Due to COVID restrictions and other factors outside our control, we plan to hold our next AGM and Regional Council Meeting on Saturday 7th August 2021, in person and hopefully at our normal ‘home’ Newnham College, Cambridge.  As well as the meeting we will be having a celebratory picnic for our Region’s 50th anniversary in this year of Soroptimism’s Centenary. Our last meeting was on 28th November 2020 when we were delighted to welcome our Speaker, Dame Vera Baird, The Victim’s Commissioner.  A fellow Soroptimist, she gave us an excellent talk about her role, challenges and concerns. More details are given separately. Another successful online meeting. On 26th September 2020 we had our online Officers’Council Meeting where we planned our meetings for the next 15 months and had an excellent review of the Projects undertaken by each Club under Programme Action.Instead of meeting at our