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Results of Harrogate and District Charity Shop Window Competition 2025

Results of Harrogate and District Charity Shop Window Competition 2025

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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 items and materials from the shop to create their display, and how it reflects the spirit of Christmas. It is also a great opportunity to recognize the importance of the charity shops.  Not only as places to raise vital funds for their charities but  also to recycle donations of goods to prevent them from ending up in landfill. Many of the goods were also of excellent quality. It was noted that some of our judges were eyeing up the items used in the displays and may have visited the shops at a later date! Award Ceremony The  awards  took place

Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition – The Results 2024

Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition – The Results 2024

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Harrogate and District Soroptimist were delighted to welcome the award winners of the annual Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition to their meeting at the Crown Hotel on the 4th December.  The Mayor of Knaresborough Cllr. Margy Longhurst and Club President Christine Anderson presented the Award Certificates and the Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup to the overall winner. The judging took place in three zones.  Harrogate Town; Ripon with Boroughbridge and Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton. Overall Soropoptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup Winner and Zone Winners – Ripon and Boroughbridge Gold Award:                  OXFAM Shop, Fishergate Ripon Silver Award:                Saint Michael’s Hospice Shop, North Street, Ripon Highly Commended.      Yorkshire Cancer Research Shop, The Arcade, Ripon and Saint Michael’s Hospice, High Street, Boroughbridge Cup Winner The winner of the Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup for the Christmas Window Competition is

Charity Shop Christmas Shop Window Competition – Harrogate District Results

Charity Shop Christmas Shop Window Competition – Harrogate District Results

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Harrogate and District Soroptimist were delighted to welcome the award winners of the annual Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition to their meeting at the Crown Hotel on the 6th of December.  The Mayor of Knaresborough, Cllr.Hannah Gostlow with Club President, Pat Shore MBE, presented the Award Certificates. The judging took place in three zones.  Harrogate Town; Ripon with Boroughbridge and Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton. THE criteria used is Innovation, Impact and Spirit of Christmas. The Soroptimist Cup is awarded to the overall winner. This year’s winner of the Soroptimist Cup is Sue Ryder Charity Shop in Knaresborough. Their window display was an eye-catching mannequin with a Christmas tree skirt. The judging was very close this year. We are always amazed at what the managers and volunteers achieve with limited resources. Zone Winner – Harrogate Town Gold Award: ​​Shelter, Commercial Street Silver Award: ​​Yorkshire Cancer

Charity Shop Christmas Shop Window Competition

Charity Shop Christmas Shop Window Competition

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Harrogate and District Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition Harrogate and District Soroptimists will be judging the Christmas Shop Window Display in Charity Shops in Harrogate, Ripon, Boroughbridge, Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton on the 2nd December. The competition, now in its tenth year, takes place across the District. We are always impressed by the creativity and impact of the charity shops windows – dressed by volunteers.  There are three zones, Harrogate Town Centre; Ripon with Boroughbridge; Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton.  Gold and Silver Certificates are awarded  in each zone with the overall winner receiving the Soroptimist Cup. Representatives from the short listed shops will be invited to the presentation event at the Crown Hotel on the 6th December. Wetherby – Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition The Gill Smith Trophy is presented to the Best Dressed Charity Shop Window in Wetherby. The judging will take

President Blog – November

President Blog – November

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Presidents Report – November/December Where has this year gone? And yet is seems ages ago since we made our first tentative steps back to normality.  Last year we met on the 1st of December and awarded the Charity Shop Christmas Window winners at the Crown Hotel. A week later, I had to make the presentation to the Wetherby Winner’s in the street as restrictions were reintroduced due to the spread of covid. Covid is still a factor but is now part of our everyday lives. I hope all of you who have recently had covid have made a good recovery. Remembrance Sunday 13 November November has been another very busy month.  There is so much going on in the Club. On the 13th of November I represented the Club at the Harrogate Cenotaph to lay a wreath at the Remembrance Service.  It is always a

President’s Blog – December/January 2023

President’s Blog – December/January 2023

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President’s Report – December/January 2023 Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you all  had a Happy and Joyful Christmas? The twelve days of Christmas will be over by the time we meet again. It takes a while before we feel the benefit of the lengthening days.  But - the days are getting longer. A big thank you for the Christmas Cards and to those of you who donated in lieu of Christmas Cards. Jennifer will update me in the next couple of days and I will be writing out to thank those individuals who made donations. The money will help the Food Banks who are under a lot of pressure as the cost of living bites. Charity Shop Winners I was so pleased that so many of you were able to attend for the presentation to the winners of the Harrogate District
Charity Shop Window Competition – The Results

Charity Shop Window Competition – The Results

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Harrogate and District Soroptimist were delighted to welcome the award winners of the annual Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition to their meeting at the Crown Hotel on the 7th December.  The Deputy Mayor of Harrogate Borough, Cllr. Robert Windass  and Club President Val Hills, presented the Award Certificates and the Soroptimist Cup to the overall winner. The judging took place in three zones.  Harrogate Town; Ripon with Boroughbridge and Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton. This year the judges were joined by Cllr Mark Flood, the deputy Mayor of Knaresborough  and Linda Birkinshaw a local artist from Ripon. This year’s winner of the Soroptimist Cup is Shelter, Harrogate. Zone Winners –  Harrogate Town Gold Award: ​​Shelter, Commercial Street Silver Award: ​​Martin House Hospice Shop, Commercial Street Highly Commended. ​Saint Michael’s Hospice Shop, Cold Bath Road, Cancer Research UK, Oxford Street and Yorkshire Cancer Research, Oxford Street

Wetherby Charity Shop Window Winner – The Dogs Trust

Wetherby Charity Shop Window Winner – The Dogs Trust

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Harrogate and District Soroptimist President Valerie Hills yesterday presented Phoebe, the new manager of The Dogs Trust and Volunteer Margaret with the Gill Smith Cup and Certificate for the Best Dressed Charity Shop Window in Wetherby. The judges, President Val, with Wetherby Soroptimist’s Heather Shipman, Elsie Johnston, Hilary Waddington and Councillor Victor Hawkins from Welcome to Wetherby Committee  looked for Impact, Innovation and the Spirit of Christmas. President Val said, ‘It was a pleasure to walk around Wetherby and judge the charity shop windows. Many charity shops make a real effort to make their windows stand out.  The Dogs Trust really caught all the judges eye this year. It was an excellent display that also carried a message about the responsibilities of looking after a dog’. Highly recommended by the judge’s were Cancer Research UK and Mind The Charity shops were thanked for for wonderful

Harrogate Borough Charity Shop Christmas Windows Award Winners

Harrogate Borough Charity Shop Christmas Windows Award Winners

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Cup Winner - Saint Michael's Hospice Shop in Ripon. Every year the managers and volunteers in our local charity shops amaze us with their innovation and creativity in their Christmas shop windows. This year was no exception. This year’s winner of the Soroptimist Cup is Saint Michael’s Hospice Shop in Ripon. Their window display was an eye-catching Beauty and the Beast themed window. The judging was very close this year in all zones with only a couple of points between gold and silver award winners. The judging took place in three zones.  Harrogate Town; Ripon with Boroughbridge and Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton. The Soroptimist Cup is awarded to the overall winner. Presentation of Awards We were delighted to welcome the award winners of the annual Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition to our meeting at the Crown Hotel on the 1st December. Award winners with the
Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition

Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition

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Soroptimist International of Harrogate and District Cup Winner 2020 –  Shelter Who will win this year’s Charity Shop Christmas Window Competition?  The judging will take place of the Harrogate and District Charity Shop Christmas Shop Window Competition at the end of November. See last year’s results here.  Entrance is free. Judging The dates for the judging: Harrogate Town Centre, 25th November from 2-4 pm Ripon with Boroughbridge 23rd November from 10-12 noon Knaresborough with Starbeck and Bilton, 23 November from 10-12 noon. Criteria Innovation, Impact and Spirit of Christmas Presentation of Prizes The Mayor of Harrogate Cllr Trevor Chapman and Club President Mrs Valerie Hills will present the area winners certificates and announce the overall winner of the Soroptimist Cup at the award ceremony  at the Crown Hotel on Wednesday 1st December. President Val said, “The Club founded the Christmas Shop Window Competition in 2004.