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Loud and Proud for the NHS :)

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

Midland Arden celebrating International Women's Day 2020

How do you celebrate International Women’s Day 2020?

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

Who knew that the Red Cross did so much?

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

Andy Bower from Trussell Trust receiving cheque from President Sandra

Do we still need Foodbanks?

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. 

Heather Alford with President Sandra

What’s life like for women with leprosy in Nepal?

As you can imagine – very difficult as our speaker Heather Alford explained     Heather introduced us to life in Nepal, a county with exceptionally rough terrain where there are few made up roads making it difficult to get about. The Nepalese farm on

One of the teams of Soroptimists at the NSPCC quiz

Having fun at the NSPCC quiz

Just one of the teams that Club fielded to support our local branch of the NSPCC. We had a great time and were thrilled that the magnificent sum of £870 was raised during the evening. Join us when they hold the next one by contacting

November Dinner meeting, all about Friendship

Following our ceremony to remember our Friendship links with other Clubs, we welcomed Cheryll Rawbone, Chairman of a local charity called the Friendship Project. The charity works to link disadvantaged children to adult volunteers as friends to enjoy regular 1-2-1 support and enable these young