Audacious Women Festival

Do What You Always Wish You Dared

Audacious Acts

Being audacious means something different to each of us. We all have our own starting point – something you find easy might be another woman’s greatest fear.

AWF invites you to tell us about something audacious you’ve done. Do say if you did it at or because of the Festival, but we’re interested in all audacious acts, where-ever you committed them.

Or make a pledge to Do What You Always Wish You Dared. And hopefully come back a wee while later to tell us you’ve achieved it! 

Send us your Audacious Acts and we’ll publish them here.

Audacious Acts

Here are some of the audacious stories that women have shared with us. Send us yours and we’ll add it to inspire other women.

A Memorable Experience

My Audacious Act was to run a (sold out) memoir-writing workshop at AWF 2019. The enthusiasm of the women encouraged me to write a ten-week course for adult education which has gone brilliantly and itself has prompted me to now consider offering memoir publishing services. Watch this space 

SH

Skinny dipped

Skinny dipped.

I know it’s a cliche but that doesn’t make it any less fun!

Dancing on the runway

Together with other women on a charity trip we did a dance on the airport runway in Entebbe, Uganda, where we were leaving after spending some months there. (NB We’d done some dancing as part of other activities we were involved with.)

Ballet Class

I started a Ballet class. After a 40 year break (no leotard!)

Moving

Moved to the other side of the world…. then quit my job to do a PhD. All working out so far…

South of England to AWF

Driving from the South of England while “working” to catch up with amazing friends. And catching an awesome gig: 6 Gals Named Smith

Re-Mixing It Up

I shared my first demo track to a private songwriting group for feedback and a songwriting producer to Rita Ora and Little Mix liked it and offered to remix it free of charge in his sparetime despite being really busy and turning down most requests to produce new emerging artists’ tracks.

NM March ’18

(Just goes to show what can happen when you dare! – Audacious Women Collective) 

My First Poetry Slam

I took part. I read my own words aloud to an audience. They were fresh on the page – written 2hrs earlier at most. I am particularly proud that I had the audacity to ask folk to listen to my words without careful polishing and rehearsal. It was fun.

“F***ing Yaldie!”

I took down a boy who was annoying me in P5 with an unpractised judo throw. I didn’t get in trouble for it as well.

I’m going to stick to kick boxing.

I’ve booked

Go on the mountain biking session this weekend that I’ve booked but am now scared of.

I will.

My best friend died and I’m heartbroken.

Need to make some new friends.

I will. X

To stop saying sorry.


I realise it is apologising for my voice, opoinion, or presence and I am not sorry. I am here, and I have a voice and they are good and should be seen and heard.

Spoken word


I am going to write and perform a spoken word performance at Fringe 2020! 

Be more visible

My audacious acts for this year will be to start writing a book, & be more visible through speaking at events and groups.

Online portfolio

I am going to build my own online portfolio as a website, to stop using other templates that have cost me a lot and limited my website.

TABOU

I am going to perform “TABOU” at the Fringe 2018 – The whole run!!! WASPI LADY

Change

I pledge to change my career and become a humanist celebrant

I pledge

I pledge to do future research on third sector organisations to take my career to a new place for a more fulfilling future!

Research

During the next year I want to research and write a biography of an Audacious woman for next year’s festival.

I will act

I will act, not dither or procrastinate about injustice. Even in a small way! 

Dancing granny

I will teach my granddaughter something crazy – more dancing granny!