WELA is a community connecting, training and funding generations of women and gender diverse changemakers so that together we transform Australia’s response to our environmental and climate crises.
Call on Minister Chris Bowen to ensure women and gender-diverse people’s leadership, work and solutions shape the transition to a fairer, climate-resilient future.
Now is your time to take on the biggest challenges facing our climate and environment with confidence, power, hope and a network of like-minded changemakers who have your back. Applications opening 26 October.
Join the WELA Giving Circle and pool your donations to fund women and gender-diverse leaders driving real impact for our climate and environment. As a member, you help decide which grassroots initiatives receive small grants to scale their work and create lasting systemic change.
At the heart of WELA is community. To meet the challenges facing our environment and climate, we need strong connections that inspire, support, and elevate each other.
Develop the leadership skills and confidence for the transformational change Australia needs for our environment and climate.
Connect with our growing community of women and gender diverse people for support, opportunities and positive change.
Build relationships, gain knowledge and energise your environmental passion through our online and in-person events.
Find out how you can directly support women-led environment and climate action – and see the power it brings.
“I have gained some incredible skills in management styles, leadership strategies and understandings of why and how some of the work challenges we face today evolved and how to apply practical solutions to solve those challenges. I also experienced substantial personal growth, overcoming my imposter syndrome, that feeling I am not good enough, not experienced enough, that I shouldn’t have a seat at the table, wherever that table might be. I am more confident and a better communicator. If you get the chance, please join WELA and embrace all the amazing team has to offer.”
“The WELA program gave me confidence and helped me find the courage to take the next steps for Kids in Nature Network. I was empowered to create connections, energy and ideas and to continue on my authentic leadership journey. With WELA, you’ll be in a space where you belong.”
“WELA has provided me a steady stream of support and wisdom in a year full of uncertainty. I wasn’t sure what to expect from online programming, but I can say with confidence that WELA delivered in spades. I feel so close to and supported by my cohort and the WELA team, and am grateful for the opportunity to have connected with such kind and talented women. I know that their support and advice will continue to sustain and strengthen my work well into the future.”
“More women in leadership roles will make our environment better. That’s my firm belief and why I’ve supported ACF staff to participate in the WELA program every year that it has run. The self-confidence, approach to teamwork and collaboration, and the strategic vision that ACF women have developed through their participation has been of great benefit to ACF and our movement.”
We come from all walks of life. We are volunteers, managers, creatives, strategists and much more.
Here are some of our stories.
