INSPIRATIONAL HARROGATE WOMEN HIGHLIGHTED FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2025 Past and present inspirational Harrogate women are being brought to new audiences as plans are underway to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March. Harrogate has many inspirational women, and thanks to a
Our current two year project to Stop Food Poverty continues as we enter the New Year. A Christmas Quiz and Sing-a-long raised £120 on the night with a further £50 donated later. All for Harrogate and District Food Bank. We contacted Dawn at the food
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
Gill Smith Best Girl Improver Shield Every Year the Club presents The Gill Smith Award for Best Girl Improver, at Harrogate Spa Tennis Club. Gill was a much respected member of our Club and an ardent tennis player and fan. She was also member of
Club members will be very active in the next 16 Days (25th November to 10th December) as we raise awareness to #StopViolence Against Women. See our Facebook page @soroptimist80 to find out more about what we are up to.
The guest speaker at our October speaker meeting was Pamela Clare Louise Bridget O’Donnell Cooper or Pamela Clare, Professionally or PC by friends. PC’s had an eclectic career, from jockey to in demand TV and film makeup artist via chauffeuring and a career she
President Christine Anderson welcomed the Sheriff on North Yorkshire Dr Ruth Smith and her husband, SI Yorkshire President Sue and husband Jonathan and President Julie from SI Wakefield as her guests at our luncheon to celebrate 91 yrs. since getting our charter. It was a
Food Poverty Action Project – Project Update We are half way through our 2 year project to help eliminate hunger by working with other organisations to ensure families have sufficient food to eat a healthy diet every day. Fund Raising So far we’ve raised over
Welcome back, I hope you all had good break. Where did August go? I thought I had plenty of time to do lots of chores and jobs at home but guess what … hardly anything has been ticked off my “to do” list! But I
Where did September go? I feel Autumn is truly upon us now and I have actually got the quilted long coat out! Rangoli Radio I started September by going, as a guest of my friend’s Pamela Clare (PC) to the 3rd anniversary event of Rangoli Radio
