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Here is an update on our activities in October, which has been quite a busy month.<\/p>\n

Soroptimist Cup Presentation at Risedale School<\/h3>\n

President Babs Hunt attended the Risedale School<\/a> Awards night on 11th October.\u00a0 She presented the Soroptimist Cup for Making a Difference to student Ellie McGee.\u00a0 Ellie’s citation described her as “a wonderful positive asset to the School.\u00a0 Always smiling, she approached everything she did with positivity and enthusiasm and was a role model for had her peers.\u00a0 It is a pleasure to be able to reward Ellie for her uncountable contributions to Risedale School life, and we wish her every success in her future endeavours.”<\/p>\n

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Mayors Civic Service<\/h3>\n

Member Jan Beeton represented the club at the Mayor’s Civic Service.\u00a0 The current Mayor is the husband of one of our members – community service runs in the family.<\/p>\n

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October Meeting<\/h3>\n

We were very happy to welcome 3 prospective new members to our meeting, and 2 representatives of Spouse Force<\/a>.\u00a0 Spouse Force works to engage army spouses in community activity\u00a0 in and around the Garrison, and reduce isolation.\u00a0 \u00a0Our Club is developing a partnership with SpouseForce to enable their members to join our meetings in a similar manner to our Richmond School<\/a> students on the Sharing our Skills project, which has been running for 12 years now.<\/p>\n

The Fellmongers Company of Richmond<\/h4>\n

Jan was also the speaker at our October Meeting. She told us about the fascinating history of the Fellmongers Company of Richmond<\/a>, of which she is a member.\u00a0 The origins lie in the medieval craft guilds which were found in market towns throughout the country.\u00a0 Each represented a particular craft, and was both a way of keeping the “mysteries”\u00a0 (craft techniques) of the crafts secret, to protect their livelihoods and maintain craft standards by limiting entry to qualified people.\u00a0 Ancient Guilds here in Richmond date from the mid 1100\u2019s.\u00a0 Jan showed us the two crests of the Skinners and Glovers which amalgamated to form the Fellmongers, which were two of thirteen Trade Guilds in the town.<\/p>\n

The modern-day Mayors of Richmond wear a wonderful ceremonial chain depicting all thirteen guild crests.\u00a0 On St George\u2019s Day the Fellmongers of Richmond elect their new Master.\u00a0 The election is then followed by a procession to St Mary\u2019s Church and a service of rededication for the Guild.\u00a0 Women are now equally a part of the Guild, and both our local ‘dignitaries’ Baroness Hale and Baroness Harris are former Masters. Each year there is also an Apprentice Award evening, to recognise the achievements of the local apprentices who have received Guild support.<\/p>\n

Jan ended with a wonderful story of a Richmond resident, Henry Bradrigg, a Fellmonger and Alderman of Richmond in the 1th century. During the plague of 1645, when 600 people of Richmond died, many of the wealthier people fled for safety.\u00a0 However, Henry stayed on, he did a great deal to help and support the townsfolk of Richmond who became infected with plague.\u00a0 He set up \u2018pest houses\u2019 on the edge of town to isolate people, and paid for food to be delivered, as well as visiting victims to offer support.\u00a0 He suffered personal loss as his wife Anne, his grandson Henry, and his maid Anne, all died from the plague.\u00a0 Many Richmond people survived because of Henry\u2019s help and support.<\/p>\n

Certificates Awarded<\/h4>\n

President Babs was pleased to be able to present 3 Certificates to members of the club.\u00a0 Anne Potts and Anne Morton were given Soroptimist International 30 Year Long Service Awards, and Jenny Cathcart, PA Lead, accepted a SI Yorkshire Region<\/a> shared Programme Action Award on behalf of the club.\u00a0 This was awarded for our Toilet Twinning of Richmond in this year’s Regional Awards.<\/p>\n

Babs will be attending the next Yorkshire Regional Meeting in November at which she will be doing a short presentation on our Programme Action.<\/p>\n

Programme Action Plans<\/h4>\n

Members signed up at the meeting to help run our fundraising Coffee Morning at the Richmond Town Hall<\/a>, which will be taking place on the morning of 25th November.\u00a0 There was also an updated on plans for our campaign of awareness raising for the United Nations 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence<\/a>.\u00a0 We are planning to canvass businesses and other organisations around Richmond and Leyburn – plus the Garrison, with support from Spouse Force.<\/p>\n

We aim to persuade them to put an orange display in their windows and display one of the posters Jenny has designed for the project on the “Orange the World” theme of the 16 days campaign.\u00a0 We will also provide flyers for their customers to pick up.\u00a0 As we are trying not to impinge on the vital Christmas shopping period, we will run the campaign from 25th to 30th November, tying it into our Coffee Morning as an ‘Orange Cafe’. The campaign will end with an Orange Cafe meeting at Morro Lounge<\/a> on the 1st of November.<\/p>\n

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Bingo Night<\/h3>\n

On Friday 27th we held a very successful fundraising Bingo Night at the Richmond Rugby Club<\/a>.\u00a0 Over 60 people attended, taking part in four fun games of Bingo plus a raffle, and consuming a delicious ‘Pie, Pea and Mash’ supper prepared and served by the Rugby Club Chef.\u00a0 We raised a total of \u00a3576 after costs, which is going to support Northallerton & District Breast Cancer Support Group<\/a>, our charity for the year.<\/p>\n

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