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Can you have fun as a Soroptimist?

Well for our Club the question should be ‘how much fun can you have? Adapting the saying ‘ All work and no play makes June a dull month’ certainly doesn’t apply to our Club.   Whilst we stay committed to standing up for women, and gender

5 women and a dog finish Moonwalk

M for May, Membership and Moonwalks

May might have been the wettest on record but it certainly wasn’t a washout for our Club!   Watch our brilliant video about why we’re members of Soroptimists!   Enjoy reading about Lin’s amazing Moonwalk in the pink. May stands for Membership month in the Soroptimist calendar

Portrait photos two women with photo of regalia between them

And it’s A stars all around for our Club!

April is a month of change for our Club with lots happening all beginning with A and many deserving stars for their actions. Who would have thought we would still be using Zoom for our meetings?!   But we’re getting used to it and 33 of

It’s the 8th of March so it’s International Women’s Day!

International Women’s Day 2021#ChooseToChallenge                 Our Soroptimist motto for this year’s International Women’s day is  #We Choose To Challenge. Soroptimists around the world have been celebrating International Women’s Day for many years.   So it’s been great to hear

Younger woman with zimmer frame

So February is the shortest month?

February might be the shortest month of the year but we haven’t been short on action! And as another month rolls round during Lockdown 3, we’ve been women of action as usual.   Supporting the NSPCC, the NHS and celebrating our connection to Malawi.   And not

Woman looking at a blackboard

New Year – and it’s business as usual!

New Year and a packed business meeting Our first meeting for 2021 was busy in every sense. Not only did we work our way through the President Gill’s agenda for our business over the next few months, we also had a great Zoom turnout from

Card with Kenilworth Castle and Christmas greetings

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas with a difference! Who would have thought it back in March that we would be so familiar with Zoom, tiers and social distancing?   This year has not been how we ever imagined life would be.   Birthdays this year have taken on a new meaning

What colour do you associate with November?

Red for Remembrance Poppies?   Orange for the UN 16 Days of Action? Despite the restrictions due to Covid, we have still managed to take part in Remembrance Day.   And of course Orange the World as part of the UN 16 Days of Action. Remembrance Day 

Screenshot from SIGBI Conference

How do you give the gift that keeps on giving?

By lending with care that’s how! Our October meeting was back to Zoom format – which works really well when you’ve got such an interesting speaker as Sue Tonks.   As October is also Friendship month, we were joined by 3 members of our sister Club,

Socially distanced picnic on Abbey Fields

Can you meet in Kenilworth during Covid?

Well thanks to President Gill’s efforts, we’ve certainly done our best 🙂   In fact we’ve managed to meet twice! Picnic time for Soroptimists Ok so we didn’t take our Teddy Bears but we did take our best smiles to a picnic on August Bank Holiday