As Sharon stepped down from her year as President of SI Kenilworth and District, she asked us to reflect on the wonderful picture from the club’s inaugural event in 1969 – the formality and the solemnity compared with the warmth and humour of last night’s
The “Purpling the Park” event has become a popular part of SI Kenilworth and District’s year and March 8th 2026 has been no different. It was great to hear from two passers by that “LOTS of people” read the messages we put out around the
At February’s Business Meeting we were pleased to welcome Gordon Cowie MBE, Chairman of Friends of Sick Children in Malawi who told us about the work this organisation does in a paediatric unit at a Malawi general hospital. The dedication and commitment of him
Many thanks to Judy Ledger MBE for her presentation at January’s business meeting by zoom. Her talk was emotionally charged, coming from personal tragic experience, and inspiring, and it made us glad we had been able to support Baby Lifeline this year. Particularly poignant was
This year’s Christmas dinner took place at Kenilworth’s Holiday Inn in a spirit of friendship and fun. In the midst of 2025’s very busy 16 days of Activism it was good to step back and simply enjoy the company of friends. The evening was rounded
It was the turn of Kenilworth Soroptimists to host the Midland Arden Region meeting. As well as sharing the work of the different clubs in the region,there were presentations from speakers Donna Lewis and Katie Dixon from Anawim – the Birmingham based charity supporting vulnerable
Many thanks to Vicky and Ann from Read Easy #readeasy for their excellent presentation about teaching adult non-readers. This teaching programme grew from the Shannon Trusts work teaching reading in prisons and now is a national organisation working 1 to 1 with any person who
This year, the Sunday before Remembrance Day fell on the 9th November. At our War Memorial there was an impressive turn out of representatives of the many organisations that operate in Kenilworth, joined by our MP, Sir Jeremy Wright, and the town Mayor, James Kennedy.
This event took place at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre between October 31st and November 2nd – three days of inspiration, interest, learning and fellowship . Day 1. This was the day to meet old friends and make new contacts. And importantly there were
We are really delighted to be donating £1750.55 to Baby Lifeline after our charity matinee on October 4th of Jane Austen’s “Emma” at Kenilworth Talisman.Theatre. Many thanks to the Talisman for working with us on this and many congratulations on superb production of Andrew Davies’
