On a cold and blustery Saturday in July, Janet Garnons-Williams and Carol McKeough, from Medway and Maidstone supported the Chatham community carnival by helping on the Amnesty International stall.
The Byron Steering Group were preparing for the re-accreditation meeting being held by UNICEF on 20 June.
As we woke up on the morning of the longest day of the year, it was to bright sunshine and ideal weather for Sue Hunt’s Garden Party.
On a beautiful sunny Saturday in May, six members of Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists attended the Dandelion Time May Fayre in West Farleigh.
During May, Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists hosted a Charity Fashion Show run by Travelling Trends.
At the Medway and Maidstone May club meeting, we had two reasons to celebrate with Agatha Okwudinka, who had recently become a member.
Nucleus Arts in Medway are inviting people to take part in Forget-Me-Not Medway. It is a community project supporting dementia awareness.
Soroptimist members were set a challenge this year by President Ruth Healey to take action with a ‘90’ theme to mark SIGBI’s 90th year.
On 8 May, Medway and Maidstone Soroptimist , Julia Search hosted a Zoom Get Together with our 4 of our Friendship Link clubs. We were pleased that members from Heswall, Chaguanas, Osnabruck and Voorburg clubs were able to join for part or whole of the meeting.
Six Members of Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists took part in The Plastic Big Count over one week (11-17 March). This was the UK’s biggest ever investigation into household plastic waste. Intended to raise awareness about single-use plastic and to inspire people to reduce their own plastic consumption. You had to keep a tally of food and drink, cleaning and household items and anything else plastic. Each of us counted up and registered on-line. Each household taking part then received a digital footprint. The number of pieces of plastic per household ranged from 14 items (single occupant) to 73 (two persons). Most items related to food and drink. 225,000 participants took part in The Big Plastic Count 2024. The data has been analyzed to work out the true scale of the plastic waste crisis in the UK. It showed that :- The UK throws away 1.7
