In celebration of one of our own members, Ann Garvie of Glasgow City Club, having completed a successful two years as Soroptimist International President 2013 – 2015, the clubs in Scotland South Region held an afternoon tea at the Millennium Hotel in Glasgow on 28 August 2015. Ann was guest of honour, and members of clubs throughout the region, and friendship link clubs of Glasgow City attended. In her speech Ann gave those present a flavour of the work involved in leading an international organisation. We are all immensely proud of Ann and the work she had done on our behalf, on behalf of Soroptimist International and for women and girls throughout the world.          

Created for World Leprosy Awareness Day: 25th January 2015 :- “Helping Hands Challenge”  organised by The Leprosy Mission to care for leprosy patients at Nepal’s Anandaban Hospital. The donation of £50.00 from Glasgow City Soroptimist Club and Glasgow Caledonian University in response to the World Leprosy Day 2015 campaign will help to bring life-changing reconstructive surgery to affected people. Leprosy is a mildly-infectious disease caused by a bacillus called Mycobacterium leprae – a relative of the TB bacillus. It occurs where there is dirty water, bad nutrition and poor standards of living, meaning people’s immune systems are not strong and they are unable to fight the disease. According to the World Health Organisation there are 17 neglected tropical diseases, e.g. Buruli ulcer is one of these and it’s caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, an organism which belongs to the family of bacteria that causes

Pictured below with President Fiona are Glasgow City 3 new members: Nicola Jane Murdoch, Vicki Welch and Myrtle Peterkin. We look forward to sharing our Soroptimist ideals with them.

Liz Jamieson is currently on her great adventure, visiting places near and far. She sends club members best wishes for A Happy New Year from New Zealand. Liz is pictured here with the President of SI Wellington.

The Club supported the International President’s December 10th Appeal for ‘See Solar, Cook Solar’, by selling pre-loved scarves and jewellery, home made preserves, and holding a raffle at the club meeting on that date. A total of £306.06 was raised.

SI Glasgow City’s hands-on project is Tomorrow’s Women Today. This is a project run at the Adelphi Centre is a ground-breaking project, which is designed to stop offenders being trapped in the revolving door of jail. The Gorbals centre offers a multi-agency approach, with a consultant psychologist, two mental health nurses, addiction experts and social workers. And on secondment are a prison officer and a housing officer. SI Glasgow City  provides lunches and toiletries. Here is a picture of SI Glasgow City’s Christmas gifts for Tomorrow’s Women Today. All nicely wrapped up and ready for delivery. are 15 gifts, each containing a Christmas card, chocolate, toiletries, nail polish and fluffy socks. We shall also deliver some of our usual donations of toiletries and groceries.

The club was delighted to welcome its newest member, Violet, on 22 October 2014. Her badge was presented to her by President Fiona.

Glasgow City members were joined by members of their friendship link club of Newcastle Upon Tyne, for an enjoyable day out at Abbotsford House on 28 June 2014. We were given a tour of the house, and then had lunch and ‘a chat’ in the café.