Team
Meet the team
Local Deidi Vine put a call out to the community to create a space where women could come together.
“We had the founding women’s circle and around 40 women joined us. It was amazing, inspiring, exhilarating, and exciting! The variety of skills and abilities of the women and their willingness to share was amazing. Many of the women really emphasised how they needed the connection.”
From this the Byron Shire Women’s Hub was born.
Deidi Vine
President
With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. She sets the tone for everything we do!
Deidi created Girls On Tools and the Sewing Circle. With the birth of Byron Shire Women’s Hub Inc this year, these ventures now form part of the Hub along with our other activities including gardening, craft, music and nature walks.
Deidi has an abundance of practical skills to share with women and is the passionate collaborative driving force behind Byron Shire Women’s Hub. Deidi has created connections with many in the community and has her finger on the plus for vulnerable women in need. Deidi has nurtured connections to create free spaces for women to gather through giving back to the community.
El Jones
Secretary
Michaela Killips
Founding Commitee Member
Michaela was drawn towards being part of Byron Shire Women’s Hub to connect with other women and to share and learn skills. As a busy working mum Michaela is hoping to reconnect more with craft, creative projects and women from diverse backgrounds.
As a founding committee member, Michaela aims to tread lightly on Bunjalung Country where she has called home for the past fifteen years. She brings experience in management and human resources as well as possessing board and governance experience both as current board member of HeyDay Supports and previous board member and company secretary of Sunrise Children Association Inc. in Nepal. Michaela enjoys supporting the creatives in her family with music and book publishing.
Mum and co founder of family run business.
For El the Women’s Hub is a space to connect with women of all ages, including other mothers, in a setting that is not solely focused on parenthood, but rather complements it. She is enthusiastic to learn alongside other women in a new range of activities to add much needed creative spice to life.
“Right now, community feels more important than ever!” - El
“I hope to build meaningful connections while developing new skills, and share the vision our Hub can be the place for this. I also hope to contribute valuable perspectives through my experiences as a mother, my professional background, and with a deep enthusiasm for giving back to my community.”
Sarita Singh
Founding Commitee Member
Sarita brings to the Women’s Shed a rare blend of creativity, organisational expertise, and practical project experience developed over more than twenty years across graphic design, multimedia, event coordination, business administration, and project management.
With a genuine commitment to helping projects and people thrive, and a strong belief in the importance of empowering women through practical skill building and meaningful community connection, Sarita welcomed the opportunity to be a part of the Byron Shire Women’s Hub.
Kiara Mullooly
Facilitator Coordinator
Kiara is a Facilitator and co-ordinator of the Byron Shire Women's Hub, supporting the Design and flow of workshops bringing ideas to life and ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. Her role is fluid, organising facilitators, coordinating sessions, and stepping in wherever needed to keep things moving.
She has a deep Passion for creating and holding space where women can learn, create, connect and share what they already know. She believes that everyone carries valuable skills and lived knowledge, and is especially interested in helping women recognise and express those abilities, often in ways they may not have considered before.
Kiara loves to make something from nothing. She has experience working with all kinds of materials and a focus on Textiles, Power tools and Plants.
She is part of a team effort to build a space shaped by the women within it, where knowledge is shared, valued, and kept alive.
Trish Moffat
Treasurer
Trish has been a Byron local for over 37 years and never wanted to be anywhere else.The nature, people, diversity and community is deeply unique to us and something to be celebrated.
Her hope for the Byron Shire Women's Hub is to improve the skills, knowledge fun and companionship for local women
“We can all learn, support, listen and advise each other, over a cuppa or a drill..!” - Trish