Don’t we look fabulous!
Celebrating our 55th Charter Anniversary - Emerald!
On our 55th anniversary, which women inspire us?
First have to be the ones whose vision brought us here! Kenilworth folk are familiar with ‘The Old Bakery’ on High Street in the Old Town (incidentally Warwickshire’s ‘Pub of the Year’). Until 1979, this was the long-established ‘Fancott’s Bakery’. Joan Fancott was, in 1969,
How did you celebrate International Women’s Day?
We certainly celebrated in style! We Purpled the Park benches in Abbey Fields with inspirational quotes. And in the evening we carried on the celebrations with friends and Kenilworth Town Councillors at Milk and Mocha. Councillor Mark Stevens shared these as his favourite quotes -
What’s Purple and Inspiring? International Women’s Day of course!
We might not be able to light Kenilworth up in purple as per the London Eye this year for International Women’s Day. But we’ll do our best to follow this year’s theme of #InspireInclusion with our decorations on the benches in Abbey Fields. So why
How Did We Finish Our 16 Days of Activism?
With coffee and cake, of course! Our culmination event was an ‘Orange Cafe’ where we celebrated and reflected on the activities of the 16 Days. And we kept our orange theme with the cakes baked by members; chocolate orange cake, orange drizzle cake and orange
How Many Handbags? 54!
We Honoured the Life of Grace Millane in One of Our Events for the 16 Days. Grace Millane was tragically murdered whilst travelling in New Zealand in December 2018. Her mother was determined to make Grace’s life more impactful than her death. In Grace’s name,
In Their Shoes
During our 16 Days of Activism, the preparation of one event has shocked and moved us more than any other. It is at the heart of our campaign to end violence against women and girls and it’s a display of shoes. Each pair of shoes,
Would you, could you – step in to stop harassment?
80% of women in the UK report experiencing harassment in public places (Suzy Lamplugh Trust) If we want to end violence against women and girls, we have to stop behaviours that underlie it – harassment is one of those behaviours. But is that easier said
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree – how lovely are thy branches!
We entered our local church’s Christmas Tree Festival and, of course, our theme was orange. Orange is the colour which symbolises the international campaign of the ‘16 Days of Activism‘ to end gender based violence. The campaign runs from 25th November till 10th December. Soroptimists
Are you wondering where all the orange is coming from?
We’ve been out and about in Kenilworth, yarn bombing Talisman Square and Kenilworth’s Old Town with beautiful orange hearts, flowers and spirals made by club members. The optimistic colour of orange symbolises our hopes that, by working together,