SI Middlesbrough now has three established Friendship Links, SI Harrogate and District, SI Pune Metro East, and SI Magdeburg. Our warm wishes go to all members of these clubs.
We are pleased to welcome our 21st member, Val Lambert. Val has her own Health Improvement Company in Middlesbrough, www.healthimprovementcompany.co.uk and offers a wide range of public health / health improvement courses.
Seven Middlesbrough Soroptimists have recently received awards or been shortlisted for service and achievement In the Tees Valley BME Achievement Awards 2012 ceremony held recently, several Middlesbrough Soroptimists did the club proud. Ibtihal Albasry, who hails from Iraq, was nominated as Woman of the Year, and Kauser Hussain was shortlisted for an individual Community Award (her daughter Ambreen being nominated for the Youth Award). Shahda Khan, who works for Middlesbrough Council, collected the Public Sector Award for the Type 2 diabetes work that she is delivering in partnership with Middlesbrough NHS. Susan Mansaray, originally from Sierra Leone, and Ibtihal, were jointly given an award as representatives of the North-East Region Refugee Forum. Uzma Kazmi helped to organise the event. Most prestigiously of all, Kath Sainsbury, who works for Justice First, a local charity supporting asylum seekers, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Uzma Kazmi was
Our creative writing workshop held in November, run by member Hema Ayupala, was a great success, with all of the members and friends attending discovering hidden talent!
