Club News

SEX trafficking is big business and is third only to drugs and arms dealing, guest speaker Pauline Monk told us at a supper meeting. “And it’s not just at the organised crime level, smaller businesses are springing up providing parts … Continued

A COFFEE morning held to raise money for charity attracted around thirty club members and friends who were also able to browse among lots of goods for sale. A wide selection of items, ranging from books and Christmas ornaments to … Continued

Tips on telling women how to look their best were on the menu at the club’s monthly supper/speaker meeting. Miriam King,  a stylist and make-up artist with Butterflies Image Consultancy, pictured with president elect Margaret Smith, said: “Image is very important … Continued

MORE than 800 people a day in the UK are diagnosed with cancer and it’s the aim of Macmillan Cancer Support to support every single one of them from the moment of diagnosis. Katie Blake, one of the charity’s fundraising … Continued

MORE than 150 people enjoyed an evening afloat on a Solent cruise that resulted in hundreds of pounds being raised for a local hospital unit. Club members, along with friends and family, set sail for a trip towards the Isle … Continued

Club members entertained 24 elderly folk from Gosport and Southampton to a tea party at the Wheelhouse overlooking the Solent in Hill Head, Fareham. The sun shone which added to the enjoyment of visitors at the annual event organised in … Continued

Members joined Soroptimists from other clubs in southern England to hear a talk by Cheryl Heron, a radical head teacher who specialises in turning around failing schools. Organised by Southampton club the event attracted a total of 57 Soroptimists who … Continued

ALONG with Soroptimist clubs at Winchester and Southampton we hosted a visitor from Estonia under the Grant of Friendship scheme. Anu Ulp, a member of the Tartu Soroptimist club, trained as a psychologist but is working in the Human Resources … Continued

CARING for critically ill babies and children as well as helping to ease the stress it causes their families is the huge task faced by the children’s intensive care unit based at Southampton General Hospital. Members were told how the … Continued

Pam Grosvenor, the club’s immediate past president, is pictured presenting a cheque for £2,000 to Pat Hewitt, left, of Portsmouth Alzheimer’s Society. The charity was one organisation to receive money raised during Pam’s year of office. Mrs Hewitt said they were … Continued