you’ll receive a private invitation to join The Table.

  • Occasionally, if space allows, a small number of guest tickets may be released.

  • Intentionally small. Every dinner and digital group is curated to create meaningful conversation.

  • With care and intention, it’s about balance and energy. We look for a mix of different backgrounds, perspectives and aligned values. That includes founders, creative directors, independent consultants, women in media and PR, and women running businesses in Manchester.

  • Right now, Stellar is based in Manchester. If you can travel in once a month, you’re welcome to apply. If not, you can join the waitlist and we’ll let you know when we open in new cities.

  • Whatever’s shaping life right now: Work, ideas, money, culture, technology, running businesses and what’s next.

    Basically: smart women talking cool sh*t

  • No -Stellar isn’t coaching or formal mentoring. It’s a peer community built around shared experience, perspective and conversation.

  • Respect, openness and generosity. No pitching (unless agreed) no hierarchy, no performative behaviour, no BS.