Is Zoom the new word for Club meetings? Definitely! Like many Clubs, we’ve embraced the new technology to hold virtual meetings using Zoom. Thanks to President Gill, we achieved a first for Club and many members. Despite the restrictions of Lockdown, Gill, in true Soroptimist
We might be in lockdown but we’re certainly not shut down! Most importantly during lockdown, we’re keeping in touch to make that difference to our own members. With SIGBI President Isobel’s message firmly in mind ‘This is a time to when friendship and caring come
So what’s happening in Malawi? Well they’re preparing for the Covid 19 pandemic in Malawi too. The front line healthcare workers need just as much support as our NHS. So what have we done to help? If you compare it to the resources we have
The Domestic Violence Bill has never been more important. The average number of deaths used to be a shocking two a week. In the weeks since Covid 19 lockdown this has increased to FIVE per week As a Club and as individuals we’ve
Well the best laid plans and all that! Despite our excellent Development Group changing the date of our AGM so as not to clash with Maundy Thursday, unfortunately no one foresaw Coronavirus scuppering everything. A new style of AGM was called for. Thanks to
Fabulous news – about the Kangaroo Knitting Club in the Spring newsletter from Friends Of Sick Children in Malawi. SI Blantyre, one of our friendship links, continue to enable women in the Kangaroo Unit at Queen Elisabeth Central Hospital. These ladies can earn money
Well we should have been celebrating President Sandra’s last event with a lovely dinner. Instead Covid 19 has taken over and we are in lockdown. Never a Club to dwell on negatives, we celebrated our wonderful NHS instead. Here we are, loud
By wearing purple of course! Because the MAR meeting was the day before International Women’s Day, we decked ourselves out in as much purple as possible! Julie, one of our newest Club members read the Mission Statement. Besides the reports from the MAR executive, we
And in the UK too! Well who knew that the Red Cross worked in the UK as well as internationally! Not many of our Club, that was for sure! Cara Munrow , our local fundraiser, certainly educated us on the work they do at home
Yes – because sadly the stats for foodbanks if anything are getting worse. Andy Bower from the Trussell Trust gave us an update on the foodbank situation in our area. The stats make salutary reading. There are now 465 foodbanks in the UK.
