Welcome to Women's Adventure ACT
We are a volunteer-led, non-profit community group getting women outdoors
We operate in Australia's capital city - Canberra
ABOUT US
Women’s Adventure ACT are a Canberra-based, volunteer-led, genuine community group who’ve been running since July 2017.
In January 2022, we moved from the Meet-up platform, because of some not-so-nice contact from several other groups on that platform.
In January 2022, we introduced a nominal paid membership fee which has meant that people in our paid community are there because they really want to help support community and other women. If you're looking to join our community, you'll find information about how to join, on this site.
We continue to offer free activities for new members, community events where members are looking for others to participate with (e.g. Bloody Long Walk), Accessability Walks for those with a disability, lower fitness level or injury. If you're unable to afford our membership fee - thanks to the huge generosity of our paid community - we've offered over 32 free memberships from those generous members who paid a membership forward for another woman in need. We also have free memberships for those on a pension, single Mums, uni students or those with low incomes.
Our early days kicked off monthly bushwalks, with an occasional rock climb. We’ve achieved so much more since then.
Over the last 4 years we’ve:
- Given over 4,000+ local women the opportunity to get outdoors with other women, on some 425+ activities
- Won a local ACT Government grant that helped us establish a serious, quality, modern and lightweight Gear Library. The Library helps women participate in activities where gear is a barrier to participation
- Won a MACPAC 'Fund for Good' Grant, that added extra items to our Gear Library
- Trained 15 new walk leaders in navigation skills and Remote First-Aid
- Provided subsidised life-coaching to twenty-four women
- Provided twelve women with access to a sponsored and subsidised 12 week fitness and coaching program
- Introduced support to the LGBTIQ community, including an annual walk for Canberra’s Spring-out Festival
- In October 2020, we commenced monthly Accessibility Walks to be inclusive for those members with restricted mobility through recovery from surgery, disability, lack of fitness or who just don’t want to do longer walks
- We’ve partnered with Canberra Indoor Climbing, and introduced over 40 women to beginner rock-climbing and bouldering activities
- We organised three Learn to Swim/Stroke improvement classes that helped around 30 women learn to swim and improve their swim efficiency.
- Over 60 women commenced Trail Running with us
- We raised over $6,000 for charities and volunteered hundreds of hours of labour effort with other community organisations (e.g. Wombat Sanctuary, Bloody Long Walk);
- We’ve connected with, promoted and supported many many other local community organisations, including Women’s community groups. We’re huge supporters of community 😊
we can't just run on love
Everything we do is provided through an amazing network of local volunteers.
But not everything is free, like the costs to run this website, our monthly emergency communication and beacon subscriptions, that help keep our groups safe, and personal costs to scope out walks that we plan and run for the group (maps and petrol).
We'd love it if you could pretty please shout us a cup of coffee as a way to say thanks and to help keep our group going. :)
