🗞️ WSO Monthly Newsletter

✨ Past Events Highlights

Issue: June 2026

📅 Upcoming Events

🌝🚶‍♀️Weekly Wednesday Wellness Walks
Date: June 3, 10, & 17, 2026.
Summary: Our weekly Wellness Walks are proving beneficial to those who join us and comments have been that they’re uplifting, peaceful, a chance to listen to nature and ‘zone out’ as well as a place to chat about any current problems. However, this month one walk was cancelled due to the extremely hot weather. Cancelled walks are posted on our Socials so please check. We walk weekly unless there aren’t two volunteers available or if the weather is against us. We’re a small friendly, non-judgmental group, a safe space to join and to amble around St Nicholas Park within company every Wednesday evening, unless the weather or lack of volunteers prevents the walk. Come and try us out one Wednesday evening at 7pm, we meet at the Café steps.  

📢🖼️🚺 WSO has the Mayor’s support!

The outgoing Mayor of Warwick, Jackie D’Arcy had included Women Stepping Out as one of her charities to support during her Mayoral year. 

A cheque was presented to the charity for which are delighted and extremely grateful.

View all past issues of the newsletter here.

😔💔Space for Grief

Our speaker this month was Laura from bloominglotusproject@outlook.com. Laura spoke about the traditional ways of managing grief, pushing it under the carpet almost ignoring the pain and not honouring the person, no longer present to the modern new way of talking about feelings without being judged. Grief ignored has detrimental physical and mental health consequences that not all cultures experience because of their different approaches to death. If you are grieving a loss, current or historical, Laura will gently and kindly support you.                                                                                       

🚩🎉🕊️Warwick and Leamington Festivals

This month we’ve been busy with two local festivals. We attended Warwick Pursuits June 5th & 6th at which we tried out our new gazebo for the first time, kindly funded by Heart of England.  This Festival is gradually growing and enables us to showcase ourselves and to meet new volunteers.  

This year, the weather was against us, but trialing the gazebo set us in good stead for the return of the original Leamington Peace Festival since Covid. Over June 13th & 14th the sun shone, lots of people visited our stall to play our popular Marble Game and enjoy some craft activity. We also showcased some handmade costume jewellery that would make a good gift. 

We’re going to the EcoFest Festival in Leamington Spa on September 5th, come and see us there and buy some one-of-a-kind costume jewellery.           

🎶🎼🎤The Rhythm of Life

Join us for an uplifting evening of music with guest soloist Sophie Robertson on Saturday 11th July 2026 at the beautiful Holy Trinity Church in Leamington Spa.

📍 Location
Holy Trinity Church
Beauchamp Avenue
Leamington Spa
CV32 5RG

🕖 Doors Open: 7:00pm
🎵 Concert Starts: 7:30pm

🎟️ Tickets:
£15.00. Under 18s FREE
Available from choir members, on the door, or via Eventbrite (with a small admin fee.)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rhythm-of-life-village-voices-choir-tickets-1989095864275

This special concert is organised by Village Voices in aid of Women Stepping Out (Charity No. 1205138), registered in England and Wales. All net proceeds will be donated.

Come along for a wonderful night of music, community, and support for a meaningful cause.

👮🚨👮‍♀️ Warwick- Safer Neighbourhood Team

We have a featured talk each month and in July you can come along to meet your local team of the Warwickshire Police. Get your questions answered and find out what our roles are in community.

📍 Location: Pickard Street Community Centre,
📆 Date: 3rd July 🕖 Timing: 7:30pm- 8:30pm