Some pictures from our afternoon tea and entertainment for the Seniors of Ramsbottom at Ramsbottom cricket club in October 2021. This is always an annual event and it was so good to see everyone back again and having a great time!
We are back! Ramsbottom Soroptimists had our first face to face meeting in over 16 months this week at Ramsbottom Cricket Club. What a fabulous backdrop whilst we planned events for the coming year. It is our 70th so it is going to be a very special one. Welcome back everyone!
At the end of April Denise Baldwin was installed as our new President for 2021/22. This is a very special year for us as it is our 70th year and we are hoping to have some special events and activities to celebrate. After a very quiet 12 months we are beginning to formulate plans for the next 12 months and hope to return to our favourite events such as the charity lunch at Ramsbottom Cricket Club and the very popular strawberry teas and Christmas treats delivered to local businesses. We are delighted to be back!
Normally at this time of year we would be announcing our Young Achiever of 2020. Because our young people have had very limited opportunities to demonstrate their achievements/talents over the past 12 months we have decided to extend the award for 2019 into 2020. This means that Ella Thomstone, our 2019 award winner, will also be the recipient for 2020. We wish her well and hope that she can soon resume all her activities in Muay Thai boxing.
At the end of President Sue’s year in April 2020 the club decided which charities and organisations should benefit from the money raised during the year. Because of the pandemic we were unable to hold our usual presentation evening but we have made sure the various organisations have received their monies to help them with their invaluable work during these troubled times. The organizations/ charities benefiting to the tune of nearly £3000 are Rossendale Hospice, Bury Hospice, Shelterbox, Ramsbottom Cricket Club Junior Foundation, FortAlice ( Bury Women’s Aid), Greenmount Dementia Cafe, S.I.G.B.I.Project in Nepal, Little Voice and a very recent donation to buy material for making scrubs for the NHS.
We always have a collection at Christmas in lieu of sending each other Christmas cards. We raised £200 and decided to use this to buy much needed supplies to help a local charity Bury Homeless Project who do some sterling work in the area. President Sue and President Elect Ann went shopping and this is what we bought! Also pictured is Ann handing over the goods to Suzanne form Bury homeless Project. We also intend helping where we can with a new venture of converting a double decker bus into a shelter for the homeless.
On 20th August members had a private guided tour of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and the Pankhurst centre in Manchester. Then in typical Soroptimist style we all went to the Café in Whitworth Gallery for a delicious afternoon tea.
At our AGM on 30th April 2019 Susan Cuthbertson was installed as our President for 2019-20. Congratulations to Susan and we know we will have a very successful year under your leadership.
We held a quiz on March 15th at Ramsbottom Cricket Club to raise funds for Bury and Rossendale Hospices. Over 80 people attended and around £700 was raised. Our 2018 Young Achiever Award winner was presented with her trophy and winnings. She is Emma Greenwood, a pupil at Woodhey High School in Ramsbottom. She is pictured here with President Jean on the night.
