{"id":4894,"date":"2022-05-28T14:40:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T13:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2022-05-28T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T13:40:28","slug":"may-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/2022\/05\/28\/may-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"May Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SI Richmond and Dales held its May meeting on Thursday 19th May.\u00a0 We welcomed as speaker Lieutenant-Colonel Jim Turner, Commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army-technology.com\/projects\/catterick-garrison\/\">Catterick Garrison<\/a>, Richmond&#8217;s near neighbour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4895\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220519_181210994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4895\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220519_181210994-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220519_181210994-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220519_181210994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lieutenant-Colonel Jim Turner, Catterick Garrison Commander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He gave an very entertaining and informative talk on the history and structure of the Garrison, and his role in command.\u00a0 Very wide-ranging it is, too.<\/p>\n<p>We also welcomed a new member, and guest Leslie Richardson, Head of 6th Form at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondschool.net\/\">Richmond School<\/a>.\u00a0 She spoke briefly to mark 10 years of our collaboration with the school in our \u2018Sharing our Skills\u2019 Project.\u00a0 Leslie commended us for the considerable achievements of the project.\u00a0 It has introduced students to meetings and organisation skills, and raised their awareness of issues around the world.\u00a0 They have responded with fundraising to support our charities and organise their own groups.<\/p>\n<p>Our Programme Convenor, Jenny Cathcart, was also able to report that we will shortly have completed a long-running project to make Richmond a Toilet-Twinned Town, in association with charity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toilettwinning.org\/\">Toilet Twinning<\/a>, which builds toilet facilities in communities in poorest parts of the world, funded by donations from individuals and a variety of local organisations and businesses in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Donations have now been made to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dementiaforward.org.uk\/our-dementia-hub\/\">Garget-Walker House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Richmond-Catterick-Riding-for-the-Disabled-552809408558671\/\">Riding for the Disabled, Richmond &amp; Catterick<\/a> from money raised by the evening with Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson.\u00a0 Tree planting through <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/Richmondshire-Landscape-Trust-1072053779478841\/\">Richmond Landscape Trust<\/a> is also in progress.\u00a0 Fundraising for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColburnCommunitySupport\/\">Colburn Community Support<\/a> has been agreed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/richmondstationsingers.co.uk\/\">Station Singers<\/a> \u2013 SI Richmond &amp; Dales will provide \u201cfront of house\u201d for their Christmas Concert, and a raffle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Richmond and Dales held its May meeting on Thursday 19th May.\u00a0 We welcomed as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[86,87,54,75,85,25,82,88,60],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","tag-catterick-garrison","tag-colburn-community-support","tag-dame-tanni-grey-thompson","tag-garget-walker-house","tag-richmon-landscape-trust","tag-richmond-school","tag-riding-for-the-disabled","tag-the-station-singers","tag-toilet-twinning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>May Meeting | News | Blog | Events | SI Richmond and Dales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Richmond and Dales : Blog &amp; News : May Meeting : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Richmond and Dales . 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