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Wirral Young carers presentation
Supporting Wirral young carers

Supporting Wirral young carers

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Throughout the Coronavirus lockdown the team at Action with Young Carers Wirral has been able to assist their young people and families in the following key ways. Providing shopping vouchers and funds for food shopping when access to retail was difficult and at a time when families were shielding/had underlying health conditions that meant they couldn’t or were scared to go outside of the family home for fear of bringing Coronavirus into their homes. Staff were able to pick up/drop off supplies at a safe distance. Assisting with cleaning supplies for their home/hand sanitisers if needing to go out. Purchasing mobile phone top ups. Many of the young people/families have ‘pay as you go’ mobiles but were unable to purchase top ups. Staff were able to purchase top ups for them either via on-line facility or dropping off to the homes for them. Lockdown has highlighted
Heswall litter picking
Environment Awareness

Environment Awareness

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Members regularly meet through the year to collect litter through beach cleans and footpath tidying. During lockdown, and still aware of the need to keep leisure spaces litter free, some members met to continue this - socially distancing - at a local recreational field. The Soroptimist high visibility tabards drew interest and enquiries from local residents.
Tomorrow’s Women Wirral

Tomorrow’s Women Wirral

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        TWW has continued to be “in business” throughout the present lockdown situation and has remained open for continuing work to support vulnerable women. SI Heswall members have been involved since TWW began and is currently supporting donations of toiletries for the outreach scheme.
Presidents Ann and Pam April 2020
Presidents 2020-21

Presidents 2020-21

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Presidents Ann McKillop and Pam Dowell are delighted to be taking over as Joint Presidents of SI Heswall & District. Their theme for the year is children and they have chosen Wirral Fund for Children with Special Needs and Action with Young Carers Wirral as the charities the club will support this year.
Wirral Foodbank

Wirral Foodbank

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As we were unable to meet for our Charity Dinner and AGM Dinner in April members donated the cost of these meals to Wirral Foodbank, part of Wirral Food Hub. The Hub is working to support the most vulnerable families in Wirral and food packages are being delivered to those isolated due to Coronavirus. A total of £770 was donated.

Presidents with speaker about osteoporosis February 2020
Osteoporosis speaker

Osteoporosis speaker

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S I Heswall enjoyed a very helpful talk on Osteoporosis from David Brookfield who advised us on bone health and how best to maintain bone density and hopefully avoid fragile bones and fractures. David, a member of the Royal Osteoporosis Society, was himself diagnosed with Osteoporosis and now works as a volunteer to promote this worthwhile charity.
Twiddlemuffs

Twiddlemuffs

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Members of Soroptimist International of Heswall and District have been busy this year, yet another achievement is the completion of over 140 twiddlemuffs. Our target was 70, for our 70th anniversary, but our industrious members have managed to double that already, and there are still two months to go. At our meeting in February we presented 70 to Margaret Davies from the Dementia Unit at Arrowe Park, who confirmed they would be put to good use.

Toilet twinning success

Toilet twinning success

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    Soroptimist International of Heswall and District are very pleased and proud to announce that we have succeeded in our aim to make Heswall a Toilet Twinned Town. Thank you to all the businesses and individuals who helped us achieve this. The Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Tony Smith and the Mayoress, kindly hosted us at the Mayor’s Parlour at Wallasey Town Hall in February for a formal presentation of the certificate. We then presented him with framed photograph of a toilet twin to place in a suitable place at the Town Hall.