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REGIONAL PRESIDENT PAM\u2019S MESSAGE<\/span><\/h4>\n

Good Morning Sister Soroptimists,<\/span><\/p>\n

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Regional Council Meeting on Saturday 19 March 2022.\u00a0 There were almost 60 attendees and all clubs in the Region were represented. Following the business meeting,\u00a0 Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson had been invited to talk to members as one of my \u201cExtraordinary Women\u201d for all that she had done and is doing.\u00a0 She achieved great success in her Paralympic career as a wheelchair racer.\u00a0 During her career she won 16 medals –\u00a0 11 gold,\u00a0 4 silver and 1 bronze –\u00a0 held over 30 world records and won the London Marathon 6 times.\u00a0 On retiring from the track she expanded her TV presenting career and took on a number of advisory and consultant roles, for example, locally she has been Chancellor of Northumbria University since July 2015.\u00a0 However she gave a most interesting talk about the active role she plays as a member of the House of Lords.\u00a0 It was clear that the work is very demanding, particularly in the past couple of years due to the pandemic.\u00a0 It involves long hours, often working 78 hours per week and being in the House of Lords until 3 am.\u00a0 Although she has someone who manages her diary, she is without secretarial support so writes letters and responds to all her emails and when preparing for debate undertakes her own research.\u00a0 Current interests are the British Sign Language Bill, as mentioned in my next paragraph, the Building Safety Bill after the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017,\u00a0 the Health and Care Bill and the Domestic Abuse Bill.\u00a0 Despite being time consuming and emotionally demanding,\u00a0 Baroness Grey-Thompson is a highly committed member of the House of Lords.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had another opportunity to hear Baroness Tanni talk again when I was also invited, with a plus one,\u00a0 to an event being held by S.I. Richmond and Dales at Scotch Corner on Thursday 24 March.\u00a0 After a meal, she was to talk about her work in the House of Lords.\u00a0 Although she had spoken at our Regional Council Meeting a few days beforehand I was looking forward to hearing her again.\u00a0 However, she was due to speak the next day during a debate of the British Sign Language Bill so timing was changed to enable her to talk first and then leave at 8.0pm to catch a train for London.\u00a0 Although we le\u2018 Morpeth in plenty of time to be there by 6.0pm and despite the road works my excellent chauffeur, Patricia Gatherum, was making good time until we came to a standstill a few miles before the end of our journey! Unfortunately there had been a serious accident involving an articulated lorry which had jack knifed and 2 or 3 cars at the Scotch Corner junction.\u00a0\u00a0 This meant that we arrived at the hotel as the vote of thanks was being given and just before Baroness Tanni le\u2018 to catch her train.\u00a0 However, we were delighted to see there was an excellent turn out for the event so we were pleased to meet some of the Soroptimists from other clubs and we enjoyed our meal.\u00a0 Fortunately our journey home was less eventful !<\/span><\/p>\n

It was lovely to see Baroness Tanni again at the Thanksgiving Service in memory of HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday.\u00a0 Not only was she a member of the congregation but she was interviewed beforehand to talk about Prince Phillip.\u00a0 The service was quite different from the funeral with many more members of the family able to attend and the red, white and blue flowers in the Abbey were magnificent. A large part of the service focused on young people.\u00a0 One young woman, Doyin Sonibare, who had completed the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme at Gold level stated it had enabled her to achieve her degree and find employment.\u00a0 She is now studying for a PhD in Sicklecell and Health Inequalities.\u00a0 Doyin admired Prince Phillip\u2019s vision for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme whose aim is to support the development of young people all over the world by empowering them to reach their full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the Ukraine situation is still ongoing there is hope that the face to face Peace talks taking place in Turkey are making slight progress however much depends on the extent that Putin is prepared to give and whether he will agrees to the demands of the Ukrainian President Zelensky.\u00a0\u00a0 Whilst it seemed that the Russian forces were going to scale back their operations in Kyiv and the northern part of the country there are few signs that this is actually happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many people in the UK and elsewhere are opening up their homes to refugees most with the best of intentions, but not all.\u00a0 Refugees were often exploited in the early days by criminal gangs and individuals involved in sex and organ trafficking and slave labour.\u00a0 The refugees, mostly women and children, are forced to put their trust in strangers but are not necessarily safe.\u00a0 They provide ideal targets and opportunities for human traffickers hence the reason why screening is important to protect refugees.\u00a0 Fake volunteers have even been found at Refugee Centres.\u00a0 Fortunately support agencies and police have become aware of these illegal practices and registration processes improved to provide greater protection for refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n

On a positive note,\u00a0 at the recent World Skating Championships in Montpelier, Ukrainian skaters, Oleksandra Nazorova and Maksym Nikitin, completed an emotional performance in Ice Dancing.\u00a0 They were wearing costumes in their country\u2019s colours and after their performance received a long standing ovation as did others from the Ukrainian skating team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Claire Clancy, from Canning Street Primary School in the West End of Newcastle gave a most interesting talk at S.I. Newcastle upon Tyne\u2019s last meeting about developing a Forest School. Our club has been involved in helping their development as a Programme Action project. The school caters for children from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds so Claire stressed that the Forest School helps to improve the children\u2019s communication and language skills.\u00a0 She also highlighted one of the key aims as promoting the holistic development of all involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.\u00a0 Her talk finished with the following quote :<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can only see a short distance ahead but we can see PLENTY there that needs to be done\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 Alan Turing<\/span><\/p>\n

DATE FOR YOR DIARIES :<\/span><\/p>\n

Regional President Pam\u2019s Event on Saturday 25th June at the Auctioneer, Carlisle\u00a0 –\u00a0 the first opportunity to meet face to face since the start of lock down in March 2020.\u00a0 There will be plenty of time to chat with \u201cold\u201d friends,\u00a0 hear from \u201cExceptional Women\u201d who have set up their own businesses and enjoy a buffet lunch.\u00a0 All clubs will receive more details shortly. Take care and look after yourselves – Best wishes\u00a0 –\u00a0 Regional President\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pam <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

EDITOR :<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you President Pam for this edition\u2019s Message.\u00a0 There clearly has been much happening in the past two weeks and many of us were pleased to have joined you at these well supported events.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Newsletter<\/span><\/h4>\n

We start this Newsletter with a great photograph from S.I. Penrith and District\u00a0 <\/strong>who have sent in this picture of their members celebrating International Women\u2019s Day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They have been busy with club projects within their community and reports will be in the next Newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"S.I.Cockermouth and District\u00a0 <\/strong>have been supporting \u201cWomen Out West\u2019s\u201d International Women\u2019s Day fund raiser as can be seen from this report :<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c On Thursday 10th March,\u00a0 10 members from S.I. Cockermouth and District attended Women Out West\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day and raising event,\u00a0 \u201cTackling the Taboo\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWomen Out West\u201d\u00a0 (WoW ) provides services designed BY West Cumbrian Women FOR West Cumbrian Women\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 to empower all women to reach their potential.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the evening ( and while we tucked into Afternoon Tea and Calderwood House coffee) we heard talks from four truly inspirational women.\u00a0 Just ordinary women who told their stories from the heart.\u00a0 We heard about homelessness,\u00a0 teenage suicide,\u00a0 living with HIV and domestic abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

If I\u2019m honest I wasn\u2019t looking forward to the evening and found it a contradiction that we were listening to such tough subjects whilst enjoying afternoon tea.\u00a0 In the event it proved to be a very educational and motivational experience.\u00a0\u00a0 Each of the speakers spoke for about 30 minutes with passion, inspiration and humour bringing their stories to life.\u00a0 At times you couldn\u2019t hear a pin drop !<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was sponsored by Sellafield and was a sell out with around 200 people in attendance.\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

S.I.Middlesbrough <\/strong>have wrtten in with their reactions to the Ukraine crisis and reminding us what we can do to support refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all so shocked at the images of unspeakable suffering emerging from Ukraine, and like many clubs, members of S.I. Middlesbrough responded.\u00a0 A cash donation went to the Disaster Fund and one of our prolific kntters,\u00a0 Shirley Bond,\u00a0 set to work making warm hats for children fleeing the devastation caused by relentless bombing.\u00a0 ( see photograph below )\u00a0\u00a0 Others have donated clothing and medical supplies to local contacts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Our members, who have lobbied local Members of Parliament over the Nationality and Borders Bill, have continued to express concern at the plans in the legislation.\u00a0 The proposals will create a two tier system where claimants will be treated differently according to how they arrive in the U.K.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Many, whose desperation to escape war and persecution drives them to use the services of unscrupulous agents, will be criminalised.\u00a0 Their claims will be treated as \u2018inadmissible \u2018 and some will have their claims processed in offshore centres.<\/span><\/p>\n

We feel that the Bill does not reflect the hugely supportive humanitarian response to the crisis in Ukraine.\u00a0 The images we have seen show how people can be displaced with no warning,\u00a0 no time to plan, and no opportunity to gather their belongings or the crucial documents that may be necessary to demonstrate their future need for protection.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plight of the Ukrainians has illustrated the failures of the UK system ad why we need to oppose the Bill.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House of Lords have identified many injustices within the Bill and have passed a number of amendments to mitigate the effects of the proposals.\u00a0 Some of the Bishops were particularly critical of the likely affects on children, pointing out that their needs had been unaddressed in many areas of the Bill.\u00a0 a UNHCR representative has stated that the measures in the Bill will cause suffering to refugees and undermine the global protection agreements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope that kindness and compassion will eventually overcome hostility. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

S.I. Darlington & District <\/strong>report that their member Elspeth Robinson has returned safely from her trip to Uganda and to the Kumi Foundation –\u00a0 her first since the beginning of 2020. During one of the weeks she was there she worked with \u2018Wheels for the World\u2019 team to distribute 119 wheelchairs plus mobility aids, and has many photos which illustrate the enormous difference they are for their recipients.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example :\u00a0 Paul, a 13 year old boy, who was the most physically disabled client the team had seen with a severely deformed body shape.\u00a0 He is very bright,\u00a0 speaks good English and needed a chair so he could get to school by himself as his friends have been carrying him there every day !\u00a0\u00a0 The team worked at both adapting a chair to help him improve his posture –\u00a0 as well as working to improve his sleeping position to correct the destructive influences of gravity on his frail body.\u00a0 Having a wheelchair gives this young man confidence and independence for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photograph below\u00a0 showing Paul BEFORE his new found freedom :<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"–<\/strong> and then his much improved life and mobility : ( see photograph below )<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Looking out at the sleet falling here in Darlington today, it is hard to imagine the heat and dust experienced by Elspeth in Kumi, although her descriptions are very vivd.\u00a0 The wind raised a wall of dust and litter – on one occasion causing her some eye damage.\u00a0 Riding pillion on a motorbike,\u00a0 our intrepid Elspeth had to cover her head and face completely to protect herself from the dust, but this meant she couldn\u2019t anticipate the potholes and corners on the tracks through the bush.\u00a0 Nevertheless,\u00a0 she finds it all\u00a0 \u201cso exciting\u201d !<\/span><\/p>\n

Elspeth has since heard that rain arrived on March 27th so everyone was out with the oxen ploughing the fields and planting seeds for crops such as groundnuts, millet, maize \u2026\u2026 with rice to follow.\u00a0 There are two crops per year and the last one failed, so the people are hungry.\u00a0 When the rain comes, women walk out holding mugs to catch the precious water. There is no river and it\u2019s a long walk to the borehole.<\/span><\/p>\n

The greatest joy for Elspeth this trip was the fact that she was accompanied by her two grandsons,\u00a0 Sam ( 22 ) and Ben (19).\u00a0 At first they found it hard to approach people with such severe disabilities, but it didn\u2019t take long for them to see the person within.\u00a0 Sam acted as official photographer for the \u2018Wheels\u2019 team, taking the before and after photos of \u2018clients\u2019 whose lives were being transformed.\u00a0 Ben is going to study medicine and he knows that what he saw in Kumi Hospital will give him a head start over all the other students.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a completely different world out there and Elspeth thinks that their world is more sensible than ours.\u00a0 She amazes people by telling them, for example, about how we in England have pet dogs that we give presents to – and even dress up ! Much more information about Elspeth\u2019s Foundation can be found at : www.kumicommunityfounda&on.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and you can follow the work on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

EDITOR :\u00a0\u00a0 You may remember an Appeal for another African project with close links to the UK –\u00a0 the Kori Women\u2019s Development Project which is an NGO in Moyamba District of Sierra Leone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Following the sad and sudden passing of Federation President Johanna Raffan M.B.E.,\u00a0 her club,\u00a0\u00a0 S.I. Thames Valley,\u00a0 set up an Appeal to plant a Memorial Orchard for Johanna on donated land at the Kori project, where she had taken a great interest in their work and visited several times.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The cost was estimated to be \u00a35,000 and it would be tended by local young people as part of their education and would produce edible fruit to support a healthy diet.\u00a0 I am pleased to report that I have heard that the target sum of \u00a35,000 was raised and that the project has progressed very successfully.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you to all clubs and members in SINE who responded to this appeal. www.koridp.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally –\u00a0 I would like to offer our congratulations to one of our members who has recently been in the Press for very good reasons !<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday 21st March, at the Northern Power Women\u2019s Awards ceremony in Manchester our member Mandy Coppin of S.I. Newcastle upon Tyne\u00a0 <\/strong>was shortlisted for the work of \u2018STREETWISE\u2019 in standing up to youth service cuts and has worked tirelessly to put young people in the Region first.\u00a0\u00a0 Well done Mandy for gaining this recognition of your hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY :<\/span><\/p>\n

Next Saturday 9th April is the next Regional Coffee Gathering\u00a0 –\u00a0 on Zoom.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>If you would like to join this very informal and friendly session from 10.30 to 11.30am then please do request a link to be sent to you from Margaret Ayton\u00a0 (\u00a0\u00a0 margaretayton40@gmail.com<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 )<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/strong> and don\u2019t forget to put the date of Saturday 25th June in your diary for the Regional President\u2019s Event.\u00a0\u00a0 More information and booking form to follow via President Pam.<\/span><\/p>\n

This past year seems to have flown by as I remember that I took over the role of Editor of this Regional Newsletter one year ago.\u00a0 Joyce Chesney had started this\u00a0 system of communication with her informative e-mails\u00a0 and we have gone from strength to strength in sharing projects and news between clubs and members.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joyce led the way in \u2018breaking the ice\u2019 and introducing us to so many different ways of working that seemed quite daunting and foreign at that time.\u00a0 How life has changed in just 2 years !\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are many good things that have come out of the pandemic\u00a0 and one is the review of how we keep in touch and ensure all members share our news and ideas\u00a0 –\u00a0 as well as becoming much more adept at using new technology.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep the news coming please\u00a0 –\u00a0 the next edition of this Newsletter will be on Easter Sunday 17 April.\u00a0 All reports and photographs are very welcome but please remember to send your text and photographs ( jpegs) separately to me.\u00a0\u00a0 Enjoy your Easter Eggs!<\/span><\/p>\n

In friendship,\u00a0 your Editor and JIPP<\/span><\/p>\n

Christine<\/span><\/h1>\n

Christine Lumsdon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 email:\u00a0 christinemlumsdon@gmail.com<\/u>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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