Join us in celebrating and enjoying life.
Friday 11th December 2020
Brown Sugar Restaurant
cnr King Street and The Esplanade, Warner’s Bay
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Special dietary needs email Barbara Lane: admin@mybgc.org.au
Our Speakers
Mayor Kay Fraser (ALP) – Lake Macquarie City Council
As a resident of Lake Macquarie for more than 40 years and popularly elected as Mayor of Lake Macquarie City in September 2016, Kay understands that our City offers an incredible lifestyle, with world-class infrastructure, engaged and connected communities, a strong and diversified local economy, and superb natural beauty.
Having had the privilege of representing the residents of East Ward for the past 12 years, Kay remains committed to making Lake Macquarie a great place to live, work and visit and she’s delighted to be building on the successes of previous councils.
Kay is passionate about social justice and ensuring that everybody has access to necessary services, a cause close to her heart that she also pursued throughout her working life, prior to the Mayoral election. She believes that the people of Lake Macquarie City should have a quality of life that meets their needs, increased opportunities for education, employment and a lifestyle that promotes a strong connection to the community and the environment.

Charlotte Thaarup-Owen, Dip Mediation (London University), DipArtThy (London University) MBSR, MBEAT, CBMT. Director The Mindfulness Clinic is an internationally experienced clinical mindfulness consultant and transformative educator.
Charlotte Thaarup is one of the pioneers of Mindfulness within Australia, having trained hundreds of psychologists in Mindfulness, many businesses leaders, as well as individuals from all walks of life. Her ‘Mindfulness@Work’ program, and her ‘Mindful Leadership program’ are some of the first corporate mindfulness programs within Australia. She has had a particular focus on leadership for women and diversity in general and has run many Mindful Leadership programs specifically for women.
Charlotte has over 20 years experience in facilitating change and personal and interpersonal development as well as leadership training and 360 feedback. For the past ten years she has been facilitating Mindfulness as retreats, workshops and coaching. She is also contributing to Newcastle University’s new Executive MBA with Mindful Leadership. She contributes to academic writing and teaching on Mindfulness.
Charlotte is often described as the real deal, beautifully balancing corporate needs with science and the ancient practice of mindfulness. Charlotte leaves the audience with tools and ways to integrate mindfulness into their day to day lives both personally and professionally.
For more information call 4942 3133 or email our staff.