On Wednesday 20th May we welcomed one of our local charities, Bloomin’ Arts, to our club meeting. Ria has been working for the charity for three years and is their first full-time employee. We were delighted not only to hear her speak but to hear
On Wednesday 15th April we were delighted to welcome a new member to our club. Alison Allerson may be new to EGSIGB but she has been a Soroptimist for many years. Recently she left her Tamworth club and moved south to be nearer her
On Friday 20th March Sue and Gill were part of a team of professionals ( or ex- professionals!) who spent a very enjoyable day interviewing students at Sackville School as part of their work experience programme. Students had been given a selection of job scenarios,
At our monthly speaker meeting on 4th February we welcomed Lisa Marie McNamara, landlady of one of East Grinstead’s most prominent pubs, Dunning’s Mill, and named after Elvis Presley’s daughter as her mother was one of his biggest fans! She has been running pubs for
On Saturday 31st January Sheila and Helen represented EGSI at the Community and Volunteer Fair at the Meridian Hall. They spoke to lots of people and handed out several leaflets to possible new Soroptimists. They also had conversations with a couple of organisations who expressed
At our last meeting of the year we enjoyed an exciting Beetle Drive followed by a very festive quiz, which was helped along with some nibbles and mulled wine. A big thank you to Maureen and her crew for arranging the evening.
Beryl’s beautiful illustration of the activity at Lingfield Nature reserve on Sunday 30th November. A new crabapple tree was planted by Alison and her husband while Chris J. cleared around the tree and rose which are tributes to her mother, a
On Friday 24th October we held our monthly Orange cafe (a day early). Once again we enjoyed the company of fellow Soroptimists. This month some members brought their knitting with them as we are busy knitting white hearts for 25th November, the International Day for
SIEG were delighted to be joint winners of the Grace Onions Award, alongside SI Canterbury, for the work that they have done on the environment. The certificate was presented to them on 20th of September at the 66th Annual General meeting of the SISEE region.
Jane has been helping fellow Soroptimist, Jill, empty her house of things that she no longer needs.Together they went to Ardingly CarBoot sale, armed with items to sell, Soroptimist information, cards and pens. As a charity they only had to pay half price for the
