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.
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
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
By donating and buying second hand books throughout the year. We’ve raised enough money to help 7 families. It’s truly amazing how such a relatively small donation can have such a big impact on the lives of children with cerebral palsy in Malawi. Working
Would you know how to respond in those first moments if someone had enough courage to tell you that they thought they were being abused? Could you recognise the signs that someone might want to tell you something important about their situation? How would you
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
As part of our 16 Days of Action we’ve decorated our Christmas Tree at the annual display in St Nicholas Church with White Ribbons and information about this campaign aimed at men. Their motto is Men Working to End Men’s Violence against Women It would
We went litter picking with the Green Party group in Kenilworth. Although Soroptimists are a non-political organisation we took the opportunity to contribute to SDG 15. Life on land can only be healthy when waste is properly managed. All together we collected over 15 bags
The Gardening Gang decided it was that time of year to tidy up Joan’s garden and take the opportunity to replant some of the borders, ready for Joan to enjoy next year. Much digging and weeding was followed a week later by a mass planting
