Women invited to give-it-a-go and connect with others

The Women’s Centre Rodney is running a new series of free events aimed at getting women in the wider Warkworth area networking and learning from each other

Connect Me events include sports lessons, cooking, life coaching and women’s health and are being organised by Philippa Potaka, who runs her own Village Picnic business and recently began helping out at the Women’s Centre in Morpeth Street.

Philippa says the centre is trying to steer away from being seen as purely a “place of crisis” and somewhere any woman can come to meet others and learn something new.

One of the first Connect Me events was due to be held on Thursday last week at the Omaha Beach Golf Club, with a 90-minute mini-group lesson run by golf professional and director of coaching Emma Fairnie.

Potaka said Emma was volunteering her time and expertise for the Women’s Centre have-a-go lesson, which was mostly aimed at those who had never picked up a club before.

Fairnie said she was extremely passionate about providing opportunities for junior and female golfers and focused on creating safe and fun environments for players to develop their skills.

Next up on the ‘Connect Me’ calendar is Recipes & Reels, a session focusing on baking and making social media reels on August 3, a women’s health event on August 8 and a squash have-a-go day with Warkworth squash supremo Kaye Jackson on August 15.

Info: Visit https://www.womenscentrerodney.org.nz/whats-on or call 425 7261