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Body Positive hiking for culturally diverse & refugee women

A judgement free, integrative hiking community welcoming culturally diverse women.

Project details

Suggested by: Claire

Project partner: Escaping Your Comfort Zone

Budget

$199,666.00

Votes

143 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Escaping Your Comfort Zone is a body positive hiking organisation for women across Victoria. It is a size inclusive, judgement free community, with over 800 members, and hikes in over 40 locations across Victorian parks. We are opening these experiences up to women from culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds across Wyndham & surrounds.

We recognise that our hikes are not accessible via public transport, and many CALD, and refugee women do not have cars. We will purchase a mini-bus, so that we can pick up participants who want to join our hikes, who otherwise could not attend.

www.escapingyourcomfortzone.com.

We are firm believers in "You cannot be what you cannot see". Women from CALD backgrounds are woefully under-represented in the Aussie outdoors, so how can these women see what is possible?

We'll provide:

Social inclusion, allowing these women to meet others to share experiences with.
The proven mental health benefits that come from the outdoors, and feeling part of a community
access to new local parks, that they can return to with their families.

We'll promote understanding and empathy in our current members (predominately white women), towards women from diverse backgrounds. No longer a different culture, now a friend.

Project details

Suggested by: Claire

Project partner: Escaping Your Comfort Zone

Budget

$199,666.00

Votes

143 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Comments

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TarzS

15 Sep 2018

Great idea, best of luck :-)

Run Rhon

03 Sep 2018

What a great thing to do? Awesome work guys.

Kathymax3144

01 Sep 2018

Best of luck with this project !

Saoco

31 Aug 2018

Excellent practical supportive group

GAshton

27 Aug 2018

Great idea. Good luck with this project

Nic65

26 Aug 2018

Great body positive community group that empowers women to come together in the outdoors. Inclusive, welcoming and safe!!!

kdinm

25 Aug 2018

Great idea!

Yogeeta

21 Aug 2018

Superb!

Caz

17 Aug 2018

Great idea - good luck with the project.

rangamel

16 Aug 2018

Best idea! Love this!

desally

16 Aug 2018

go and enjoy

malston

16 Aug 2018

Absolutely fabulous initiative!!!

SBakker74

16 Aug 2018

Great idea

Bdette

16 Aug 2018

Amazing! Love the idea.

Spooky

15 Aug 2018

Excellent idea well done 😁

Jodienne

15 Aug 2018

A brilliant idea by a awesome person go
Richelle who continues to change the lives of women

Ray

15 Aug 2018

Great concept improving confidence and esteem to a forgotten group of plus size ladies