The Central Coast Festival of Women (CCFW) will return to venues around Wyong, Tuggerah and The Entrance in March.
Each year in the lead up to International Women’s Day (IWD), the Central Coast celebrates the women that live, work and play in the region with the CCFW, through a number of events designed to highlight their contributions to all aspects of life on the Coast.
This commenced on March 1 with the opening of the Women in Art Exhibition at The Entrance Gallery, presented by the Tuggerah Lakes Art Society Inc. at The Entrance Community Centre.
The exhibition will run until March 22 and will close with an Artisans’ Market.
The Society is also holding two art workshops at the Centre.
The first will be a Turning Trash into Art workshop on March 7, and the second is entitled ‘Serendipity’, and will take place on March 14.
On March 5, the Northern Women’s Health Centre is celebrating IWD with guest speakers, entertainment and a light lunch.
This is a free event.
Wyong’s ‘Because We Care’ boutique is also celebrating its first anniversary on March 5 with a free morning tea at Wyong Neighbourhood Centre.
Business Professional Women Central Coast is holding an IWD Breakfast at Mercure Kooindah Waters on March 6.
A CCFW IWD Expo will run at Westfield Tuggerah on March 7.
This is the Coast’s sixth IWD Expo, with festivities to commence from 9am.
WOW (Wave of Wisdom) women’s group will also be at Westfield Tuggerah on March 7 to hold their 2020 Healthy Balanced Relationships for a Caring Empowered World Summit at Event Cinemas.
Also, the IWD All About Women satellite program will be streamed from Sydney Opera House to the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle on March 8.
This is a free to attend.
For more information about the CCWF visit the Central Coast Festival of Women’s Facebook page.
Source:
Media release, Feb 23
Sally Jope, Central Coast Festival of Women