Celebrating the Women at Fore Play!

Happy International Women’s Day! Here at Fore Play Crazy Golf/Fayre Play, we’re embracing IWD, and so we want to celebrate the women who make up our cracking team and all the work they do. 

It’s important to appreciate the women in our lives, and to let them know that they are valuable and important – so, as a local business co-owned by our amazing female founder Kasia Neilson, today we’re shouting about the women who make up our management team. Here’s what they have to say about life at Fore Play/Fayre Play:

Annie:

“I started working here in November 2021, and my role involves creating and managing the social media strategy of Fore Play/Fayre Play. This includes overseeing all digital designs, managing our influencer bank and strategy, and creating engaging content and copy that will engage our target audience. 

My biggest highlight and challenge to date since working here was launching the social strategy and channels of our brand new experience, Fayre Play. My prior experience has only been working with brands that have an established following, so I was really excited to build a launch from scratch and have my hand in the brand’s affinity from the beginning.

I’d love to one day see myself as a Content and Brand Manager. I think it would be so fun to oversee a team of graphic designers, copywriters, photographer/videographers, and social content creators. Right now I’m quite keen on Hospitality, but who knows where this road will take me. 

To me, International Women’s Day isn’t just about sharing an infographic on your Instagram stories about pay equality or misogyny. It’s a reminder that Women should be celebrated in all spaces every day. When working in a male dominated industry like Hospitality, it’s important for companies to understand that our voices are extremely valuable. I’m proud to work for a company that has a female founder that’s just as valued and respected as her male partner.”

Kaya:

“I joined Fore Play in September 2021, and I’m the Communications Manager here. I look after the booking systems for Fore Play and Fayre Play, deal with any customer enquiries, and I monitor our group bookings and reviews too. I also create messaging templates for use of the wider team, and I’m in charge of setting up chat flows for our chat-bot, which saves our team a lot of time when looking after the inboxes! 

I also dabble in marketing, which I love; I create engaging content for mailer campaigns, our website, and third party website listings. Copywriting is definitely my favourite part of the job as it allows me to be creative.

A highlight of the job for me so far is being able to contribute to the successful roll out of Fayre Play. A big part of my role in this project was ensuring our new booking system was running, creating training materials, guidelines and templates for our Glasgow team to be able to work off of, and creating mailers and campaigns about our new experience. 

International Women’s Day for me means celebrating the women in our lives by appreciating them for who they are, giving them an equal voice in all spaces and listening to their valuable input and experiences. Embracing the opportunities that we have while striving for equality for all women in all aspects of life is so important, and it means a lot to me to work for a company whose female founder is respected and looked up to just as much as our male founder; this should be how things are in any business.”

Alex:

“I joined Fore Play as a Venue Pro back in April 2021. In my (almost) 2 years at Fore Play I have progressed from a FOH Venue Pro, to a Supervisor Captain and I am now the lead In-House Graphic Designer for both Fore Play and Fayre Play.

A big highlight for me is that I’ve met so many amazing people since working at Fore Play and I’ve made some lifelong friends. As for career aspirations, I have been given a lot of opportunities during my time at Fore Play and Fayre Play, I’d love to use the experience I’ve gained to continue to progress within my career as a Graphic Designer. Keep an eye out for ‘Darling Design’!

For me, International Women’s Day is an important reminder to celebrate the women around us. It’s a reminder that women are intelligent, strong and caring – we are more than what society tells us to be. I love it when women…”