Conversation. Inspiration. Connection.

The community for women who care about the world and the people in it.

The Henley Female Collective was born from a simple belief: that women thrive when they're in the right room together. Three years, hundreds of women, and countless conversations later, that belief is at the heart of everything we do. We are one collective with three ways to belong - whichever one is right for you, you are always welcome.

Where the community begins. Monthly gatherings, inspiring speakers, honest conversation, and the kind of warmth that makes strangers feel like old friends before the coffee's finished. Fifty women, every fourth Friday, selling out every month.

The place to continue your conversations. Our online community space. A place to share, to ask, to celebrate and to show up for each other between gatherings.

Real connection without the noise and stress of social media.

Our intimate inner circle of women, chosen with care, spending a year growing together - with monthly gatherings, fortnightly walks, workshops, and the kind of support that stays with you long after the year is done.

Harriet Barcella

Life & Mindset Coach

Harriet founded the Henley Female Collective in 2023 with a breakfast event and a belief that women deserve spaces to be inspired, to find joy and to connect.

Three years later, those events sell out every month and the Collective has become something much more than just a monthly event. .

Everything the Collective has become grew from the part of her coaching work that impacts women most. Not the content - the community.

Erin Kennedy OBE

2 x Paralympic Champion, Multiple World & European Champion, Breast Cancer Campaigner and Motivational Speaker

At 29, Erin was diagnosed with breast cancer. She could have stepped back. Instead she competed through chemotherapy - and won gold. Then she came back and won again. But ask Erin what made that possible and she won't point to herself. She'll point to the people around her. The teammates, the supporters, the community that held her when everything was hardest. That belief in what women can do for each other is exactly why she's here.

HFC is amazing and I'm so grateful you have created yet another safe space for women to flourish

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All photos with thanks to Kathryn Fell Photography | Brand Photography by Kathryn

Lightbulb moments…

Yesterday we had the most joyful morning discussing a distinctly unjoyful topic! Rejection Sensitivity, as Vicki explained, is an extreme, overwhelming emotional reaction to perceived or actual criticism, disapproval, or rejection. Doesn't sound like a laugh a minute, does it? And yet, there was plenty of laughter. Even more incredible authentic conversation. A bunch of lightbulb moments. And a collective sigh of relief. Because the realisation that other people - even people

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What’s in a name?

Shakespeare, via Juliet, once reminded us that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet - and I'm going to take that at its word. Because the Henley Female Network is having a name change and becoming the Henley Female Collective. Don’t worry though, it’s a change in name only… absolutely none of the heart, joy and connection is going anywhere. We are still doing exactly the same thing. Still bringing together women who care about the world and the people in it for fabu

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Networking for people who hate networking

People often tell me they don’t want to come to a breakfast conversation because they hate networking. And I get it, because honestly, I kind of hate networking. I hate trying to reduce myself and my business to a one minute elevator pitch. I hate realising that people are deciding whether I’m worth speaking to based on whether I am their ideal client. I don’t want 20 business cards that I’ll just feel guilty when I find them abandoned in a pocket or a bag a few months later

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