Llandudno Soroptimists held a successful coffee morning in St. John’s Church Hall on Tuesday 18th September. We raised £160 for Soroptimist charities by welcoming holiday makers and shoppers to our event.
We were entertained by a the Colwyn Bay Ukulele Group and the Tenovus Choir to a programme of popular songs and music. It was a lively evening with energetic and enthusiastic audience participation. We thank all those who came to support the event. As well as being most enjoyable, it was a successful fundraiser for the President’s charities locally, the Women’s Refuge nationally, Tenovus Cancer Care internationally, Dom Bosco Project in India.
To mark the centenary of the “Votes for Women” campaign, we held an open meeting for friends and members of other clubs and organisations to hear our very interesting speaker talking about “Suffragists and Suffragettes” in North Wales. President Celia was delighted to be able to announce that the petition to the local council to place a plaque on the Cocoa House in Llandudno has been successful. The first meeting of Suffragists in North Wales was held at the Cocoa House.
It was a perfect June evening for our prosecco and strawberries fundraising event at Adlington House, Rhos-on-Sea.
Induction of the newest member of SI Llandudno. A Fundraising event to support a group from South Africa competing at this year’s International Musical Eisteddfod at Llangollen. “Pate and Pud” Lunch to raise funds for the National Eisteddfod to be held next year in Conwy County. SI Anglesey Annual Luncheon at the Bulkeley Hotel, Beaumaris.
We supported SI Denbigh, Ruthin and District at their Human Rights Evening at Brookhouse Mill, on 23rd April. The guest speaker was the retired surgeon Christine Evans. Miss Evans spoke about her travels in Iraq and Kurdistan and her work in the hospitals in the area.
At the Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 12th April, we were pleased to see the new President and Joint President Elects being presented with their chains of office. After the meting, we adjourned to the Wildwood Restaurant in Mostyn Street where we enjoyed a sociable meal together. PROGRAMME ACTION Assisting the Police with their campaign to prevent Llandudno hotels being used as “pop-up brothels”. Several members of SI Llandudno paired with police officers to visit 60 hotels in the resort, to raise awareness of sexual exploitation in pop-up brothels. Hotel managements were given advice on how to recognise and report it, a very worthwhile and successful operation. This was reported in the ITV news at 6pm on the same evening.
