Sometimes Santa needs a little help and our members were delighted to step up recently with donations to PATCH for their Christmas Appeal 2021. PATCH are a charitable organisation aiming to relieve the effects of poverty for individuals and families within the county of Pembrokeshire. The gifts donated are for age ranges birth to 17 years old, both male and female. In the picture are Deeena Irving, President, and members of SI Haverfordwest with staff members from PATCH.

Soroptimists of Haverfordwest were approached by Kim Allen, Communities at Work within Pembrokeshire County Council after she saw one of our Soroptimists “What and who we are” leaflets.  She thought “These are the ladies who may be able to help Adama” who was one of her clients.   Adama 31, originally from the Gambia has resided in Wales for most of her life and has always dreamt of becoming a nurse but getting there was proving difficult.  Thanks to Kim, Adama was helped to apply to the NHS Apprenticeship Scheme.   From the 700 who applied, Adama was one of 16 successful applicants.  In order to complete her studies, she would need easy access to a computer to undertake her coursework alongside her work at the hospital and looking after her 4 year old son.   Soroptimists transform the lives and status of women and girls

As part of our charitable work we have, in recent years, supported the Lend With Care scheme.  We have enjoyed supporting various businesses and hearing the stories of their success as result of receiving from us a comparatively small loan. Lend with care brings together entrepreneurs in developing countries with people with the power to help them . Whether it’s opening a market stall , or opening a small tailoring business or diversifying the crops they grow , people across the developing world are bursting  with business ideas , all they need is a helping hand to get started So far Haverfordwest Soroptimists have given 11 loans to a mix of individuals and groups and through these loans we have helped 63 entrepreneurs , 283 family members and created 6 jobs . The entrepreneurs we have lent to are from Rwanda, Vietnam,Pakistan, Malawi and Cambodia

We were delighted to be featured in the Western Telegraph on 12th July 2021 Shoots of success at Priory Saltings in Magnificent Meadow restoration project   MEMBERS of Soroptimists International along with film-maker Dewi Deisel Evans celebrated National Meadows Day with a wildflower hunt at the newly restored Priory Saltings.Members from Soroptimists International Haverfordwest and District branch attended along with Dewi Deisel Evans, who captured the event and interviewed participants for a film commissioned by Plantlife Cymru that documents the ‘Magnificent Meadows’ project taking place. Magnificent Meadows is a partnership primarily funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to help save wildlife meadows, with one of the aims of the organisation being to establish a community meadow on the Priory Saltings. A self-led trail from Quay Street to the Saltings promoted National Meadows Day and gave members of the public the opportunity to explore this reach