Beyond Service – Women Veteran Wellness Weekend
A free, women-only wellness retreat for women who have served
Beyond Service is a 2½-day residential wellness retreat designed specifically for women veterans who are ready for space to breathe, reconnect, reset, and feel understood. Delivered by I’ve Got Your 6 Foundation (IGY6), Beyond Service offers a safe, supportive environment where women can step away from everyday demands and spend time with others who truly understand the realities of service and transition.
Across 2026, IGY6 will deliver six Beyond Service wellness weekends across Victoria, supporting up to 90 women veterans through trauma-informed workshops, practical wellbeing tools, gentle activities, and meaningful connection. The program draws on neuroscience-informed approaches, emotional resilience practices, and facilitated group conversations to support nervous system regulation, confidence, clarity, and a renewed sense of purpose beyond service.
This retreat is fully funded. There is no cost to attend.
Accommodation, meals, activities, and program support are included, with petrol vouchers available for regional participants to reduce travel barriers. All you need to do is register your interest. Beyond Service is more than a wellness weekend. It is time and space set aside for you — to pause, feel supported, and move forward with strength, clarity, and connection.
What This Event Is About
Beyond Service has one purpose: to give women veterans a safe space to heal and reconnect with themselves and each other. Many women tell us they feel overlooked in traditional veteran programs. This weekend is created for women, by people who understand the unique pressures, responsibilities and experiences women face during and after service.
Each retreat is a women-only environment, supported by qualified psychologists, social workers and wellbeing practitioners. It is a space where you do not need to explain yourself or minimise your story. You will be surrounded by women who “get it”.
What you’ll experience
Across the 2½ days (Friday to Sunday), you will take part in:
- Trauma-informed wellbeing workshops
- Stress management and emotional regulation strategies
- Yoga adapted for trauma recovery
- Guided mindfulness and meditation
- Small peer-support circles with other women veterans
- Activities focused on reconnecting with identity, purpose and confidence
- Skill-building sessions for navigating civilian life
- Time to rest, reset and focus solely on yourself
- Post-retreat follow-up support and connection
Every element is designed to help you feel grounded, supported and empowered.
What the Retreat Covers
Your retreat includes, at no cost to you:
- Two nights’ accommodation
- All meals, drinks and refreshments
( alcohol free event ) - All workshops, sessions and activities
- All materials and take-home resources
- Petrol vouchers for women travelling from regional areas
- A follow-up support call after your retreat
We remove every practical barrier so you can attend without stress.
Where Wellness Weekends Will Be Held
Retreats will run in six regions across Victoria:
- Foothills Conference Centre – Mooroolbark, VIC
- RACV Inverloch Resort – Inverloch, VIC
- Allambee Camp – Allambee Reserve, VIC
You can select your preferred region below.
- Pallotti College Retreat Centre – Millgrove, VIC
- Sunny Stones Retreat – Merrimu, VIC
- Flowerdale Estate – Strath Creek, VIC
Who Is Funding This Program
Beyond Service – Women Veteran Wellness Weekend is fully funded so that every woman can participate without financial barriers.
This program is proudly supported by the State Government of Victoria through the Anzac Day Proceeds Fund, administered by the Office for Veterans and the Victorian Veterans Council.
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Expression of Interest Submit Your Details
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This is a short initial form.
We will contact you personally with retreat dates, further details and the next steps.
You do not need to share any personal or medical information at this stage.
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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM
Beyond Service – Wellness Weekend for Women Veterans Proposed Program Schedule
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Friday | Arrival & Welcome
- Arrival and check-in
- Time to settle into rooms and surroundings
- Dinner
- Welcome and brief orientation
- Gentle grounding activity
- Overview of the weekend and group agreements
- Quiet time encouraged
- Early night
Sunday | Integration & Farewell
- Breakfast
After Breakfast
- Activity
- Closing circle and goodbyes
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Saturday | Connection & Renewal
- Breakfast
After Breakfast
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Group session 1
- Gentle group discussion
- Setting intentions for the day
Morning Tea
Late Morning
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Group session 2
- Continued facilitated discussion
- Reflection and connection
- Lunch
Afternoon
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Facilitated activity
- Light, optional, and accessible
- Focused on connection and renewal
- Dinner
- Wind-down and rest
- Early night encouraged
Sunday | Integration & Farewell
- Breakfast
After Breakfast
- Activity
- Closing circle and goodbyes
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Program Notes
- This program outline is indicative only and reflects the generic structure of the Beyond Service - Wellness Weekend for Women Veterans.
- A detailed program schedule will be provided close to the date of the wellness weekend selected.
- To ensure fairness and allow as many women veterans as possible to participate, each participant may attend one Beyond Service wellness weekend only.