ALGWA SA , since its rejuvenation in 2005, has provided free informal mentoring and networking to:
women candidates during council and supplementary council elections
women elected to councils
women during their terms on council
women after their terms on council.
ALGWA SA mentor programs have included:
Mentor Network Work Group established since 2008
Climbing Your Ladder to Success series of workshops for women elected to and working in local government with six ‘Step Up’ sessions held at locations around the state with a launch in March 2010 and culminating in ‘The - Top Rung-Don’t let Your High Heels Stop you Climbing the Ladder’ presentations from the six sessions in August 2010.
Mentoring of women candidates in 2006 & 2010 & 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 Council Elections.
Published online resources for women candidates.
ALGWA SA mentoring is a free, voluntary and confidential activity. (It is not legal advice). It may include individual and group face-to-face, phone and online opportunities.
Mentoring may include sharing knowledge gained from experience; networking and sharing contacts; problem solving; acting as a sounding board; and boosting self- esteem and self -confidence.
ALGWA SA mentors may come from large and small country and metropolitan Councils and have a wide variety of interests and experience.
For more information, download our flier below.
It may be as simple as a phone call to an ALGWA SA Committee member (contact details on Committee Members page) to have a chat.