Spring is coming at last after a very wet and chilly few months. The weather hasn’t deterred us from getting on with our objective of improving the lives of women and girls. So what have we done? January is a bit of a sleepy time
The 14th may have been a dismal December day but we still managed to raise £200 at our market stall. Thank you to all the Club members who donated items and our erstwhile volunteers who manned the stand. There certainly was a festive flavour to
Every year Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District hold their charity shop window competition. Our intrepid teams of judges brave the elements to walk the streets, and decide who has the best shop window. The shops are scored on visual impact, creatively in their use
Over the last 2 years we have raised more than £7500 so that additional Just ‘B’ provision of student emotional health and wellbeing support could be provided for students of Rossett School, Harrogate. This enabled an extra half day a week of student support making
Garden Party A wonderful Garden Party in Ripon in August raised a fantastic £420 for Harrogate and District Soroptimist’s Stop Food Poverty Project. Club member Denise Newby, who organised the event along with Sandra Jowett and Tricia Chapman provided an array of wonderful cakes and
Fantastic news – there is now a Harrogate Civic Society Brown Plaque to mark Mary Fisher MBE contribution to civic life of Harrogate from the 1920s until her death in 1972. The plaque is sited at 1 Mount Parade in the centre of Harrogate. A
It is with much sadness that the Club announce the loss of Dorothy Taylor, one of our longest serving members. Eulogy by Judith Webb, Neighbour and sister Soroptimist It is with great sadness that I write about Dorothy but it is also a privilege to
Soroptimist International of Harrogate & District were delighted to welcome guests and Harrogate’s first Town Mayor, Chris Aldred to their Charity Event on Friday 16 May at the Crown Hotel Harrogate – An Evening with Caroline Hawley – BBC TV Personality & Expert Auctioneer.
Centenarian Sheila Pantin received the Club’s Honorary Membership when President Sheila and Immediate Past President Christine visited Sheila at her home on the 15th May 2025. Sheila truly deservers recognition for giving a lifetime of service. VE DAY CONCERT – in the Royal Box Just
What is ANZAC DAY? On the 8th of May we will celebrate the end of the War in Europe in 1945. But let us not forget the tremendous cost of young lives it took to achieve the victory. ANZAC DAY is on the 25th April.
