{"id":6301,"date":"2022-08-20T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2022-08-20T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:43:19","slug":"presidents-message-and-newsletter-number-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/2022\/08\/20\/presidents-message-and-newsletter-number-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Message and Newsletter Number 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Regional President Pam\u2019s Message :<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cGood Morning Sister Soroptimists,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I am looking forward to reading in the Newsletter what you all did to commemorate <u>INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY <\/u>\u00a0.\u00a0 In the evening of that day I celebrated the occasion with sister Soroptimists at the West End Women and Girl\u2019s Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, where a big party was held for the community in Elswick.\u00a0 It was wonderful to see so many people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.\u00a0 The party was being held to launch the 40 Women and Girls book to represent the Centre\u2019s 40th anniversary.\u00a0 There was a superb exhibition of the photographs of the women and girls with captions as well as projections on the outside of the building.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fairground attractions on the green opposite the Centre had a \u2018galloping horse\u2019 carousel, a Helter Skelter and Shuggy Boats which all provided entertainment for the children and some adults re-living their younger days !\u00a0 Tasty food made at the Centre added to the enjoyment of the event with a firework display bringing the evening to its conclusion.\u00a0 We were lucky that the weather stayed fair and was not too cold.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6294\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8201-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8201-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8201.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Sadly the situation in Ukraine has not improved.\u00a0 The number of refugees fleeing their country has now risen to 3 million and more people have been killed and homes destroyed. The constant bombing in the cities and towns means that those people still living there are in constant fear.\u00a0 The response to provide aid and support to Ukraine and the surrounding countries giving refuge has been tremendous.\u00a0 Perhaps you have been involved in your own communities to help the requests for assistance?\u00a0 I know in Morpeth there was a street collection last Saturday which raised over \u00a311,000.\u00a0 Initially the collectors thought their cans weren\u2019t doing very well as they didn\u2019t make much noise until they realised that most of the money given were notes !\u00a0\u00a0 The Town Hall was also used as a collection point for clothes, nappies and toiletries to be picked up by the Polish\u00a0 Centre in Newcastle for transporting to Poland and distributing to Ukrainian refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6296\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8202-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8202-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8202.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Thank you to Cris Young for forwarding this evocative photograph of a line up of donated baby buggies waiting at a railway station in Poland for newly arriving refugee mothers with young children )<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A positive example of another extraordinary women came out of Ukraine this week when Marina Ovsyannikova,\u00a0 a Russian journalist, came out on prime-time Russian TV News to denounce the war in Ukraine.\u00a0 After 14 hours of interrogation she was fined and released but may yet face several years in jail.\u00a0 There must be many examples of courageous actions in Ukraine such as the 9 year old girl, Sasha, who had to have her arm amputated after being shot by Russian forces and she said\u00a0 \u201cI hope they didn\u2019t mean to hurt me\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Unfortunately I didn\u2019t see much of the Winter Paralympics as I had hoped,\u00a0 however what I saw was very impressive.\u00a0 Known as an international winter multi-sport event it involved 6 Parasports :\u00a0 Alpine skiing ,\u00a0 biathlon, cross country skiing, sled hockey, snowboarding and wheelchair curling.\u00a0 It was amazing watching the visually impaired skiers doing slalom skiing, following their guides at speed and weaving between the poles. \u00a0In fact, I saw one slalom skier who was blind and had to follow sound from their guide.\u00a0 As well as the slalom skiing I did see some seated skiing, hockey and curling.\u00a0 These athletes\u2019 achievements were to be admired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">GB\u2019s Paralympians succeeded in winning six medals including a gold medal by Andrew and Neil Simpson.\u00a0 Although the women didn\u2019t win a gold medal Menna Fitzpatrick,\u00a0 GB\u2019s most successful paralympian won a silver and bronze medal and Millie Knight achieved a bronze medal for downhill skiing.\u00a0 \u00a0However the greatest success must go to the Ukrainian athletes who, despite getting to the games and dealing with uncertainties at home,\u00a0 came second in the medal table with 29 medals including 11 gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Another positive and welcome piece of news this week was the release of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe who had been detained in Iran since 2016 accused of plotting to overthrow the Government.\u00a0 On arriving back home she was able to be reunited with her husband and daughter now aged 7 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">By the time you receive this Newsletter we will have held our virtual Regional Council meeting on Saturday 19th March and listened to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson,\u00a0 another of our Extraordinary Women,\u00a0 who I\u2019m looking forward to hearing.\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Take care and look after yourselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Best wishes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">President\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pam<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Editor\u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you Pam for these messages and thoughts.\u00a0 I look forward to receiving more club reports on your activities for International Women\u2019s Day &#8211;\u00a0 but here are two that I have received.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Newsletter<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">From\u00a0 <strong>S.I. Middlesborough\u00a0 <\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Members of S.I. Middlesbrough came together recently to celebrate <strong>International Women\u2019s Day.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Over the past year, SIM has been involved in the planning of a series of interviews by journalist Jan Hunter which appeared in the Darlington and Stockton Times. The series showcased the lives and experiences of local women.\u00a0 We were delighted that several of the featured women were able to join us on the night, and we also welcomed our sister Soroptimists from SI Stockton-on-Tees.\u00a0 Our guest speaker for the event was Hannah Chapman.\u00a0 Hannah is the first female Editor of the Darlington &amp; Stockton Times and gave an interesting insight into the challenges of the role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fairtrade Fortnight and the theme \u201cChose the World you want\u201d has just finished.\u00a0 Jenny Medhurst,\u00a0 our local Fairtrade Agent had bought a stall so that we could buy Fairtrade products and generate some urgently needed income for farmers ( many of them women ) whose livelihoods are affected by the fall in sales due to the pandemic and the threat of climate change.\u00a0 Jenny told us some stories from those communities &#8211;\u00a0 some concerning, others heart-warming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The evening finished with tea and cake\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 and we thank all those who supported the event in whatever way !\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A photograph ( below ) of the Guest Speaker Hannah Chapman with SIM President Geraldine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6297\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8203-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8203-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8203.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>S.I. Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0 <\/strong>club celebrated and commemorated <strong>International Women\u2019s Day <\/strong>with different activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">They worked in partnership with a West End School to learn about International Women\u2019s Day and asked the Year 6 pupils\u00a0 to produce a piece of work reflecting the day.\u00a0 The staff were impressed with the enthusiasm shown by the pupils,\u00a0 they researched both on line and from reference books.\u00a0 They submitted their work to be judged by their teachers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">On March 8th President Christine Tomkins returned to the school for a special award ceremony.\u00a0 Each pupil received a certificate and four were selected to receive a book prize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">One pupil produced an acoustic about Greta Thunberg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Another produced short biographies of inspirational women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A poster featuring Laxmi Agarwal who was attacked with acid was very powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Finally a poster reflected the message of International Women\u2019s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">All the pupils shared some Celebration Chocolates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">President Christine reports that the two afternoons spent with the 60 pupils and their teachers was an absolute joy.\u00a0 It was very special to spend time with such positive and engaged pupils and such enthusiastic teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6298\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8204-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8204-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8204.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6299\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8205-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8205-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8205.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>This photograph above shows some of the engaged pupils with their certificates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">All school photographs with the permission of Ellie Wilson, Assistant Headteacher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">And the photograph is of the poster reflecting the message of the survivor of an acid attack.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">One of the poems submitted is also worth reading and is included below : INTERNATIONAL WOMANS DAY POEM :\u00a0 by\u00a0 Mesia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">International Women\u2019s Day,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The day when women spoke up to say,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cWhy are we so pushed away, if we could work together everyday?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Think of what we could do, If you let us help too !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We hope you realise we\u2019re just like you, Humans who have rights too !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We hope that it comes to light, that it is wrong for us to fight, To protest day and night,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Just for us to sew, draw or write ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Regional President Pam has already reported on the festive visit for the West End Women and Girls Centre where Newcastle members enjoyed all the fun of the fair with the tasty snacks and celebrated the remarkable 40 years of service that this Centre has given the women and girls of Elswick.\u00a0 Some other of our members supported the comedy evening ( \u201cTyne to Stand up !\u201d )\u00a0 at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House where a Gala evening of comedy with the North East\u2019s best women stand up comedians entertained a large audience in aid of Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland .\u00a0 A wonderful way to commemorate International Women\u2019s Day. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Editor:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">I hope that some of you will be able to join us at the next virtual Regional Coffee Gathering which will\u00a0 be on <strong>Saturday 9th April\u00a0 from 10.30am for an hour .\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Please contact Margaret Ayton for the Zoom link to join us\u00a0 (\u00a0 <u>margaretayton40@gmail.com<\/u> )\u00a0\u00a0 This is a week later due to the SIGBI Membership Webinar taking place the previous Saturday 2 April.\u00a0\u00a0 I hope that all the clubs Membership Officers ( and\/or the incoming ones as well ) will be signing up for this as increasing and retaining our membership is a key objective for this coming year.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6300\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8206-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8206-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2022\/08\/nl8206.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I hope that you are all enjoying the warmer weather in your gardens and the results of your autumnal bulb planting some months ago.\u00a0\u00a0 Who would have known that our Soroptimist colours of blue and yellow would be so prominent everywhere in these recent weeks.\u00a0 Each time that I look out of my kitchen window I can see my favourite blue bowl filled with yellow mini-daffodils ( see above photograph )\u00a0 and think of the members of the five Soroptimist Clubs in the Ukraine and wonder how they are all surviving &#8211;\u00a0 as well as the enormous organisation of relief for the refugees in the adjacent Europe countries where Soroptimism flourishes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">My quote for this Newsletter comes from <strong>Eleanor Roosevelt\u00a0 <\/strong>and was seen prominently displayed at the IWD festivities at the West End Women and Girls Centre.\u00a0 It seems to be very appropriate for these troubled times :<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cWhere, after all, do universal human rights begin ?\u00a0 In small places, close to home &#8211; so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.\u00a0 Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world. \u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Please do send me your club and member news for the next Regional Newsletter which will be on Sunday 3 April when we will be into summertime and more day light hours.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">in friendship<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">your editor and JIPP &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Christine <\/strong>email:\u00a0\u00a0 <u>christinemlumsdon@gmail.com<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Regional President Pam\u2019s Message : \u201cGood Morning Sister Soroptimists, I am looking forward&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":6295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6301","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 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