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New Year and a packed business meeting<\/h2>\n

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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 Club.\u00a0 Including for a short time, one member’s cat!\u00a0 \u00a0We also gave a warm welcome to a potential new member.<\/p>\n

Soroptimists and Safeguarding<\/h2>\n

We are indeed fortunate.\u00a0 \u00a0Our brilliant Club member Jean has stepped forward to act as both the Safeguarding Lead for Midland Arden Region, and for our Club.\u00a0 \u00a0With Jean’s background in training, Social Work and safeguarding children, she was perfectly placed to give us an excellent presentation.\u00a0 \u00a0Jean very ably helped our Club members to think about ‘good safeguarding practice’.\u00a0 \u00a0She helped members have a basic awareness of our responsibilities and duties.\u00a0 \u00a0And that it’s not all about whether we’ve had a DBS check.<\/p>\n

Club members can check out Jean’s power point, and the protocol from SIGBI in the members only section<\/p>\n

Caring during Lockdown<\/h2>\n

We have a well deserved reputation as a friendly Club.\u00a0 \u00a0Our amazing Welfare group gave us a round up about various Club members (past and present).\u00a0 \u00a0Obviously everyone has been contacted, some have needed a bit more by way of a phone call or a card.\u00a0 Club members have also supported each other with socially distanced one to one walks.\u00a0 \u00a0We’re doing our best despite the restrictions of Lockdown 3, and the winter weather.<\/p>\n

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Club member Lin swanning about on flooded Abbey Fields!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Arts Project update<\/h2>\n

President Elect Julie gave us a progress report on how the Arts Project is progressing,<\/p>\n

Julie was hugely impressed by hearing Dame Vera Baird<\/em><\/a> speak at the Midland and Region Conference early last March.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 And wanted to be part of work to support, empower and improve the lives of women suffering domestic abuse or violence.\u00a0 \u00a0A strong believer in the transformative power of the Arts, Julie read about a Refuge called the Haven<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0The women there produced artworks displayed at Wolverhampton Central Library as part of the UN 16 days of action.\u00a0 \u00a0As it happens, the CEO of the Haven is a Soroptimist friend of Jean L!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Haven project gave women the chance to share positive experiences with other women in refuge.\u00a0 \u00a0It also offered women the chance to reconnect with their hobbies which may have been stopped by an abuser. The exhibition helped the audience to understand the impact of domestic abuse and the importance of services like the Haven.\u00a0 \u00a0And appreciate\u00a0 the talents of the women themselves and that experiencing abuse does not define a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ann P put Julie in touch with someone who is what might be called the outreach worker for The Art Society Royal Leamington Spa.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Very generously the Arts Society RLS have given a donation of \u00a31000<\/strong> as part of their support to take art into the community.\u00a0 \u00a0This will widen the brief of the project to include more disadvantaged people.\u00a0 \u00a0 The\u00a0 Museum and Art Gallery<\/em><\/a> in Leamington have agreed to exhibit any work which might result from the Art as Therapy project.<\/p>\n

Our local Refuge via Sue G were very enthusiastic about the idea of an art experience of their own.<\/p>\n

And so the links and the team work of our Club continue.\u00a0 \u00a0An artist lead has been found.\u00a0 \u00a0A safe venue for the workshops has yet to be organised but several options are being explored.<\/p>\n

As with everything else we have to wait until Covid restrictions are eased for our project to begin.\u00a0 \u00a0 But we intend to have everything in place for that moment!<\/p>\n

The power of positive thinking<\/h2>\n

\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been brilliant to have something positive to do and think about during this third lockdown and Winter months.\u00a0 \u00a0The Women of Empowerment Trail for our Centenary celebrations is giving us just such a focus.\u00a0 \u00a0Indeed, our Friendship link Arnhem Oust is keen to be involved somehow.\u00a0 \u00a0They sent us this video clip from an exciting young Dutch singer Anouk called ‘It’s a new day’<\/a><\/em>\u00a0 (Don’t worry, it’s in English but remember to skip the adverts!)<\/p>\n

The various groups are working with various degrees of artistic ability!\u00a0 \u00a0The wordsmiths are helping out and those with more artistic talent are giving support.\u00a0 \u00a0We are really looking forward to when we can actually meet up and share our skills.\u00a0 \u00a0Even if it’s with the Rule of Six and socially distanced.\u00a0 \u00a0Although the date for the Trail has now moved from May to late August, we remain optimistic.\u00a0 \u00a0We can still work on our quiz questions and think about ‘I chose this woman because’.<\/p>\n

Lending with Care<\/h2>\n

As ever, our Club not only supports local and national causes, but we have a strong commitment to empowering women overseas.\u00a0 \u00a0President Gill took us through how the Club will be supporting women through the Lend With Care charity<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0We had had a presentation of this so we were familiar with how the charity works providing microfinance.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Now it was time to allocate some money.\u00a0 \u00a0With our previous links to Malawi<\/em><\/a> and Peru<\/em><\/a> we opted for women in these countries.<\/p>\n

We’re looking forward to hearing how they get on.\u00a0 \u00a0Plus getting our loan back so we can re-invest in other women and help them get out of poverty.\u00a0 \u00a0A win win situation<\/p>\n

If you’d like to find out more about how this microfinancing works you can watch this video<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0And maybe you’ll be tempted to invest in someone of your choice.<\/p>\n

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