Welcome to our Club
From Presidents Paddy and Sallie
We are a group of women from different walks of life with a variety of interests who enjoy working together through fun, friendship and fellowship to make a difference to women and children locally, nationally and internationally. There’s more about us in Who we are
Locally we support St David’s Hospice Care, Women’s Aid, Tools for Self Reliance, Monmouthshire Newport Torfaen MS Group, collect and sell pre-loved jewellery for Alzheimer’s Society, make drain bags and comfort cushions for ladies who have had mastectomies. Knit Comfort Teddies which are kept by Social Services, Schools, in Police/Fire vehicles/ambulances and given out to small children involved in traumatic or upsetting circumstances. Give copies of ‘Women in Science’ to local primary schools. Liaise with the chaplain at the Grange University Hospital. Internationally we support Plan (a global children’s Charity), Water Aid, Empowering Girls in Nepal and much more to be found in What we doWhat we do
We can also be found on Facebook under Soroptimist International Cwmbran.
Our meetings , usually a brief business meeting followed by a speaker, ending with light refreshments and a time to socialise are held on the second Monday of the month (with the exception of August and December) at Greenmeadow Golf and Country Club (just off the A4042 on Treherbert Road, Croesyceiliog). We usually have a monthly coffee morning and have other social and fundraising events throughout the year..
What we’ve been doing in 2025
January
We started the year by having our annual Programme Action evening showing what Projects we’ve been involved in over the last year, as highlighted above.
This was followed by an interesting talk from Judith Major from Tenovus.
We also welcomed 3 new members to our Club which brings our membership up to 30.
February
The end of February saw an early celebration of St David’s Day, 1 March, at Llantarnam Grange for a coffee morning. We were pleased to welcome Helen, again, who knits the lovely Welsh dolls and some of our character teddies.
March
The 2nd March was our 45th anniversary and we celebrated by having our annual lunch at Greenmeadow with 76 members and guests. This was also a happy opportunity to present long service awards to
:-Edith Price, a founder member of our club, 45 years , Joyce Jarrett, also 45 years , Kay Touhig 40 years , Ann Hodgson 30 years and Marian John 30 years . Sadly Marie another long serving member couldn’t be with us today.
That is a total of 190 years of service and volunteering, serving and making a difference in the community.
8th March saw us at the annual International Women’s’ Day event at the Riverfront theatre in Newport.
Upcoming
Club AGM – Greenmeadow Monday, 14 April.
Join us
We are always pleased to have new members and if you want to know more, attend one of our virtual meetings or coffee morning or just have an informal chat over a cup of tea or coffee please click on the Contact us link.