Our Impact
AWDT’s range of fit-for-purpose programmes, events and support services have evolved and grown since 2010 to meet the needs of industry organisations and individual participants.
So far we have worked directly with more than 3,000 women in primary industries to build their skills and confidence. They are now making a big impact at all levels – in farming businesses, in boardrooms, in management and in communities.
As AWDT graduates understand their purpose and begin to fulfil their potential, they are taking on new challenges and increasing their contributions. This creates a ripple effect that is transforming, farming businesses, communities and the wider industry.
Read our impact stories
- Escalator Alumni
- Critical Farming Partners
- Wāhine Māia, Wāhine Whenua
- It's all about YOU
- Working with industry
“The key skills I picked up during UYFB have to do with helping people overcome resistance to change, being an instrument of change and skills to do with promoting effective communication.” Graduate and #criticalfarmingpartner Meg Wheatstone sharing her experience of the UYFB programme and its impact on her role in the farming business.
Visit www.awdt.org.nz/uyfb/ for more information and to register your place in 2019. Thank you Meg and Simon, and Red Meat NZ.
Happy New Year! We're back on deck and getting ready to work with 1000+ women in 2019. Will you be one of them? All of last year's programmes are back including 'It's all about YOU' which we'll be announcing dates/regions for soon so watch this space. Register for new skills, clear direction, a confidence booster and new connections at www.awdt.org.nz/programmes
“I clearly remember how I came away at the end of each session – valuing what skills I had, thinking about what I didn’t know and what I now wanted to know. Feeling positive and renewed to challenge myself and investigate more, I realised I was more than ‘I’m just’ and that what I did really counted. Coming away motivated to use what I had learnt to add value.” – UYFB graduate and #criticalfarmingpartner Rachel McKelvie.
Thanks to Red Meat NZ you can be involved in 2019. For more information and to register visit www.awdt.org.nz/uyfb/
Rachel this is what I did
Awesome stuff Rachel Mckelvie
Awesome Rachel Mckelvie, I did this also a few years back.
From us all at AWDT, Meri Kirihimete and best wishes for a relaxing and safe time out with family and friends. Our office will be closed from 22 December until we reopen on 7 January 2019. To register for our programmes please visit www.awdt.org.nz
Kia ora koutou katoa. In 2019 5 fully-funded Wāhine Māia, Wāhine Whenua programmes are taking place in Kaikohe, Gisborne, Opotiki, Christchurch and Wellington, thanks to Red Meat NZ . The programme equips and supports wāhine involved in sheep and beef farming at a trustee, management or hands on level to lift business performance.
For more information and to register visit www.awdt.org.nz/wmww/
Agri-Women's Development Trust (AWDT)
Would you like to better understand what drives your whānau, trust or incorporation’s farm? Do you want the skills and confidence to participate more fully in the business?
Wāhine Māia, Wāhine Whenua equips and supports wāhine involved in sheep and beef farming to lift business performance and become critical farming partners.
You’ll learn:
- how to measure farm performance and potential
- how to add value as a more engaged critical farming partner
- business planning to improve farm performance
- the drivers and language of your farming business
- how to find and assess financial information.
Thanks to Red Meat NZ this programme is fully funded and places are still available in Rotorua NZ, Whangarei, Northland and Tolaga Bay. For more information and to register, please visit awdt.org.nz/programmes/uyfb-wahine-maia-wahine-whenua/
Hear from our graduates
Escalator
Understanding Your Farming Business
Wāhine Māia Wāhine Whenua
Protecting Your Team
