Zonta Club of Hunter Newcastle Inc

18/06/2026

For more information about survivor's R Us https://sru.org.au/

Zonta Club of Hunter-Newcastle normally meets on 3rd Wednesday each month in Charlestown for an early dinner meeting. If you are interested in finding out more about Zonta contact [email protected]

01/06/2026

We contributed 1000 kits.

We promised 20,000 kits. Together, you helped deliver an incredible 32,100! 💪🏽💪🏽

Over the past few weeks, thousands of Australians have rolled up their sleeves at schools, workplaces, community halls and kitchen tables to help make Mother’s May 2026 a month to remember.

✨ 53 Assembly Days
✨ 2261 volunteers
✨ 32,100 Clean Birth Kits

To every volunteer who gave up a Sunday morning, stayed back after work, packed kits on a chilly autumn night, donated, fundraised or helped spread the word – thank you!

Together, we move closer to a world where women and girls can give birth without fear of death, disease or infection. 🙏

From all of us at the Birthing Kit Foundation Australia – thank you for making Mother’s May count!

31/05/2026

25 dedicated volunteers—including members from the Zonta Club Hunter Newcastle, Charlestown and Georgetown Girl Guides and Leaders, and members of the Newcastle Ionian Group —packed safe birth kits at the Georgetown Girl Guide Hall.
What's in a kit? A sheet of plastic, gauze, string, a blade, soap and gloves. Members of the Hawks Nest Bridge Club folded the plastic sheets and inserted them in bags earlier in the week. (The plastic bag and the plastic sheet are treated to be biodegradable.)

Together, we successfully assembled 1,000 birthing kits. These kits will be distributed to developing countries to support clean births for women in need.

It was a productive effort for a great cause.

Our birthing kit event was part of the Birthing Kit Foundation Australia’s 20,000 kits target to celebrate 20 years of providing kits for safe births for mothers and babies. For more information https://www.bkfa.org.au/

Kits are distributed via trusted local organisations. A local training component is usually included.

Zonta Club of Hunter-Newcastle normally meets on 3rd Wednesday each month in Charlestown for an early dinner meeting. If you are interested in finding out more about Zonta contact [email protected]

26/05/2026

26/05/2026

Intermittent rain did not stop over 60 people supporting the Zonta Club of Hunter Newcastle’s 2026 fund-raiser for a scholarship program to recognise and support women and girls.

Wine by Jac & Jones https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063883752851 matched with food by https://www.facebook.com/people/Providores-Kitchen/61586514154222/ cheered all.

Additional funds were raised by sales of raffle tickets and special ‘Bags by Denise’. Music by Michael Wilks https://www.facebook.com/MichaelWilks.Musician/ finished the afternoon, together with tasty soups for a winter afternoon.

Scholarships supported by the Club include:
TAFE – a biannual scholarship designed to assist women undertaking TAFE courses.
Midwifery – an annual scholarship open to female students at the University of Newcastle enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery program.
Young Women in Leadership – awarded to young women aged 16-19 years, who demonstrate leadership skills and commitment to public service.
Achievement Award for a Young Indigenous Woman – recognises and celebrates the achievements of a young Indigenous woman enrolled in Year 12.
The Marcia Seymour Dane Woman of Achievement Award – the nominee will have demonstrated the Zonta ideals of service and empowerment in her work with women and the community.

The Zonta Club of Hunter Newcastle also facilitates several Zonta International scholarships, including:
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Zonta Young Women in Leadership

Thanks to Helen of Helen’s on Engel (and long-term Zontian) for the rain-or-shine venue and much else.
Jac & Jones Providores Kitchen Michael Wilks

23/05/2026

Next Saturday! Many hands needed to pack these simple but effective kits.The target is 1,000 kits.

This project is in association with the Birthing Kit Foundation Australia. For more information https://www.bkfa.org.au/

What's in a kit? A sheet of plastic, gauze, string, a blade, soap and gloves. (The plastic bag and the plastic sheet are treated to be biodegradable.)

Kits are distributed via trusted local organisations. A local training component is usually included.

22/05/2026

ZCHN recent delivered quilts made by the Quirky Quilters volunteers and a basket of bags full of toiletry items for distribution at a local women’s refuge.

The Zonta Club of Hunter Newcastle gives support to seven refuges across the Lake Macquarie-Newcastle-Hunter region. Some of these facilities offer refuge to women (and their children) fleeing domestic violence and others offer homeless women a safe, if temporary, place to stay.

Club members are active in sourcing goods, then transporting and delivering them to where they're needed.

Quirky Quilters is one of the Club’s most active partners, providingcheerful, colourful quilts for women and families arriving at refuges with little or nothing. https://www.stlukesbelmont.com.au/community-programs/quirky-quilters/

The Club gladly accepts donations of those small toiletries provides in hotels and motels to put into these toiletry bags.

21/05/2026

Club members welcomed Board members for 2026-2027 at last night's meeting, with the gavel handed on to incoming Club President Caroline Rose. Many thanks were given to outgoing Club President Lee Romstein.

Zonta Club of Hunter-Newcastle normally meets on 3rd Wednesday each month in Charlestown for an early dinner meeting. If you are interested in finding out more about Zonta contact [email protected]

17/05/2026

Book at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1561312. If you are worried about the weather, be assured that everything can happen in-doors if it rains.

15/05/2026

Zontians and friends met today to honour those who have been killed by Domestic Violence (DV). This was the third anniversary of laying a wreath at the Remembrance Bench on the Warner’s Bay Foreshore and reflecting on the impact of DV during Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month.

Recent statistics reveal that Australia-wide almost 40 percent of homicide offences were related to the horrific epidemic of DV. Other statistics indicate that 1 in 4 women are impacted by domestic violence during their lifetime.

Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month is held each May to raise community awareness of the social and personal impacts of domestic and family violence and the support available to those affected.

Locally, and internationally, Zonta acts to raise awareness of DV, family violence and coercive control. The Zonta Club of Hunter Newcastle’s ZONTA SAYS NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Committee is doing much to educate Zontians, promote public awareness, and do further research in this field.

Zonta Club of Hunter-Newcastle meets on 3rd Wednesday each month in Charlestown for an early dinner meeting. If you are interested in finding out more about Zonta contact [email protected]