Green Day
Lancaster SI member, Carole hosted a event in which members were able to recycle unwanted cloths, bags, shoes and jewellery. The all day event was to raise money to support our sister club in South Africa start a garden in a school
AGM 2025
AMG 2025 We are delighted to introduce Sandra Towers, our new president. Sandra has been a member for a number of years now and is active on many on of our committees. We also celebrated not one but two 90th birthdays. The celebration was
Summer Outing 2024
The 2024 Summer Outing was to Holker Hall in Cumbria. The hall dates back to the early 1600’s. It is currently the home of Lucy Cavendish and her husband. After a fire in 1871, a New Wing was built in the neo-Elizabethan Gothic style, but
Lancaster SI Members Presentation to the June Regional Meeting
Mary gave an overview of the work she and others had done to set up a school club to the delegates attending June’ North West England and the Isle of Man Regional meeting. Mary explained that, after a number of years in discussion with teachers
East Meets West 24 June 23
President Therese and members attended a very busy event at Lancaster Library organised by East Meets West. There were 12 stalls representing different cultures from around the world organised by women from the refugee and asylum seeker communities in the city. There were different foods
Preston Afternoon Tea – 21 June 23
Preston Afternoon Tea On 21 June President Therese attending an afternoon tea hosted by Preston SI. The venue was café at St Catherines Hospice Preston, which is set in beautiful grounds alongside the large hospice building. The afternoon event raised £387 for Lancashire Women’s Charity.
Growing Well
At the end of May President Therese and Val M visited Growing Well at Sizergh Barn which the club will support this year as the President’s charity. It is a mental health charity located on an organic farm and market garden. Under the supervision of
Rossendale Charter Lunch
President Val and member Sandra travelled to Haslingdon to attend the SI Rossendale Charter Lunch. After travelling across the western Pennines on a beautiful day they joined members of SI Rosendale and their guests. After lunch one of their longest serving members talked about the
Jazz and Pimm’s
What better way to spend one of the last Sunday summer afternoons particularly when the money raised go to the Dianne Oxberry Trust for raising awareness of Ovarian Cancer. The trust gave a presentation at a Regional Meeting explaining that ovarian cancer was difficult to
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Banners, Flags and Tee Shirts
The following is the write-up Val B kindly did for our local paper. Every year members hold an event to mark and support International Women’s Day and this year the club was fortunate to have the assistance of Steve Pendrill, the renowned local professional