Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists are supporters of the Medway Hygiene Bank. In October it was National Hygiene Week from 6-12 October 2025, to raise awareness about hygiene poverty.
The Threads of Remembrance project has grown beyond expectation with more than 20,000 handmade poppies from the community – far surpassing the original goal of 11,000.
One of our members, Teresa Cambell is a volunteer at Medway Hospital every Thursday. She assists with a library trolley service for patients that has made a comeback 25 years after the original service was last seen on the wards.
As part of a Regional initiative to raise awareness about the prevention of violence against women and girls, we will be selling orange flower brooches at the Regional AGM on 20 September at £2.50 each.
On 6 September, Carol McKeough hosted a summer buffet at her home.
At the beginning of August, we saw a posting from SATEDA, local domestic abuse support service. As part of their Sharewear scheme, they were having a Rucksack Roundup, with the aim of collecting 25 rucksacks by 25 August.
A group of 15 members and friends of SI Medway and Maidstone visited the Medway SIM Suite at Canterbury Christ Church University on 13 August for a talk and tour.
A group of SI Medway and Maidstone members gathered at the Criterion Heritage Centre in Bluetown for the start of our latest Quiz trail on 6 August.
As a club, SI Medway and Maidstone have been working on the Love Me..Love Me Not..(LMLMN) project. We have been keen to develop the project further with school age children.
Our Medway and Maidstone Soroptimist team of 8 took part in today’s Cancer UK 5k Race for Life at Mote Park, Maidstone. We were doing it in memory of our dear friend Liz Duckworth who we lost to cancer in February. We were pleased to be joined by Liz’s daughter Rebecca. So far we have raised over £2.5k including gift aid for this worthwhile cause that affects so many of us. It is not too late if you still want to donate to our team. Here is the link:
