Secretary<\/strong>: \u00a0Linda Hackett \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Treasurer<\/strong>: \u00a0Sheila Howells<\/h4>\nMembership<\/strong>: \u00a0Dilys Fletcher \u00a0 \u00a0 Programme Action<\/strong>: \u00a0 Bobbie Sheldrake<\/h4>\nApril 1<\/strong>st \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/sup>AGM and Dinner<\/p>\nApril 12th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0Charity lunch at the Wolfscastle Country Hotel.<\/p>\n![\"P1000234\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/06\/P1000234-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPresident Jane Lewis recently presented\u00a0a cheque for \u00a31600 to the National Fundraising Officer Joseph Cuff of Diabetes UK Cymru The donation was raised at the Charity Lunch supported by members and guests,<\/p>\n
Mr Cuff urged everyone to get checked for diabetes regularly,<\/p>\n
Also present was Aaron Pryce-Lewis who provided the musical entertainment with a range of songs from well know shows<\/p>\n
April 15th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0Programme Action & Business<\/p>\nMay 6th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Speaker\/Dinner meeting, Pam Hunt (writer)<\/p>\n![\"P1000236\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/06\/P1000236-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPresident Jane and speaker Pam Hunt who spoke about her experiences, during her career,\u00a0 creating innovative methods of producing sound effects on BBC radio programmes. Pam went on to form her own company and is now a writer.<\/p>\n
![\"P1000241\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/06\/P1000241-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSI Haverfordwest members with their long service certificates.<\/p>\n
May 20th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Job Talk & Business<\/p>\nJune 3rd<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Speaker\/Dinner meeting, Nica Pritchard, (Casting for Recovery)<\/p>\n![\"P1000246\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/06\/P1000246-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nNica Pritchard explained how therapeutic fly fishing can be for people recovering from cancer \u00a0and how it can help young people with behaviour problems.<\/p>\n
June 17th<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Visit to Cotts Equine. Followed by supper at the Bush Inn.<\/p>\n![\"P1000273\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/07\/P1000273-300x225.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nJuly 1st<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 At Home, Cwmwyntell Farm. BBQ & Business. Talk by Caroline Gardner<\/p>\nJuly 15th<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0![\"P1000313\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/10\/P1000313-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTalk by Sharron Lusher (Principal, Pembrokeshire College) & Soroptimist Scholarship recipient, who is now at Gleneagles<\/p>\n
September 2nd<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0![\"P1000315\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/11\/P1000315-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nDinner Meeting, Speakers Beth & Julie, Pembrokeshire Care Society – Pembrokeshire Homeless.<\/p>\n
September 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"P1060417](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/10\/P1060417-Church-Serv-Sep-2015-B-225x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSoroptimist members accompanied President Jane Lewis to a service at her church in Little Newcastle which was open to all parishioners. The Service was conducted by the Rev Richard Davies and assisted by the Rev Pat Rogers of Letterston and lay reader Irene Hart. The readings were by Janet Waymont in Welsh and President Jane and the solo Te Amo ( I love thee) was sung by Janice Roberts. The guest preacher was the Rt Rev John Saxbee, who made several references to the work achieved by the Soroptimists locally, nationally and internationally, All present were invited to join President Jane at the church hall to a tea provided by the Soroptimists.<\/p>\n
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September 16th<\/strong> \u00a0Walk ‘n’ Talk with Pat Barker ‘Women of Haverfordwest’ Followed by supper at the Bristol Trader.<\/p>\nOctober 7th<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"P1000316\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/11\/P1000316-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nDinner Meeting. Speaker Clare Morgan ‘My Life in Farming’. During a really interesting talk Clare\u00a0explained\u00a0that they had diversified to producing eggs and a ‘Solar Farm’, which required sheep with shorter legs to enable them to graze under the solar panels.<\/p>\n
President Jane was then pleased to induct four new members.<\/p>\n![\"New](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/11\/P1000321-Mod-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a>New members: Sandra Cromwell, Julia Brady, Ceri Oshea and Kate Waldeis with President Jane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOctober 21st<\/strong> \u00a0Programme Action & Business.<\/p>\nNovember 11th<\/strong> \u00a0Dinner\/ News from Conference held in Glasgow when Margaret Elmsley (a Civil Engineer) was inducted Federation President 2015-2016, her theme for the year “Engineering the Future”.President Jane Lewis was accompanied by 12 members, five attending their first Soroptimist Conference.<\/p>\nAs well as hearing about winning projects to provide practical help and support overseas, there were keynote speakers , namely:
\nJo Fairly, co-founder of Green and Black organic chocolate;
\nDame Stella Rimington Director General of the Security Services (M15) from 1992 to 1996;
\nand Sara Montague, BBC broadcaster and presenter.<\/p>\n
Members were particularly pleased to welcome HRH The Princess Royal who spoke of her work for the Save the Children Fund.<\/p>\n![\"P1070940](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2016\/03\/P1070940-2015-SI-Conference-240x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Margaret Elmsley (Federation President) and Jane Lewis (President of SI Haverfordwest)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n– Margaret Slater-Harries \u00a0– Report:<\/p>\n
ODE TO GLASGOW<\/h1>\nWe talked about a ditty to make sure that we’d remember
\nWhat we did at SIGBI conference 5th – 7th November
\nWe said we’d make it funny to make the others smile
\nWe can’t recount it all right here ‘cos that would take a while
\nBut we can give a little flavour of the fun that we all had
\nAnd don’t worry SI Haverfordwest our behaviour wasn’t bad
\nThirteen of us in total went to Glasgow on the trip
\nWe used planes and trains and autos but no-one went by ship
\nThere was Carwen, Mavis, Janet, Pat, Jane and Bobbie too
\nDi Linda and Margaret just to name a few
\nMaking up our numbers were Heidi and Marina
\nAnd to help me with my rhyming – along came Gaye and Deena
\nThe fun started at the airport when Jane’s scan gave her a fright
\nThe scan was far too late for Jane she’d had her baby in the night
\nThen Marina got pulled over – random testing, swabbed for drugs
\nThe rest of us were quite concerned – were we travelling with thugs?
\nWe heard a wealth of Speakers they ranged from chocolate bars to Spies
\nAnd as you can imagine when having fun time flies
\nWe did some serious business we laughed till we were weak
\nWe only had 4 days away but did enough to fill a week
\nFor some of us the first time for others far from so
\nBut members if you haven’t been – our advice is you must go!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
November 19th<\/strong> Quiz at Haverfordwest Golf Club all welcome.<\/p>\nNovember 25th<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Business Meeting<\/p>\nDecember 9th<\/strong> \u00a0Christmas with Pembrokeshire Choclatiers & Dinner at Plas Hyfryd.<\/p>\n![\"IMG_0145\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/04\/IMG_0145-225x300.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nJanuary 6th<\/strong> Speaker\/Dinner Meeting – Elizabeth Daniels – Introducing Mindfulness to the young in order to deal with stress and mental health issues. She also put it into practice for the benefit of the members present at the meeting.<\/p>\n![\"P1000331\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2016\/03\/P1000331-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nJanuary 20th<\/strong> Business Meeting & Programme Action<\/p>\nFebruary 3rd<\/strong> Speaker\/Dinner Meeting – Dave Padfield emphasized the importance of WaterAid to developing countries, providing access to clean water and saving the women walking many miles each day. Now working with the community, they can install a handpump and toilet blocks. People are healthier and disease has reduced.<\/p>\n![\"P1000335\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2016\/03\/P1000335-300x225.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFebruary 17th<\/strong> Business Meeting and gathering together of items for small backpacks to encourage and enable\u00a0children in developing countries \u00a0attend \u00a0school. The Mary’s Meals project.<\/p>\nFebuary 21st<\/strong> Charity Lunch to raise finance in order to provide a bursary for a student\u00a0from Pembrokeshire College to gain work experience.<\/p>\n![\"IMG_0187\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/04\/IMG_0187-300x225.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nMarch 2nd<\/strong> Cawl Supper – \u00a0An enjoyable social evening with songs led by Rhian Taylor and her guitar.<\/p>\n![\"P1000345\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2016\/03\/P1000345-300x225.jpg\")
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April 1<\/strong>st \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/sup>AGM and Dinner<\/p>\n April 12th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0Charity lunch at the Wolfscastle Country Hotel.<\/p>\n President Jane Lewis recently presented\u00a0a cheque for \u00a31600 to the National Fundraising Officer Joseph Cuff of Diabetes UK Cymru The donation was raised at the Charity Lunch supported by members and guests,<\/p>\n Mr Cuff urged everyone to get checked for diabetes regularly,<\/p>\n Also present was Aaron Pryce-Lewis who provided the musical entertainment with a range of songs from well know shows<\/p>\n April 15th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0Programme Action & Business<\/p>\n May 6th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Speaker\/Dinner meeting, Pam Hunt (writer)<\/p>\n President Jane and speaker Pam Hunt who spoke about her experiences, during her career,\u00a0 creating innovative methods of producing sound effects on BBC radio programmes. Pam went on to form her own company and is now a writer.<\/p>\n SI Haverfordwest members with their long service certificates.<\/p>\n May 20th<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Job Talk & Business<\/p>\n June 3rd<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Speaker\/Dinner meeting, Nica Pritchard, (Casting for Recovery)<\/p>\n Nica Pritchard explained how therapeutic fly fishing can be for people recovering from cancer \u00a0and how it can help young people with behaviour problems.<\/p>\n June 17th<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Visit to Cotts Equine. Followed by supper at the Bush Inn.<\/p>\n July 1st<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 At Home, Cwmwyntell Farm. BBQ & Business. Talk by Caroline Gardner<\/p>\n July 15th<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 Talk by Sharron Lusher (Principal, Pembrokeshire College) & Soroptimist Scholarship recipient, who is now at Gleneagles<\/p>\n September 2nd<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 Dinner Meeting, Speakers Beth & Julie, Pembrokeshire Care Society – Pembrokeshire Homeless.<\/p>\n September 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n Soroptimist members accompanied President Jane Lewis to a service at her church in Little Newcastle which was open to all parishioners. The Service was conducted by the Rev Richard Davies and assisted by the Rev Pat Rogers of Letterston and lay reader Irene Hart. The readings were by Janet Waymont in Welsh and President Jane and the solo Te Amo ( I love thee) was sung by Janice Roberts. The guest preacher was the Rt Rev John Saxbee, who made several references to the work achieved by the Soroptimists locally, nationally and internationally, All present were invited to join President Jane at the church hall to a tea provided by the Soroptimists.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n September 16th<\/strong> \u00a0Walk ‘n’ Talk with Pat Barker ‘Women of Haverfordwest’ Followed by supper at the Bristol Trader.<\/p>\n October 7th<\/strong><\/p>\n Dinner Meeting. Speaker Clare Morgan ‘My Life in Farming’. During a really interesting talk Clare\u00a0explained\u00a0that they had diversified to producing eggs and a ‘Solar Farm’, which required sheep with shorter legs to enable them to graze under the solar panels.<\/p>\n President Jane was then pleased to induct four new members.<\/p>\n October 21st<\/strong> \u00a0Programme Action & Business.<\/p>\n November 11th<\/strong> \u00a0Dinner\/ News from Conference held in Glasgow when Margaret Elmsley (a Civil Engineer) was inducted Federation President 2015-2016, her theme for the year “Engineering the Future”.President Jane Lewis was accompanied by 12 members, five attending their first Soroptimist Conference.<\/p>\n As well as hearing about winning projects to provide practical help and support overseas, there were keynote speakers , namely: Members were particularly pleased to welcome HRH The Princess Royal who spoke of her work for the Save the Children Fund.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Margaret Slater-Harries \u00a0– Report:<\/p>\n We talked about a ditty to make sure that we’d remember November 19th<\/strong> Quiz at Haverfordwest Golf Club all welcome.<\/p>\n November 25th<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Business Meeting<\/p>\n December 9th<\/strong> \u00a0Christmas with Pembrokeshire Choclatiers & Dinner at Plas Hyfryd.<\/p>\n January 6th<\/strong> Speaker\/Dinner Meeting – Elizabeth Daniels – Introducing Mindfulness to the young in order to deal with stress and mental health issues. She also put it into practice for the benefit of the members present at the meeting.<\/p>\n January 20th<\/strong> Business Meeting & Programme Action<\/p>\n February 3rd<\/strong> Speaker\/Dinner Meeting – Dave Padfield emphasized the importance of WaterAid to developing countries, providing access to clean water and saving the women walking many miles each day. Now working with the community, they can install a handpump and toilet blocks. People are healthier and disease has reduced.<\/p>\n February 17th<\/strong> Business Meeting and gathering together of items for small backpacks to encourage and enable\u00a0children in developing countries \u00a0attend \u00a0school. The Mary’s Meals project.<\/p>\n Febuary 21st<\/strong> Charity Lunch to raise finance in order to provide a bursary for a student\u00a0from Pembrokeshire College to gain work experience.<\/p>\n March 2nd<\/strong> Cawl Supper – \u00a0An enjoyable social evening with songs led by Rhian Taylor and her guitar.<\/p>\n![\"P1000234\"](\"\/haverfordwest\/files\/2015\/06\/P1000234.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJo Fairly, co-founder of Green and Black organic chocolate;
\nDame Stella Rimington Director General of the Security Services (M15) from 1992 to 1996;
\nand Sara Montague, BBC broadcaster and presenter.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nODE TO GLASGOW<\/h1>\n
\nWhat we did at SIGBI conference 5th – 7th November
\nWe said we’d make it funny to make the others smile
\nWe can’t recount it all right here ‘cos that would take a while
\nBut we can give a little flavour of the fun that we all had
\nAnd don’t worry SI Haverfordwest our behaviour wasn’t bad
\nThirteen of us in total went to Glasgow on the trip
\nWe used planes and trains and autos but no-one went by ship
\nThere was Carwen, Mavis, Janet, Pat, Jane and Bobbie too
\nDi Linda and Margaret just to name a few
\nMaking up our numbers were Heidi and Marina
\nAnd to help me with my rhyming – along came Gaye and Deena
\nThe fun started at the airport when Jane’s scan gave her a fright
\nThe scan was far too late for Jane she’d had her baby in the night
\nThen Marina got pulled over – random testing, swabbed for drugs
\nThe rest of us were quite concerned – were we travelling with thugs?
\nWe heard a wealth of Speakers they ranged from chocolate bars to Spies
\nAnd as you can imagine when having fun time flies
\nWe did some serious business we laughed till we were weak
\nWe only had 4 days away but did enough to fill a week
\nFor some of us the first time for others far from so
\nBut members if you haven’t been – our advice is you must go!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n