 Connect with local women in business.

Bringing women across the Barrington Coast together to meet, share ideas, learn and build genuine local connections

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Join a welcoming community for professional women across the
Barrington Coast

Barrington Coast Women in Business brings women from across the region together through events, workshops, coffee catchups and conversations designed to create more connection, support and professional development opportunities closer to home

Build genuine relationships and grow your network

Share ideas, support each other and create new opportunities

Access learning, education and professional development locally

A place to connect, learn and share.

We want BCWIB to be a place where you can meet great women, have useful conversations and come away with something - whether that’s a new idea, a fresh perspective or someone you’d like to stay in touch with.

That might happen around a smaller table at one of our networking nights, over lunch at a practical workshop, or through learning from women within our own community.

Our aim is to create more opportunities to connect, learn and grow, right here on the Barrington Coast.

Upcoming Events

Networking Fiesta

Si Señorita, 1 Wharf St, Forster

5:30PM, 14th October.

We are coming together at Si Señorita in Forster for the first of our new-style networking evenings, designed around smaller tables and more meaningful conversation

You’ll be seated at a thoughtfully curated table of up to eight women, giving you the chance to settle in, properly get to know one another and share a little of what’s happening in your business or career.

We’ll also be joined by Special Guest Speaker Samantha Blake, co-founder of Sweet Pea Animal Hospital and Founder and Director of Sweet Pea Animal Rescue.

Your ticket includes:

Drink on arrival
Dinner - starter, main & dessert
Your place at a curated table of up to 8 women
Hearing from special guest Speaker - Samantha Blake

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Casual monthly catch ups

Our casual local catchups are designed to help women connect, chat and feel a little more supported in business and life. No cost to attend, except for the beverage of your choice.
Keep an eye out here or our instagram page for any changes to venue or timings.

Next one:

When: 9am - 10am, Friday 4 September

Where: Tiona Beachouse, Tiona

End of year Christmas Celebration

This one will be less about business and more about enjoying a beautiful night by the water, catching up, celebrating the year and hopefully finding our way onto the dance floor!

More details coming soon, so make sure you save the date!

When: Thursday 10 December
Where: Thirty Three Degrees,
Tuncurry.

What’s next for Barrington Coast Women in Business?

Barrington Coast Women in Business is a growing community with a focus on genuine connection and support.

Our plans include:

In-person events and gatherings +

Monthly coffee catchups

Opportunities to share your business or career journey

Guest speakers, panels and learning sessions

Space to collaborate, refer, support and uplift one another

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Meet Lauren and Jodie

BCWIB began when two local women, Jodie Laraghy and Lauren Calvert, started talking over a post-tennis coffee about how difficult it could be to find professional networking events and connections close to home.

They hosted a small informal gathering to see whether other women felt the same. The response made it clear that they did.

‍Since then, BCWIB has grown into a community built around genuine connection, useful learning and bringing women from across the Barrington Coast together

Lauren and Jodie are deeply connected to the local community, and both are driven by a genuine desire to see women in the region feel supported, confident and empowered in their careers and businesses, whatever that may look like for them.