SI Nantwich & District 76th Charter Dinner 6th July 2026. The evening, held at Richmond Village Nantwich was hosted by Helen Piddock-Jones. The Club was honoured to welcome Federation President Gillie O’Rourke who proposed the Soroptimist toast. Club members and partners were delighted to welcome guests from two other SI Clubs in our region: Louise, Penny, Alison, Hilary, Jayne and Joanne from SI Northwich. Iris, Sandra, Ann, Stella, Vinita and Glenys from SI Heswall.           The entertainment for the evening was a talk entitled Goose Grease and Brown Paper, a hilarious yet informative reminiscence by Kath Reynolds of traditional remedies that all can remember from their childhood.     At the Regional meeting on Saturday 4th July the Club was chosen as the recipient of the Barbara Dixon Award. Members were delighted and passed their thanks to Marian Wade, PAC Officer,

At the Regional meeting on Saturday 4th July the Club was chosen as the recipient of the Barbara Dixon Award. Members were delighted and passed their thanks to Marian Wade, PAC Officer, who had been instrumental in delivering the County Lines Project, in Crewe, from conception to completion.             The Barbara Dixon Award is the result of a process to identify the best project currently in progress in the SI Cheshire, North Wales and the Wirral Region. The aim is to recognise, showcase and share good practice by Soroptimist Groups. The successful project has the potential to be put forward at UK SIGBI national conference. The Project is: Networking Support for vulnerable key stage 2 children A County Lines Project to facilitate a multi-agency approach to prevent keystage 2 school children being entrapped into County Lines gangs. The aim is to

As the old year comes to a close the collection of photos below show the effort and commitment of Nantwich and District Soroptomists in supporting organisations in their area in the past year. We expect 2026 to as busy as ever.  

At our dinner meeting at Richmond Village on Monday 24th November our guest was Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Dan Price. He discussed the following topics that our Club has put forward as most concerning to us: Violence against women County Lines Modern Day Slavery We welcomed guests from SI Northwich, SI Chester, SI Frodsham and Runcorn and other local guests to the event. Dan addressed each of these issues in depth highlighting how they were being addressed in Cheshire so it was very relevant to the audience. He was an enthusiastic speaker and very confident that the work he was overseeing was making a difference on the community level. Dan also spoke about his latest project, the removing mobile phones during the day for high school pupils, known as PHONE FREE EDUCATION which is being very well received with new school signing up each

Members of Nantwich and District Soroptimists gathered to dedicate a bench to the memory of the late Linda Bond,  who was a very popular and staunch friend of the Soroptimists. They were joined by members of Linda’s family and the group enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon exchanging happy memories. Linda was a great campaigner for the provision of public benches for use by her community. The bench has been sited in the centre of Nantwich Coronation Garden for the pleasure and amenity of all.  

President Maggie welcomed members, partners and guests to the Clubs annual Charter Dinner at Richmond Village, Nantwich. We were joined as our guest speaker by Mr Gary Fear. Gary is a local Humanitarian Hero at the Club who has been providing support in Ukraine since the war broke out. SI Nantwich raised the funds to purchase a generator which Gary delivered on his latest visit to Ukraine, his eleventh trip, to a village left without electricity as a result of the war so that residents can charge their mobile phones to receive the frequent air raid warnings. Gary explained the process of purchasing and distributing Food Aid to ensure that every donation is spent to the benefit of the local population struggling in the war torn region. He has raised more over £100,000 in donations since his first visit Ukraine in April 2022 and distributed

Our April Dinner Meeting was enhanced by a talk given by Guest Speaker Graham Weatherhead supported by Dave Lewis from Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire Blood Bikes. Graham explained the background and ongoing development of the Blood Bike Network. The first blood bike volunteer group to be established in the United Kingdom was the Emergency Volunteer Service (EVS), formed in 1962. Since that time has grown to a national network of Blood Bikes operated completely by volunteers. Part of this network is the Shropshire Staffordshire and Cheshire Blood Bikes (the SSCBB) created to transport blood and other items 24/7 365 days a year across the midlands through the help of bikes which are able to push past traffic & deliver donations on time. NHS Trust Hospitals, Hospices, Milk Banks and other related organisations within Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire are provided with a free volunteer-supported transport service for

President Maggie’s designated charity for 2023 – 2025 is Save the Family, a family support charity based in Chester which offers temporary housing and round-the-clock support to homeless and at-risk families. SI Nantwich was asked to support by providing Christmas Pyjamas for all the children currently at the charity’s residential facility. SI Members have donated 38 pyjamas to Save the Family so that all the youngsters have special festive themed pyjamas for Christmas Day.                

As the old year comes to a close the collection of photos below show the effort and commitment of Nantwich and District Soroptomists in supporting organisations in their area in the past year. We expect 2025 to as busy as ever.  

We are pleased yet again to support Acton St Mary's Christmas Tree Event. This years theme is "Gogglebox" ie anything to do with Television. We chose to decorate our SI Nantwich Christmas Tree to pay tribute to the many talented and inspirational women who appear on our television screens. These women are from all walks of life, are of different faiths and cultures, some are disabled.  Some have faced discrimination and overcome many difficulties to succeed in their careers. These brilliant women show that gender does not need to be an obstacle to success and they are an inspiration to women and girls to achieve their full potential.