Mentoring
ALGWA SA , since its rejuvenation in 2005, has provided free informal mentoring and networking to:
ALGWA SA mentor programs have included:
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.
- 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.
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