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Contribution to The Bungalow Partnership

Contribution to The Bungalow Partnership

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SI Middlesbrough have worked alongside The Bungalow Partnership for a number of years by providing treats for the families at Easter and Christmas, knitted teddies for the children, and general support for the work of the organisation. Our latest contribution in preparation for the festive season includes the usual goodies plus colouring books and crayons for the children. The Director and one of the original founders, Marie Blythe, was recently featured in the Darlington and Stockton Times in an article which highlighted her dedication to children whose emotional well-being had been impacted by poverty, sexual abuse and domestic violence. Marie’s work includes using play and the language of children in order to explore the difficulties in their lives. She says “You try to see the world through their eyes…..you try to gain their trust – we are not the experts, the child is”. Marie’s current

Report of 75th anniversary afternoon tea.

Report of 75th anniversary afternoon tea.

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45 members and guests gathered at St. Cuthbert’s Parish Centre in Marton to enjoy a delicious tea and to celebrate the 75 year Anniversary of SI Middlesbrough. Proceedings began with a welcome from President Geraldine, who reflected on the social issues of 1945 in the wake of the end of WW2 and how inspired those Middlesbrough women must have been to establish a club in the months following the declaration of peace.  Geraldine then invited Regional President Christine Lumsdon, for whom it was the last formal engagement in that role, to light the Peace Candle, while our longest serving member, Alwyn Kraus, cut the celebration cake. It also just happened that Alwyn and Past Regional President Joyce Chesney were sharing a birthday, along with another of our guests, so Margaret Clark led us in a rousing chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’!! Regional President Christine then presented

Women scientists

Women scientists

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Good to see our lockdown project book “Overcoming the Odds” about women scientists is getting as far as SI Bournemouth for prizes in their STEM challenge with students. Well done SI Bournemouth!