We were fortunate to be able to hold our Christmas dinner before Covid caused further disruption. Several members and some partners enjoyed a lovely evening at the St Tudno's Hotel in Llandudno. Our meetings in January were held virtually including a talk from Gerrie Bailey of Chernobyl Children's Lifeline. She updated us on the families that they support and told us of their worries about the possible Russian invasion. We started meeting at the Church Hall again in February and welcomed a new member, Sue Groom. Sue was introduced to the club by her friend Sue Cannon-Brock. Sue is a talented baker and contributed several cakes, along with other members, to our sale which was held later in the month. The cake sale raised over £400 for Mary's Meals and this was match funded so doubled the donation. Our speaker for February was a representative

We have a monthly coffee meeting at Providero Coffee Shop in Llandudno which is well attended by members and friends. It is a good opportunity to invite anyone who has expressed and interest in Soroptimists to have an informal chat. We have had several enquiries recently about our club from interested ladies so we are really hoping to boost our membership if some of them decide to join. We were honoured to have an invitation for President Janet to attend the Remembrance Sunday service at Holy Trinity Church in Llandudno. Janet and three other members then joined the parade to the Cenotaph and laid a wreath on behalf of the club. Three volunteers- Linda, Dave and Paul came to speak to us from Blood Bikes Wales; they are based at the Bangor branch. Linda is a controller and Dave and Paul ride the bikes carrying

The speaker meeting in September was on Zoom when we had PhD student Beverly Pickard-Jones speak to us about the results of her project. Beverly approached us last year to ask us to help with her research project on visual perception. Several members took part in the computer test and all donated their fee to the club’s charity account. It was very interesting to find out the results! Our speaker in October was our member Emma who told us about her career with North Wales Police. We were also very pleased to welcome a new member, Liz Rimmer. Liz has recently moved to Llandudno and is a friend of our member Heather. Several members registered for the SIGBI Llandudno Conference which took place virtually. It would have been very exciting to host the Conference but it was decided to be too much of a risk.

To celebrate the centenary of Soroptimist International, our club arranged the planting of two trees at Happy Valley, part of the national centenary project. To commemorate the virtual Llandudno Conference, our Region donated a bench and buried a time capsule in the same spot. The ceremony was well attended by Soroptimists from all our region and many local dignitaries.  

We continued to hold our club meetings virtually over the summer but we met for coffee at the park once a month. In July, we had a virtual meeting with our friendship club SI Starnberg-Herrsching in Bavaria, Germany. It was interesting to chat with them and find out about each other's projects. Another cake sale was held and plants and ornamental items were included. The sale raised a total of £480 for the DEC India Covid appeal. President Janet organised a publicity video which was filmed on Llandudno promenade. The video can be viewed on this link https://fb.watch/9jDavjxsBk/ Our face to face meetings continued in September with a lovely afternoon tea at a Llandudno hotel and our first business meeting back at Holy Trinity Church Hall. A fun walk was organised through our region to celebrate the centenary of Soroptimist International. As the Conference would

We were delighted to welcome a new member, Kelly Bowsher, at our AGM. Kelly is a funeral director and heard about us when she arranged a funeral for a past member and being a Soroptimist club President was mentioned in her eulogy. Kelly attended some virtual meetings before officially joining and we were all very pleased to finally meet her in person when we had our first outdoor meeting in May. Janet Murfin became club President at the AGM. Janet’s year was intended for 2020-2021 but due to the pandemic, she shared the year with Pat Kerfoot and postponed her full year to this one. Janet’s theme is ‘Inspirational women’. Her charities include Feed the Minds and Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline. Our first face to face meeting was at a local park where we took flasks of coffee. It was very pleasant to have a chat

We were thrilled to have a virtual meeting with members of one of our friendship clubs, SI Bombay Chembur in January. They gave an excellent presentation about the work that they have done during the pandemic including raising funds for local causes by holding several virtual events and webinars. The meeting was arranged by our member Madhu who has family in the vicinity of the club. Our January speaker was Matt Wright from Feed the Minds. Janet has chosen the charity to support during her time as President. They are an international development charity and their motto is ‘Education makes a world of difference’. Among their projects in the developing world are health education, literacy and farming skills. They focus on women who have missed out on education usually due to conflict in their area and work with trusted local organisations. Later in the month