The Club, one of the oldest Clubs in Yorkshire Region, celebrated its 90th year since being chartered with a lunch. We were honoured to welcome the King’s representative, the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire. Johanna Ropner. Also, Soroptimist International President Maureen Maguire, SI Great Britain
What a wonderful weekend we had on 14-15th October. It started out with the Premier of our specially commission film about the history of the Club over the last 90 yrs. This took place while we ate afternoon tea at the Crown Hotel in Harrogate.
Club Blog August/September August August is the only month we don’t meet formally but that didn’t stop lots of activity taking place. Two of our members, Judith and Janet, joined a coach load of Yorkshire Soroptimist who wended their way across the Irish Sea to
Orange the World – 25th of each month Club members met on Montpelier Hill in Harrogate on the 25th August to raise awareness about the United Nations’ UNiTE campaign to Stop the abuse of women and girls. The UNiTE campaign has proclaimed 25th of each
A little drop of rain! The inclement British summer certainly impacted on many planned outdoor events. Club member Audrey’s ‘Garden Party’ ended up ‘Indoors’ when the rain came down. So, 15 Soroptimists and 2 Soroptimisters had to squeeze into Audrey’s lounge. It was very sociable,
Come rain or shine – its a busy summer so far for Club members as we: raised over £750 for Young Carers; help clear Scarborough Beach of 24 Kg of litter; celebrated the success of Sharing our Skills with Rossett 6th Form College as well
The Club is celebrating its 90th year since we were chartered in 1933. Our Club archivists, Rachel, Judith and Nicola are busy going through our archives held at County Hall in Northallerton. We have many photos but some with no names or dates. Lesley,
Do you know how many young people are looking after a parent, sibling or both? It is estimated that there are about 800,000 Young Carers in the UK. That is young people with an average age of 12, that are taking on caring duties usually
President Val was delighted to present the Mayor of Wetherby, Cllr Neil O’Byrne with the #toilettwinning certificate for Wetherby Town. The event took place at the Council meeting at the Town Hall. Club members Elsie, Hilary and Heather, all from Wetherby as well as representatives
