Women Embrace Adventure Womens Health Week Fundraising Adventure

We'd love you to join us for our Womens Health Week Fundraising Adventure help us give back to our charitable partners  'Jenny's Place' and 'The Soul Cafe Newcastle'.

At WEA we know good health is powerful!  Although we have had to reschedule this from September (Womens Health Week) to February due to Covid we want this event to be a reminder to set aside time for your health and wellbeing. Womens Health Week in September acts as a reminder to make an appointment for a health check, get active, and connect with family and friends. Good health starts with you. 

To start, our 8km walk takes us from the Throsby Carpark on Honeysuckle Drive, along Newcastle Harbour Waterfront, past Nobby's Beach and out to amazing Nobby's Headland. After a scenic photo or ten we'll make our way back to Honeysuckle and board Sailing Schooner William the Fourth for our sunset cruise around Newcastle Harbour. 

William the Fourth is an accurate operational replica of Australia’s first steam powered ocean-going paddlewheel ship.

Grab a glass of bubbles, some nibbles and sit back and enjoy the serenity, soak up the grand vistas of the Newcastle city panorama from the harbour. During our cruise you'll  have the pleasure of listening to our guest speaker, the amazing Liz Murray founder of Edge of Possiblites and Director at BNI Hunter Valley and Newcastle, who will speak to us about the importance of connection and nature on our mental health.

About this Adventure:

• WHEN: Saturday 26th February 2022
• TIME: 2:00PM - 6:00PM
• LOCATION: Honeysuckle, Newcastle. We will send you details of where to park and meeting place when you purchase your ticket.
• TICKETS: We have 40 tickets available so be quick you don't want to miss this one.
• FITNESS LEVEL: This is an easy 7-8km walk along flat plaths so if you can walk around the shops you can join us on this walk.
• EXPERIENCE: no experience needed
• COST: $95 per ticket - all proceeds go to Jennys Place and The Soul Cafe

Inclusions: 

• WEA hosts to ensure you have an amazing afternoon
• Photos of your adventure that will be posted on out facebook event page for you
• 2 hour sunste curise around Newcastle Harbour onboard William the Fourth
• Amazing guest speaker, Liz Murray
• Jean Hailes Womens Health Week goody bag
• bubbles and nibbles as we are sailing
• Raffles 
• a fun gift from WEA 
• A fantastic afternoon with great company raising funds for a fantastic cause

A little bit about Jennys Place ...

Jenny’s Place was the first refuge established in the Hunter and have been supporting women and children in our area for 43 years. The vision for the organisation started in 1977 by a group of strong and passionate women who believed that women and children experiencing domestic violence deserved to have a safe place where they could receive the support and assistance they required to live a life free from violence and abuse.

Their Domestic Violence Resource Centre is only one of its kind in Newcastle and it has been running for 12 years without proper funding. Jenny’s amazing team have managed to keep the place running all this time on small grants, donations, philanthropic money and the very generous community of Newcastle.

Kat and Sharon, founders of Women Embrace Adventure are pleased to partner with Jenny’s Place in 2020-2021. A portion of all proceeds from their adventures goes towards WEA New Life Baskets for women and children moving from a shelter to independent living.  Paying it forward…one adventure at a time.

A little bit about The Soul Cafe ...

Soul Cafe was established in August 2003 to serve hot meals free of charge to the highly disadvantaged of the Newcastle region. Today Soul Cafe provides hundreds of free sit down and take away meals each week.

Many of Soul Cafe’s guests are dealing with issues of homelessness, drug or alcohol addiction, crime or violence, poverty, separation, mental health or illness concerns and accommodation needs.

Soul Cafe’s desire is to do more than just serve a meal. The ultimate mission of Soul Cafe is to see vulnerable cafe guests placed on a path towards increased safety, health and purpose. They aim to lift a group of people that are less fortunate to a greater level of lifestyle within our community through a comprehensive approach that assists them to work through their individual issues and to re-engage back into society.

As such the meals provided are an avenue to link cafe guests with other necessary services including drug and alcohol and substance abuse programs, accommodation links, Centrelink referral, mental health counselling, refuge referral, haircuts, Legal Aid, Podiatry and a free doctor’s clinic.

We hope you can join us to celebrate Womens Health Week ( a little late but better late than never) and raise money for 2 amazing charities in our local community.

xSharon and Kat

FAQs

How fit do I need to be? This walk is suitable for all fitness levels. All paths for this easy walk are paved and relatively flat with very few stairs.  Don’t worry we aren't in too much of a rush so just take your time, have a chat and enjoy the sights.

What do I need to bring? Warm comfortable walking/ active wear, sturdy walking shoes or joggers, extra layers as it may be chilly, personal medications, wet weather jacket (if it looks like rain), at least a litre of water.  

I'll be coming on my own, is that ok?  Not a problem at all!  Lots of women come on their own to our adventures. Your Women Embrace Adventure host will make sure everyone meets before we set off on our walk. We always have lots of fun, there is no pressure, no judgment, and lots of encouragement from everyone.  By the end of the night you may have just found some new adventure friends! 

How many will be this adventure.  We keep most of our adventures quite personal. But as this is a fundraising event we have opened it up to 40 lovely ladies. 

Stay Safe Procedures: To prioritise the wellbeing of women, staff and our community, Women Embrace Adventure is taking important measures to limit the transmission of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

*Contactless registration 

*Zero share equipment, utensils

*Providing hand sanitiser to use at the start and during each adventure

*Ensuring social distancing throughout adventure

Before attending an adventure, please:

*Stay home if you or your family are unwell

*Wash your hands before joining us and use hand sanitiser often

*Continue to social distance

*Read our full Covid-19 T&C's for full details https://www.womenembraceadventure.com.au/t-c 

T&C's: Payment for WEA half day and full day adventures are final once you receive a confirmation email.  No refunds will be given but can be transferred to another lady over the age of 18, please email us before the adventure and provide her contact details. This is an all-weather event. If cancelled by Women Embrace Adventure a full refund will be offered to you or you can pay it forward for Jenny's Place Charity. For full T&Cs see our webpage 

(https://www.womenembraceadventure.com.au/t-c). By purchasing this ticket you have agreed to our Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions please get in touch at info@womenadventure.com.au.  

 Looking forward to seeing you there!