2024 – 2025 Programme
(further information will be added/amended as further events are planned )
All Club meetings take place at Cartmel Village Hall ( Supper Room) at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated
There is usually an evening social event at a local venue the 3rd Tuesday in the month. See individual months for information. This is open to members and anyone interested in meeting us in an informal setting. CONTACT US
MAY 2024
Tuesday 7 Club meeting 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
Saturday 11 Regional Conference ‘Rise Up & Roar’ at the Wrightington Hotel & Spa, Wigan WN6 9PB starting at 9.30am
JUNE 2024
Tuesday 4 Club meeting 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
Saturday Regional Meeting 10am – 3pm at Lancaster University
JULY 2024
Tuesday 2 Club meeting 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
Tuesday 16 Social get together – Brunch at Charnleys Garden Centre Dalton 11am
Saturday 27 Coffee morning Grange Methodist Hall, Kents Bank Rd. 10 -12
AUGUST 2024
No Club meeting
Wednesday 14 morning Club outing to Holehird Gardens
SEPTEMBER 2024
Tuesday 3 Club meeting 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
OCTOBER 2024
Tuesday 1 Food and Fashion of 1954 to start off our Platinum Celebration Jacob Join 6pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room.
Saturday 19 70th Charter Anniversary lunch at the Courtyard Restaurant, Holker Hall 12.30pm
NOVEMBER 2024
Friday – Sunday 1-3 (lunchtime to lunchtime) Soroptimist Federation Conference The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Tuesday 5 Tuesday 3 Club meeting 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
Saturday 9 Regional Meeting and AGM 10am – 3pm Wyrebank Banqueting Suite, Garstang
DECEMBER 2024
Tuesday 3 Club meeting with Frugal supper at 6.30pm then meeting at 7.30pm – Write for Rights letter writing with Amnesty International Supper Room CVH
JANUARY 2025
Tuesday 7 Club meeting Supper Room CVH Coffee from 7.15pm
Thursday 23 Morning Social get together at the Orangery , St Marys Hospice, Ulverston ( anyone welcome) CONTACT US
FEBRUARY 2025
Tuesday 4 Club meeting and PA groups 7.30pm Supper Room CVH
Tuesday 25 Evening Theatre Trip Blithe Spirit Dukes Playhouse Lancaster
Sat Regional Meeting 10.00am to 1.00pm via Zoom.
MARCH 2025
Tuesday 2 Club meeting 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
APRIL 2025
Tuesday 1 Club meeting and AGM 7.30pm in Cartmel Village Hall Supper Room. (coffee from 7.15pm)
Future Dates for diaries
UN Days and Significant Dates
February-March Fairtrade Fortnight (UK only) – www.fairtrade.org.uk
3rd March World Book Day – www.worldbookday.com
8th March International Women’s Day – www.internationalwomensday.com
22nd March World Water Day – www.worldwaterday.org
7th April World Health Day – www.who.int/world-health-day/en
15th May International Day of the Family – www.un.org/esa/socdev/family
5th June World Environment Day – www.unep.org
8th September International Literacy Day – www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/literacy
21st September International Day of Peace – www.internationaldayofpeace.org
3rd October Club Friendship Day – Clubs are encouraged to observe this day in recognition of the chartering of the first Soroptimist Club in Oakland, California, USA on 3rd October 1921
16th October World Food Day – www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en
17th October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlDay/index.html
18th October Anti-Slavery Day (UK Only) – www.antislavery.org
25th November Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women www.saynotoviolence.org
1st December World Aids Day – www.who.int/topics/hiv_aids/en www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/World-AIDS-Day
10th December UN Day of Human Rights – www.un.org/en/rights