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WTAW 2019 At A Glance
It’s been a bumper year for WTAW thanks to the exceptional/unbelievable/amazing/generous support of the Upper Hunter community. In 2019 we've funded: • 16 students from the five Upper Hunter High Schools to attend National Student Leadership Summit at St Peter’s...
WTAW Featured on Bengalla Bucket
If mining machinery can ever be described as beautiful well then this dragline bucket surely is!!! Quite aside from the magnificent red lips👄 , it’s the gigantic WTAW logo that we’re loving. After a loooong drive down from where it was built in Mackay, smiling at...
Save the Date-2020 Rainbow Ball!
Back bigger and better in 2020 is the WTAW Rainbow Ball - Claim the date 21 November in Scone Upper Hunter Valley, NSW.
Strength Switch Family Facilitation
We are so immensely proud to share this story with you from our amazing SSFF Samantha and Eloise . A massive shout out to the parents who have joined us in either Muswellbrook or Scone for the first Upper Hunter Strength Switch Parenting courses! Samantha and Eloise...
Colour Your Threads for Pos Ed!
Schools across the Upper Hunter will be a sea of colour on Monday celebrating the second annual ‘Colour Your Threads For Pos Ed day’ and we’re VERY EXCITED to announce that this initiative is now spreading around the world. Students in Singapore & Dubai will also...
WTAW Wellbeing Podcast
As this drought continues to test rural communities there’s been LOTS of talk about the need to be resilient. Over the next six weeks WTAW founder Pauline Carrigan will be appearing on Upper Hunter local radio with a series of experts and community leaders providing...
Support from the Aberdeen Highland Games
On Saturday WTAW founder Pauline Carrigan very gladly received a donation from Charlie Cook, President of the Aberdeen Highland Games. This is the third year in a row they have supported our work because they can see the impact it is having on the Upper Hunter community.
Student Leadership Wellbeing Plans Revealed
Today WTAW founders Pauline and Hilton Carrigan threw open the doors to their beautiful home and garden to host our student leadership team and their families for lunch and for the students to share their plans for improving wellbeing in the five Upper Hunter high schools.
Albies 2019 Charity Fundraiser for WTAW
We took great delight in banking a cheque today for a whopping $35,000from Albies College at University of New England. Albies make a commitment each year to fundraise for a nominated charity and in 2019 WTAW has benefitted from the great determination, generosity,...
VWB for Early Learning Centres
We are indebted to Kirsty Hails from the Yellow Cottage for the work she has done to help develop Visible Wellbeing Training for early childcare teachers. More than 120 teachers from day care centres and pre-schools from across the Upper Hunter have completed this...
