{"id":15613,"date":"2018-08-08T07:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T21:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=15613"},"modified":"2018-08-09T22:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:11:53","slug":"social-butterflies-inundated-with-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/social-butterflies-inundated-with-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Social butterflies inundated with members"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Gemma Willocks posted a question on Surfcoast Community Noticeboard asking if there was an interest in creating a women\u2019s social club, she had no idea the number of responses she\u2019d receive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d seen lots of posts on the community noticeboard about women finding it hard to meet people. There\u2019s plenty of clubs for mature age women but not so much for other ladies who just want a reason to get out and meet others,\u201d Ms Willocks said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been thinking about a women\u2019s social club based around Torquay with a once a month casual wine night after kids go to bed, and a Facebook group where you can post whatever else you want to do and get others to join you.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial Butterflies Torquay has been inundated with requests to join, nearly 300 ladies on Facebook \u2013 many just interested to see what it\u2019s all about. Due to the overwhelming response, we\u2019ve had to stop allowing people to join.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Willocks said the rate at which people joined highlights there\u2019s a big need for these types of groups on the Surf Coast, especially with so many people moving here.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first event\/launch is on August 10. There\u2019s about 40 ladies coming along and we have an organising committee who are planning monthly events after that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have people getting smaller sub-groups together for theatre shows and walking groups so there will be lots of things happening eventually.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had so many messages from ladies who have lived here for years and people new to the area who hardly know anyone and are finding it hard to meet people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to extend the age bracket from between 30-60 because so many people were keen to join. There is certainly a need for more groups like this, even though we reached our capacity at 300 I\u2019m sure if we had of left it open we would\u2019ve easily got to 1,000.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Gemma Willocks posted a question on Surfcoast Community Noticeboard asking if there was an interest in creating a women\u2019s social club, she had no idea the number of responses she\u2019d receive. \u201cI\u2019d seen lots of posts on the community noticeboard about women finding it hard to meet people. There\u2019s plenty of clubs for mature […]<\/p>\n

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