Brindabella Women's Group
Social an creative opportunities for women at home with young children
News
Matildas Markets
Matildas Markets is coming to Canberra this weekend! It's on Sunday at Albert Hall Commonwealth Avenue. The Market is packed full of gorgeous hand made/uniquely designed children's items often made by local folk. There are more than a few crafty mums selling there wares.
Check out their website here.
2011 CAP
Jenna is in now in Vietnam! She has added some great new pictures to her blog; check it out here.
Shape Up in 2012!
Digital Photography Tuition Offer!
For those interested in refining their camera skills, you can get a huge discount via Groupon. Check out the current offer here.
The Women's Centre for Health Matters: Empower Program
The Women’s Centre for Health Matters, in conjunction with Health Care Consumers Association ACT, is delivering the empower program – a free leadership training program for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and for older women from any background. empower is about giving women from these groups the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to get involved in leadership and decision-making roles across the ACT, such as the Boards of community organisations, ACT Government consultations and ACT Government committees.
The empower training will run in February 2012, and will cover things like:
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understanding Boards
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speaking at meetings
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being confident
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how to get the views of your community heard
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understanding the roles of consumer representatives
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how ACT Government consultations and committees work
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and much more!
At the end of the training, there is the opportunity to be connected with people from Government, business, or the community sector, who can link participants to opportunities on local Boards, Government consumer committees, or community consultations.
If you’re an older woman and/or a woman from a multicultural background and you’re interested in being involved, or you have clients, friends, colleagues, family or community members who would be interested, please contact Annelise Roberts at the Women’s Centre for Health Matters:
Ph: 6290 2166
Email: a.roberts@wchm.org.au
MHCC ACT e-newsletter
Mental Health Community Coalition ACT have a regular e-newsletter which includes local sector news and events:
it also mentions the ACT Mental Health Scholarship Scheme 2012, more information on that can be found in the information sheet below:
Web Child - the online community for parents
This site has lots of info, news and views on parenting and child care including blogs and even some freebies and competitions. Check it out for a tea break read: webchild.
Weston Paint and Play
Weston finally has its own Paint and Play - yay!!!! The details are -
When: Wednesdays during the school term - 9.30-11am
Where: Weston Community Hub (former Weston Primary School site - off Hilder street)
Who: Run by Communities at Work
Discover Unexpected Delights!
Visit Canberra's e-newsletter is full of news and events for the Nation's Capital. Check it out here.
Great tips for taking photos of your kids
You may remember last term the lovely Hilary Wardhaugh came in to show us how to take better photos of our families. She has very kindly put together this helpful info sheet for us to complement her very useful tips and tricks from that morning:
How to take great pics of kids
Take a look! Thanks Hilary!
Craft and Laugh!
Whether you are gifted and crafty,
or creatively impaired,
or for great company, a cuppa and a laugh!
We will be meeting during school terms in the parents room at Isabella Plains Early Childhood School
Come along and bring those UFO's (unfinished objects!) to work on with other mums
The Parents Room has a child gate as well as a fenced outdoor area and the school are kindly providing us with some toys and a wonderful home corner for the kids to use whilst we are there.
WHEN: Friday mornings during school term
WHERE: Isabella Plains Early Childhood School, Ellerston Ave. Isabella Plains (Across the road from the shops)
TIME: 9.15 - 11.45am
BYO: UFO and a plate to share for morning tea
Children are welcome but no childcare is provided, setting up and packing away is a shared responsibility.
Any questions? Call Katerina on 0415 933 441
Women's Gathering Quilt - A wonderful team effort!!
As you will know, each year Brindabella Women’s Group holds a Women’s gathering. This is an opportunity for the mothers of Canberra and the surrounding regions to come together in friendship and recognition of the important role of motherhood. The gathering first came about because it struck BWG members that in almost every carreer path staff are afforded the opportunity for professional development and teambuilding. Why not mothers? Our third gathering, held in May this year, focused on the theme of “Motherhood as a teamsport” and explored the way in which no one woman can do everything herself.
Who made it: Patches made by participants of BWG’s Women’s Gathering May 2011. Artist Kaye Lister, a former BWG member, oversaw the process and pieced the quilt together on our behalf.
Well done everyone and a big thanks to Kaye for her fantastic work!
