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What a month it has been for Women in Business & Regional Development. We held our 2016 Gala Dinner on the 5th of August at the Commodore on the Park, which is held in alternate years to our Influential Women in Business Awards. A great night was had by all with a huge number of people from around the region attending. We took the opportunity at the Gala Dinner to launch the Women in Business & Regional Development 'Hall of Fame' to recognise contribution to our network and I am very proud to that Elaine Pollock the founder of WIBRD was our 2016 Hall of Fame inductee.
Thank you all who have supported our events and come along, 2016 so far has certainly been busy with over 28 networking and training events planned and we have certainly hit the ground running. Next month we have a training, breakfast and lunch all booked in, it would be great to see you there.
Our board is currently busy getting organised for the annual audit and annual report which will be available to our members at our AGM on October the 10th. As you can see further in the newsletter there are two positions vacant on the board to voted in at our AGM, if you believe you would like to put your hand up or would like to discuss possibly filling the role please do not hesitate to contact me.
See you again soon – Di Ind WiBRD Chairman
Stand Like Stone Partnership
On Friday the 5th of August, Women in Business & Regional Development held their 2016 Gala Dinner at the Commodore on the Park. In her Chairman’s address, Chairman of WIBRD, Di Ind, focussed her speech on the importance of collaboration and supporting each other in the community and in business which in turn helps to build a stronger economy.
This was reflected when Bill DeGaris, Chairman for the Stand like Stone Foundation was welcomed to the stage to receive a cheque on behalf of Stand like Stone from Women in Business & Regional Development for $1473.00.
WIBRD have been raising money at their Empowering Women in Business breakfasts for the past 12 months, with the money raised by WIBRD going towards the Stand Like Stone’s SARWG Scholarship Fund, which is a Sub Fund established via a donation from the Mt Gambier SA Rural Women’s Gathering and is supported by Women in Business and Regional Development. The SARWG scholarship was first offered in 2015 and provides scholarships to benefit rural women identifying with the Limestone Coast in the pursuit of their educational goals. The SARWG sub fund has given 2 scholarships to date and we look forward to further scholarships being given in the near future.
Congratulations Jenny Bickley & Roslyn Taylor
Congratulations Mt. Gambier Business Consultants, BAS Agents, MYOB Partners & WIBRD Members- Jenny Bickley from Add-Count and Roslyn Taylor from Sums and Solutions for hosting their MYOB Small Business Seminars on August the 18th. Over 75 people from around the region attended the free training workshops.
  
Congratulations Nick & Kylee Katris
Congratulations to Nick & Kylee Katris of Vanilla Bean who will be opening up their new restaurant ‘Thyme’ at the Lakes Resort in late September. Women in Business & Regional Development will be holding their September Empowering Women in Business September breakfast at their new restaurant and we look forward to having another wonderful restaurant in our region.
Announcing the opening of the Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and Entrepreneurship (WISE) Programme - a key initiative of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA).
The WISE Programme is an $8 million competitive grant programme that will fund activities that support women in STEM, and eliminate barriers for women’s participation in STEM education and careers, including entrepreneurship. Funding will support outreach programmes that target girls and women and foster their interest in STEM studies and careers, including entrepreneurship; develop their innovation and entrepreneurial skills; and build their professional networks. The programme also provides funding to identify and celebrate STEM role models in science and research, entrepreneurship and corporate leadership to inspire school age girls.
Funding will support outreach projects that target girls and women to:
- foster their interest in entrepreneurship
- develop their innovation and entrepreneurial skills
- build their professional networks.
The Resilience Project
Do you want to learn the keys to help your child/children build resilience and be mentally healthy?
Come along to the Parent Community Information Night brought to you by the Naracoorte High School helping young Australians to be mentally healthy on Tuesday 6th September 2016 at 7pm at the Naracoorte Town Hall, Smith Street, Naracoorte.
www.theresilienceproject.com.au
All enquiries to Nadine DiGeorgio at the Naracoorte High School on 87621333
ANZ Mortgage Introducer Program
After much consideration and member feedback from a survey of our network, Women in Business & Regional Development would like to announce our involvement in the ANZ Mortgage Introducer Program.
This opportunity by our Major Sponsor ANZ will enable us to receive additional funding to support the sustainability of our network through a mortgage introducer program whereby WIBRD receive 0.3% on residential loans and 0.6% of commercial loans from ANZ when members and sponsors of WIBRD mention their association with Women in Business & Regional Development.
The program will run for a trial period until from March 31, 2016 to October 1, 2016. A decision will then be made by the then current WIBRD Board if the program will continue taking in to account the 2017 sponsorship prospectus.
The WIBRD involvement in the program does not mean that we recommend the ANZ mortgage products over other mortgage products offered in the sector, and all people getting a loan are advised to perform their own due diligence in deciding what product is best for you or your business needs.
The decision to go ahead with this program has been reliant upon the feedback received from our network and we thank all that have contributed to the WIBRD making the decision to be involved.
All money raised from this program from the trial period will go towards the WIBRD Scholarship fund that has been developed in conjunction with the Stand like Stone Foundation and operational costs for the WIBRD network to ensure our sustainability and ability to offer our members cost effective training and events.
Please note that all enquiries and financial or personal information is kept strictly confidential and no information is passed from ANZ to the network.
If you are interested in hearing more about the program or ANZ products please contacting one of the following ANZ Mount Gambier Staff Members;
Position Vacant- WIBRD Board
WIBRD have a vacancy opening in October 2016 for two new Board Members for a 2 year term. We are seeking proactive individuals with sound Business standing within the community, experience in the sponsorship processes and attraction, writing of grant applications, government processes and Not-For-Profit constitution is preferred but not essential.
All discussions and expressions of interest will be kept confidential and should be addressed to the Chairman, Di Ind on 0417 273645, Executive Officer Lydia Mules on 0400 293 676 or by emailing executive@wibrd.org.au.
Expressions of Interest- Casual Administration Assistant
Women in Business & Regional Development are seeking expressions of interest for the role of a casual administration assistant to support the Executive Officer in administration tasks of the network including but not limited to assistance with mailouts, database coordination, report and policy development. We are seeking a contractor with their own ABN to work on a casual basis ranging from 2 hours per month to 8 hours per month. If you believe you can be of service to the network please email through your CV to executive@wibrd.org.au. All discussions and expressions of interest will be kept confidential and should be addressed to the Chairman, Di Ind on 0417 273645, Executive Officer Lydia Mules on 0400 293 676 or by emailing executive@wibrd.org.au.
Do you own a business, work in a business, want to start a business or a budding entrepreneur. If so we would love for you to join our network!
WiBRD is a wonderful and supportive network of like minded people. We provide networking and training events all year around.
The Membership Application form can be Downloaded HERE.
If you are interested in becoming a member please email executive@wibrd.org.au and we will send you the information.
'Supporting Each Other in Business' Lunches
The WIBRD ‘Supporting Each Other in Business’ Lunches will be held on the 4th or last Friday of every month.The informal lunches are open to all women and will be a set booking at a sponsors venue such as the Commodore and will provide a forum for those that attend to talk honestly about their business, develop professional relationships to work together to support each other, help each other through obstacles and mentor one another.In line with the newly developed strategic direction and action plan, WIBRD have organised this initiative to further support women in our region in all their endeavours and the lunches are a wonderful way to get out of the office meet some new people and have lunch!
Each member pays for their individual lunch and bookings are simply a text message at least a day prior to the lunch to the particular WIBRD Board Member hosting the lunch.
The next lunch is tomorrow the 29th of July, if you can please text your attendance to Di on 0417 273 645.
“WIBRD- IGNITING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN”
We are very proud to announce our sponsors for 2016. Thank you to all the wonderful businesses that have come on board with sponsorship 2016, we are humbled by the number and are excited by working with them all in 2016. Empowering women and igniting the potential of women is our key focus for growth in 2016 and to encourage business owners, up and coming, women in leadership positions, community members and entrepreneurs to join our network and attend our events. In the absence of any funding or grants, the reliance on memberships and sponsorships is crucial to the future and sustainability of Women in Business & Regional Development, we continually seek to achieve a balance between our vision of inclusiveness, administration costs and affordability for members.This year we have had a number of sponsors upgrade their sponsorships such as ANZ and welcome many new sponsors to the fold.
Training for Members
Thank you to all that responded to our call for training ideas we received some very valuable feedback. As we are continually trying to improve and expand upon our support to you, our valuable members we will always appreciate any feedback or recommendations as to what specific training our members would like to participate in. Please email our Executive Officer Lydia Mules on executive@wibrd.org.au with your recommendations.
Sponsor & Members Milestones
If you or your business has an anniversary or milestone that you would like announced please do not hesitate to contact us and we will endeavour to publish it. Contact Lydia Mules at executive@wibrd.org.au for for information.
Sponsorship Prospectus 2016
We are pleased to present our Sponsorship Prospectus for 2016. Sponsorship has now closed for 2016 however if you are interested in becoming involved in the network in 2016 or 2017 please do not hesitate to contact us.
Items for Newsletter
If you would like to submit an article for inclusion in our newsletter please send to executive@wibrd.org.au. Articles will be subject to Board approval. We would also like to hear about any good news our members would like to share. Any articles that particularly interest women are invited as well.
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WiBRD Events to come in 2016. All Welcome.
