Being early December it may have been cold outside but the club members gave Elaine a warm welcome. President Val, Membership Coordinator Hilary along with Programme Action Coordinator Deirdre joined club members in welcoming Elaine to the club.
This was a second opportunity to catch up with friends with another face-to-face meeting. Val, the president gave an overview of club structure which was supported by guiding everyone to the different web site associated with the organisation. This was followed by Hillary who gave
November saw the 2021 the first face to face meeting for the Northwest region for several month. Previous meeting had been held over Zoom due to the national restriction relating to the Covid pandemic. Lancaster was well represented. One of the items was the hand
Once again Covid stopped members traveling to the 2021 annual conference which was due to be held in Belfast. During the year the conference committee had assessed the risk of a face-to-face meeting and taken the difficult decision to hold a virtual conference. To try
For the past 20 years members of Lancaster Soroptimist club have produced and presented 45 storybooks for local primary schools. Each school receives three consecutive storybooks. The first one was presented to Moorside School in 2002. Unfortunately, the following seventeen are not on record but
Our 2021 Friendship Evening was a great success even though the musician was unable to attend due to testing positive for Covid. The highlight of the evening was the welcoming into the Club of Sandra Towers. The photo includes Kath who introduced Sandra to the
Despite the cold and biting wind members of Lancaster Soroptimists, encouraged by Lancaster MP, Cat Smith worked to raise awareness of the issue of violence towards women.
Sometimes you meet someone who is making a real difference. Jane, from The Growing Club is such a woman. We heard about the difference she and the team were making to others at our monthly speaker meeting in November. The Growing Club is a not-for-profit
With restriction around Covid less stringent than last year SI Lancaster was represented by three members including the President and the Vice President.
