Due to the coronavirus pandemic we were unable to meet in person for our AGM, so we held our meeting by Zoom. Despite the unfamiliarity of the technology, two thirds of our members managed to join the meeting. One of our members took this photo of her screen during the meeting. Outgoing President Sue handed over the President’s chain to incoming President Sandra virtually. We hope it will not be too long before we can meet in person.

Cheque Handover President Sue Smith presented Sue Coggins from the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind with a cheque for £2361 when we visited their headquarters recently. SRSB was our President’s charity in 2018. After the presentation we were told about the work of SRSB and shown around their premises. We then had a cookery skills demonstration and a light supper featuring the dishes which had been prepared by the chef at SRSB. What a wonderful evening!

New President.                                                                   Sue Smith became our president for 2019 at our recent AGM. Our outgoing president Angela Karck presented her with the Chain of Office. We send Sue our best wished for a successful presidential year.

Club members spent this morning packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child and filling welcome bags to give to our friendship club, SI Sutton Coldfield, for the MEENA Project (part of their Programme Action). The photograph shows the fruit of their labours with the bags & boxes ready for delivery.

Many congratulations to Anthea and Brian who raised £988 for our President’s charity, Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind, when they took part in the Blind Driving Day.

We recently held our annual bowling evening. The match was won by Pamela Goff who was presented with the trophy by Jennifer Burns.

We recently held our 46th Charter Lunch at Baldwin’s Omega Restaurant. The event was attended by 45 members and guests, including Chris Clark – SI Yorkshire President, our guest speaker Margaret Clarke and members of our friendship link SI Sutton Coldfield, members of other clubs and a representative of Young Women’s Housing Project – our President’s charity Margaret Clarke is Assistant Programme Director Advocacy SIGBI and gave us a very informative talk about her role.

At our recent social evening, members made door wreaths, guided by Sue Smith. We are sure that you will agree the end results are fantastic and will provide a welcome for any guest during the Christmas celebrations.