Our Annual Bridge Event took place in April where our club provides lunch for the 80 players. Here we see us hard at work preparing the food. Another successful day’s work with £850 profit made which has been allocated to Marie Curie Cancer Fund. Great
5th march— Celebrating International Women’s Day this month in Bewdley and raising awareness of Violence Against Women. Even the local canine showed an interest. 11th march—Public Speaking Competition. Congratulations to our member Cindy Black who supported these lads from a local school in taking part
In January 2024, members attended a zoom meeting about Modern Day Slavery, in which Independant Modern Slave Advocates talked about their roles dealing with this disturbing problem on a daily basis. February saw our sewing sisters making dresses and birthing sheets from duvet covers and
Novmber and December were two very busy months for the club, with lots of events. The first event was SIGBI’s Annual Conference, being held in Friend’s House in London this year. The speakers were so inspirational that we left feeling ready to work for women
At our Regional Meeting in December 2022, we heard a speaker from ANAWIM, the women’s centre in Birmingham which supports women in need. After hearing this speaker, we decided to continue making these gym style backpack bags from donated fabrics at our Sewing Sisters sessions.
Diary of the month Feb/March 2023 Standing up for women and girls. At our business meeting in February, there were lots of ideas and offers of help from members in planning future events for the forthcoming year. What can we achieve as Soroptimists? Chris Bradley
Phrase of the month- Soroptimists want to contribute to their local community. 5th January- We held our monthly Business meeting today to start off the new year . We held it on zoom in case of inclement weather and dark nights. Good to see familiar
Phrase of the Month—Soroptimism is volunteering with friends. In our meetings this month, we have paid our respects to our late majesty Queen Elizabeth the second. We thank you for your Inspiration and duty over 70 years. Cindy, who is a long standing member of
On 17th September, Kidderminster Soroptimists held a curry evening to raise funds for Tarango in Bangladesh. Tarango’s mission (below) echoes very many of Soroptimists own aspirations. We raised nearly £1,000 to send to this worthwhile organisation. TARANGO is a voluntary non-government organization which dreams of
