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April dinner meeting

April dinner meeting

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We listened to Helene Heath, an incredibly good speaker from Prevent, the Government programme to protect children and young people from radicalisation. We were shocked to learn how much goes on in Warwickshire but it was good to know how the authorities are dealing with extremism. A very informative evening. Membership also organised the seating with a colour coding to give a random ‘mixing in’ of Club members, helping the newer members to get to know some of the more established ones.   This went well and will be tried again.

AGM 2018

AGM 2018

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At our recent AGM in April, now Past President Sharon reminded members of all our achievements and activities of the last year with the aid of the wonderful photos taken by Marion. Sharon then presented a badge of office to President Elect Sandra who will take over in 2019 – 2020. 2018 – 2019 President Anita is currently travelling so her installation is coming later. We also welcomed new member Gill:

New Member Welcomed

New Member Welcomed

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SI Kenilworth welcomed new member Muriel (centre) at our March business meeting last week, and was introduced by Jenny T at her induction. We are an active and lively club, and always pleased to welcome new members.

Public Speaking Competition 2018

Public Speaking Competition 2018

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Soroptimist International Midland Arden Region held its 16th Public Speaking competition on Saturday 17th March. Eleven inspirational Girls and Boys from non fee paying schools around the Midland Arden Region took part in this annual Competition. 1st Prize was awarded to Sinead McCall from Stratford Grammar School   Sponsord by SI Stratford 2nd Prize went to Vanshika Anand from Rugby High School Sponsored by SI Rugby 3rd Prize went to Tamanna Janjua from Alderbrook School Sponsored by SI Solihull A special achievement award was awarded to Daud Ahmed Sponsored by SI Coventry

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day

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Kenilworth Soroptimists celebrated International Women’s Day with a sing for your supper event where we were led in communal singing by Rebecca and Bruce Knight of Natural Voices. They began with warm up exercises, went on to simple songs and soon had us singing in harmony. Great fun! Meanwhile one of our members was busy painting our thumb nails purple in honour of the day (IWD’s colour). We were delighted to welcome friends and partners from SI Rugby, SI Cardiff and Kenilworth Lions, the Kenilworth Town Mayer Kate Dickson, former SIGBI President, Ann Hodgson, the President of Midland Arden Region, Jan Bowden, and the manager of the Waverley Centre, Ann Cross. After a fish and chips supper, we were entertained by more singing from Soroptimists, including our very own Soroptimist anthem (music by Soroptimister Alan, and words by Carole J and Alan). £300 was raised for Friends

Charity Literary Supper

Charity Literary Supper

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SI Kenilworth & District cordially invite you to our Charity Literary Supper at the Clarendon Arms, Castle Hill, Kenilworth, on 30th June 2018 at 7pm. The cost is £15 per person, and includes a two course meal. RSVP by 30th April. The charities supported are Women’s Refuge (www.refuge.org.uk) and HoopPeru (www.hoopperu.org). The speaker is Rhiannon Evans who will talk about her book, Joyce’s War. Joyce was a Queen Alexandra nurse serving in India, Egypt and the Middle east in World War II – using original photos and diaries, Rhiannon Evans illustrates the impact of war. Poster and booking form: Literary event poster  Literary BOOKING FORM

Bring Your Daughter to Dinner

Bring Your Daughter to Dinner

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Our February dinner meeting had the theme “Bring your daughter to dinner”. A number of daughters came, plus one granddaughter and one son – who was our speaker for the evening, Tom Hornbrook. After his mother had set the scene by saying a little bit about Peru, Tom told us about the charity he works for, HOOP (Helping Overcome Obstacles Peru) and the good work they are doing providing after school activities for children and at the same time helping to empower their mothers. More information about the charity can be found at http://www.hoopperu.org/   We had a lively and enjoyable time, and it was great to see so many young people joining us for the evening.

Funding Changes for Women’s Refuges

Funding Changes for Women’s Refuges

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Kenilworth Soroptimists are supporting the petition to stop planned changes to women’s refuge funding. It is something we feel strongly about having supporting a local women’s refuge for a number of years now. Further information about the petition, and the opportunity to sign it, can be found at: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-planned-changes-to-women-s-refuge-funding?bucket=WA2  

Kenilworth Community in Action Day

Kenilworth Community in Action Day

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Kenilworth Community In Action Day was held on Saturday 10th February at the Methodist Church, Priory Road. Kenilworth Soroptimists took part in the displays by Kenilworth’s voluntary groups. The general public were admitted intothe afternoon session which also included a guest speaker and talks. One of our attendees commented: “The Soroptimist stand was eye catching, and a number of younger women stopped, and were interested to hear about the work which the club does locally, nationally, and internationally.  The hall was packed with stands from 29 other voluntary groups, so this was a good opportunity for positive publicity about our club”.    

Women’s Refuge Talk

Women’s Refuge Talk

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We had a speaker from the Warwickshire Women’s Refuge at our February business meeting. It was a good talk with chilling statistics and the situation does not look to get any better for a long long time to come. Happily our very generous minded Club is continuing to do our bit and this will begin with the collection of items at the March Business meeting. Kenilworth Soroptimists are committed to supporting the refuge in raising the morale of the Residents and their children and creating some semblance of normality in their troubles.