Women's Group Ideas

Thinking about starting a women's group but don't know where to start?

We all have to start somewhere - creative thinking can help you come up with the right ideas for your group.

Start by thinking about the problems you face in your daily life. Perhaps you are a mother and face issues raising your children. Perhaps you want to have greater control over your finances, or maybe you want to lose some weight, start exercising and lead a healthier lifestyle. Maybe you work from home and want to connect with other work-at-home moms.

Once you've identified the problem, you can think about creating a group to solve the issues at hand. Regardless of what the issue is, it's pretty certain that other women face the same challenges as you and would welcome the chance to discuss possible solutions. For instance, if you are interested in regaining control of your finances, a personal finance group might be the right idea - women could meet to discuss personal finance tips and tricks that helped them, and maybe some issues that they face. They could even get involved with some interesting investing ideas.

Another way to go about thinking of an idea for a women's group is to approach the concept from a different angle - what are you most interested in? Is it reading, music, theatre, cooking or even shopping? Again, chances are that other women share that same interest as you. By bringing together women who share the same interest, you can help everyone share their enjoyment and discuss their favorites.

Another popular women's group idea is centered around religion or spirituality. If you are religious, you might want to consider a women's group for women belonging to the same religion as you. Of course, you should make sure that everyone shares the same religious views as you and are not, for instance, a rather sceptical Catholic. Church and Bible study groups are popular religious groups and you might want to create a group from members within your church. Religion as a fascinating topic of study might be a reason for gathering women from different religious backgrounds into one group so they could share from each other's tradition and culture.

If you have decided on a broad topic for your women's group, you might want to find a few members before crystallizing your vision for the group. The other members might have some valuable input regarding the group and they may be able to help you create an even better group.

As one last option, you need to keep in mind that a women's group might work well with a very amorphous theme. For instance, if you are simply interested in getting out of the house to meet some like-minded souls over coffee, that might be your theme - women over coffee. Once the group starts meeting regularly, you may find that you and the other members are interested in keeping the group focused, in which case you should decide on a somewhat narrower topic, such as "women who meet over coffee to discuss their lives" or "women who meet over coffee to discuss current events". Alternatively, you might find that the broad theme works nicely for your group.

In any case, don't hesitate to start a women's group - find a few members, and Carpe Diem!

Pat Brill is co-author of "Essentials for Starting a Womens's Group" http://www.womens-group.net/ and co-owner of Women's Group Busy Bites - http://www.womensgroupbusybites.com/ - a blog all about women. You can reach her at pat@womens-group.net.

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