The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow between 1 and 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on
We have planted 15 urban trees in Albert Park, Middlesbrough, on 24 November 2020, to celebrate 75 years of SI Middlesbrough and 100 years of Soroptimist International. 5 Rowan, 5 Hazel and 5 Crab Apple, native species from the Woodland Trust, are planted in a
SI Middlesbrough is taking part in 16 days of action against gender-based violence. We will #OrangetheWorld: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect in support of #GenerationEquality. Soroptimists believe to achieve zero tolerance against gender-based violence. “The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international
We held a little celebration along with the Macmillan Coffee morning to mark our treasurer Alwyn Kraus’s 50 years of service to Soroptimism. Flowers were presented by Regional President Joyce Chesney and the amount raised for Macmillan was £70. We were grateful to have Joyce
Many years ago, our member Shirley Bond, along with other Soroptimists, knitted a lot of teddies which a fellow Soroptimist took with her to schools in Kabul, Afghanistan, to give them to the children who had nothing to hug. The pattern was called, ‘Teddies for
We were supporting the Daft As a Brush Cancer (DAAB) Charity on their fund-raising walk from Middlesbrough to Gateshead.
SIM supports Fairtrade movement in Middlesbrough as it aims to improve the lives of some of the world’s poorest farmers by pressuring suppliers to give them a price for their goods closer to that which we pay in the shops. However, due to the current
Anyone going through difficult times mentally / physically apart from fighting with the pandemic, they are never alone. Following are the contact numbers of the organisations they can get in touch with: NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) – 0808 800
Some of our friends have themselves had to take great care and not leave the house at all. We have had little news of our member in a care home, but we do know that she has had to isolate in her room for her
What a year it has been! So many members have suffered personal and family illnesses, bereavements and other catastrophes. Then, ultimately our lives were all changed by the Coronavirus pandemic. This meant we were all self-distancing and some self-isolating. All meetings and even cups of
