{"id":6146,"date":"2022-02-14T23:39:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T22:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2022-02-14T23:39:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T22:39:12","slug":"presidents-message-and-newsletter-number-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/2022\/02\/14\/presidents-message-and-newsletter-number-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Message and Newsletter &#8211; Number 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Regional President Pam\u2019s Message<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Good Morning Sister Soroptimists, <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The first regional event I have attended since becoming Regional President was at my own club\u2019s 84th Charter Tea on Saturday 13 November. \u00a0Whilst it would have been lovely to meet in person for lunch at our usual venue, The Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne, we all had a most enjoyable afternoon.\u00a0 It was wonderful to see a number of members from clubs in our Region as well as members from our Friendship Links, S.I.Glasgow City and S.I. Bangkok.\u00a0 More about this event can be read later in the Newsle6er.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I\u2019m sure you have all been following the discussions at the Climate Change Conference COP26, in Glasgow during the past 2 weeks.\u00a0 However, you may be interested in the photograph below of a long \u201cscarf\u201d that was made by crafters (knitters, crocheters and<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6148 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture1.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> stitchers) from across the UK and even further afield from South Africa and Canada.\u00a0 It was the idea of an Edinburgh woman and featured in the Glasgow Green during the Conference.\u00a0 Each section includes a message about climate change and the environment, for the world leaders a6ending the Conference, to urge them to take action on climate\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">change.\u00a0\u00a0 When stitched together the scarf was 1.5 MILES long which was significant as it reflected the Paris Agreement limiting global warming to 1.5C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">After the Conference some of the more artistic sections are to be kept for ongoing Craftism, art exhibitions and used to keep the conversation going.\u00a0 The remainder of the scarf is to be made into small blankets and given to Charities for homeless people, refugees and asylum seekers or wherever good use can be made of the blankets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">There is a lovely ending to this story as a Soroptimist in our Region,\u00a0 Catherine Waller of S.I. Newcastle upon Tyne, made one of the sections included in the scarf.\u00a0 Her pale blue section is on the left of the photograph on the top line.\u00a0 Catherine explained that she \u201cchose the colour to represent our organisation and our beliefs in a better world for women and girls\u201d.\u00a0 She also supported the idea that some of the blankets would be given to children in need in some of the refugee centres throughout war torn environments.\u00a0\u00a0 By the time that you read this Newsletter I will have presented my first Regional Council Meeting which I hope those of you who were able to attend found interesting, particularly the speaker Huffty McHugh, of the West End Women and Girls Centre.\u00a0 I look forward to seeing more of you at future meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;font-size: 21px\"><em>Take care and look after yourselves<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;font-size: 21px\"><em>Best wishes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 President Pam<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Newsletter<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>S.I.Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0 <\/strong>enjoyed quite a party atmosphere on Saturday 13th November when they celebrated their 84th Charter Anniversary.\u00a0 Like last year, the event was on Zoom but this had the advantage that, apart from our regional colleagues, we were also joined by members from our Friendship Link Clubs :\u00a0 S.I. Glasgow City\u00a0 and\u00a0 S.I. Bangkok (where it was 11.0pm at night !).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6149 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture2-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture2-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture2.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Following the Soroptimist Mission statement read by Joint Immediate Past Regional President Christine Lumsdon, the programme of events was delivered via a power-point presentation which had been prepared by our hard working Event Team.\u00a0 Topics included: Highlights of 1921, scenes from our Club History, Highlights of our Programme Action work, 100 Trees on Twitter,\u00a0 Positives about COVID and How We Supported our Members.\u00a0 One highlight was an interactive section about past Presidents &#8211; who knew that one was seriously into crossword puzzles?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6150 alignright\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">However, during the section entitled 2021,\u00a0 S.I. Glasgow City\u2019s Christine Findlay\u2019s contribution on COP26 was particularly welcome as being insightful and personal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A fun item was the judging of the 1920\u2019s headwear by Joint Immediate Part Regional President Joyce Chesney.\u00a0 The winning hat was worn by S.I.Newcastle\u2019sLis Graham &#8211; as Joyce remarked &#8211;\u00a0 it reminded her of a hat worn by her mother!\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Our new Regional President Pam Turner then spoke saying how much she was looking forward to her year in office and her first Regional Council MeeOng.\u00a0 She had enjoyed the afternoon and seeing people from other clubs. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Our Secretary Cris\u2019s poem aptly summed up the afternoon and led to the toasts with our final item being President Christine Tomkins closing remarks in which she warmly thanked everyone for coming and added that she didn\u2019t need to wish us \u2018safe journey home\u2019 as we were already there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6151\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture4-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture4-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture4.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ORANGE THE WORLD<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 an invitation to all members in S.I. Northern England :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6152 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture5-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture5-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture5.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>On WEDNESDAY 24th November\u00a0 <strong>S.I.Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0 <\/strong>is working in partnership with <strong>\u201cStreetwise\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>to launch the 16 days of action on the Millennium Bridge on Newcastle\u2019s quayside.\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone is asked to meet at the end of the Millennium Bridge on the Newcastle side at 3.30pm &#8211; where you will be provided with orange hi-vis jackets, orange face masks and orange flags.\u00a0 At 4.30 pm prompt,\u00a0 the Bridge will be lit in an Orange Glow and the procession will begin to cross the Bridge.\u00a0\u00a0 We have been asked to keep moving and not to obstruct the cycle lane &#8211; but it promises to be a memorable sight.\u00a0\u00a0 Do come and join us and show our support for all women and girls so they may always be safe in their environment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>S.I. Tynemouth, Whitley Bay &amp; District\u00a0 <\/strong>have sent this report from their speaker meeting in November : \u201cRie Pearson was the speaker at our November meeting.\u00a0 She lives in Whitley Bay and came to our Club\u2019s attention several months ago.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Rie is a retired Police Officer who has written the book \u201cBe Kind.\u00a0 No Excuses\u201d\u00a0 which helps teenage girls recognise abusive behaviours in intimate relationships.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The book consists of five true stories written by the victims themselves.\u00a0 They are followed by notes which pull out a variety of behaviours to create a greater understanding of what to accept and what not to accept in a relationship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In her talk, Rie told us about her experience in the police force, how the police have changed the way they deal with domestic violence over time and how the book came about. She also talked about how she would like to see her work develop especially in relation to working with teenage boys as well as girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A donation from each book sold is made to The Buddy Bag Foundation.\u00a0 This is a charity which supports children taken into emergency care and the bags are very similar to the New Start Bags which many of th<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6153 alignright\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/02\/Picture6.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">e clubs in our <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Region provide for women in dire circumstances.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The photograph shows Joint President Anne Gunning with the speaker Rie Pearson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We all send our congratulations to Regional President Pam for her first and very successful Regional Council Meeting on Saturday 20 November.\u00a0\u00a0 She has continued to progress the changes we are making towards approaching the new \u2018norm\u2019 in regional meetings by having a speaker who reflected her theme of \u2018Exceptional Women\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0 So not only did we finish all the business within the hour, but we were able to listen to a wonderfully illustrated presentation from Huffty McHugh who is the Coordinator of the <strong>West End Women and Girls Centre\u00a0 <\/strong>which celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year and truly demonstrated how dynamic community action can be.\u00a0\u00a0 Huffty described their current projects and told us of their celebrations which will be launched on International Women\u2019s\u2019 Day on 8th March 2022 &#8211; delayed due to the impact of COVID.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I know that contact details will be sent round the clubs but here are the basics :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>West End Women and Girls Centre\u00a0\u00a0 (UK Reg.Charity:\u00a0 1160161)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>The Stephenson Building\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>173 Elswick Road\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0 NE4 6SQ\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tel:\u00a0 0191 273 4942 web site :\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/westendwomenandgirls.co.uk\/\"><strong>westendwomenandgirls.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Finally,\u00a0 just to remind you to continue to send me reports and news from clubs and members.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I plan to have one more edition on Sunday 5th December before we take a break over the festive holidays and resume on Sunday 2nd January 2022. Please may I remind you that I am happy to receive your reports as text in an attached document or within an email\u00a0 but that any photographs should come to me as separate\u00a0 jpegs\u00a0\u00a0 please.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> Keep well,\u00a0 safe and warm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In friendship\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your Editor and JIPP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Christine Lumsdon <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Email:\u00a0 <u>chrisOnemlumsdon@gmail.com<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional President Pam\u2019s Message Good Morning Sister Soroptimists, The first regional event I have attended&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":6152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Presidents Message and Newsletter - Number 74 | News | Blog | Events | SI Northern England<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Northern England : Blog &amp; News : Presidents Message and Newsletter - Number 74 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Northern England . 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