{"id":5217,"date":"2024-04-05T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:22:56","slug":"update-on-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/2024\/04\/05\/update-on-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our usual monthly update on March activities, the final month of our 2023-24 year before our AGM in April.<\/p>\n<h3>International Women&#8217;s Day Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p>The main programme event in March was our International Women&#8217;s Day Exhibition, which was a real success.\u00a0 This has already been posted about separately, so does not require further detailed reporting.\u00a0 However, it was decided at our meeting in March to build on this success by planning another Exhibition for 2025.\u00a0 The working group will retain the exhibition entries as a permanent record by laminating them.\u00a0 They also plan to expand the project next year to include \u2018hidden women\u2019 &#8211; those who work behind the scenes and who had not been represented this time.<\/p>\n<h3>March Meeting Speaker<\/h3>\n<p>Our guest speaker was Steph Pybus, who talked about &#8220;Starting a Business and Running a Family\u201d.\u00a0 Steph is the proprietor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miniexplorersnursery.co.uk\/\">Mini Explorers Nursery<\/a>.\u00a0 She recounted how she came to start this successful business at her home and farm at Crabtree Hall.\u00a0 Having looked for childcare facilities that she felt happy with while working as a textile designer, she found none of them met her hopes and expectations.\u00a0 \u00a0She decided that she could change focus, and provide what she wanted herself.\u00a0 Using a building that had become available on the farm, she created her own outdoor nursery where her children and others could benefit from a happy, carefree, healthy, outdoor lifestyle.\u00a0 \u00a0Probably the country\u2019s first Farm School, Mini Explorers has grown into a successful and busy nursery catering for 93 children daily and employing 40 members of staff.<\/p>\n<p>The children love attending and they are given nutritious food &#8211; freshly prepared on site &#8211; throughout the day.\u00a0 Parents can deliver their little ones early in the morning and collect them ready for bed at the end of the day if required.\u00a0 Offering places to children with special learning needs was a later development that has also been highly beneficial.\u00a0 Many parents have found positive and noticeable results for their children.\u00a0 Steph was thanked for her informative, enjoyable talk about her impressive outdoor school.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Spouse Force<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>President Babs has been busy this month.\u00a0 Her cheque presentation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southtees.nhs.uk\/services\/cancer-institute\/cancer-support-services\/macmillan-information-centre\/living-with-and-beyond-cancer\/resource-directory\/local-support-groups\/\">Northallerton &amp; District Breast Cancer Support Group<\/a> has already been posted, but she also recently met up with the ladies running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spouseforce\/\">Spouse Force<\/a> in Catterick Garrison.\u00a0 They reviewed our relationship with them so far, which has been based on offering a similar experience for their members to the Sharing Our Skills project for Richmond School students.\u00a0 \u00a0 Spouse Force are keen to continue in September-November this year,\u00a0 though it is acknowledged that the number of attendees may need to be fluid depending on childcare requirements.\u00a0 They also offered to share experience with us on developing the use of social media for the Club, which we are keen to follow up.<\/p>\n<h3>Reminiscence Sessions<\/h3>\n<p>Member Lorna Garrity has held further Reminiscence Sessions at care homes in the area, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellburncare.co.uk\/our-homes\/nightingale-hall\">Nightingale Hall<\/a> in Richmond and a second one at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=the+millings+care+home+bedale&amp;qs=HS&amp;pq=the+millings&amp;sc=9-12&amp;cvid=515B4BCC78294067AA5CE5378B9742AF&amp;FORM=QBRE&amp;sp=1&amp;ghc=1&amp;lq=0\">The Millings<\/a> in Bedale. These were very successful and well attended.\u00a0 Event Organiser at Nightingale Hall told Lorna that there had been a higher level of engagement in her session than other types of activities, and that it was an \u201cabsolute success\u201d with \u201cgood connection between the residents &#8211; and the Staff enjoyed it too!\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Sharing Our Skills<\/h3>\n<p>With our guidance and support, the two students from Richmond School who are participating in this year&#8217;s SOS project are organising a fundraising and awareness event against domestic abuse.\u00a0 With the support of the Head of\u00a0 Sixth Form, they are arranging a walk for the Sixth Form students into Richmond Market Square wearing pink clothing, as well as high heels and fun accessories, on Monday 22nd April 2024 at 9am. They are liaising with Family Help Darlington, their chosen charity, for which they are also raising funds.<\/p>\n<p>They have conducted a photoshoot to make advertising posters for this event, and arranged for it to be captured by the Richmond School photographer.\u00a0 It will also be advertised on this website and the Richmond School website and social media pages.\u00a0 They will be setting up a Just Giving page for donations.\u00a0 \u00a0We were very pleased to hear about their impressive work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our usual monthly update on March activities, the final month of our 2023-24&#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":[122,104,151,25,91,114],"class_list":["post-5217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","tag-breast-cancer-support","tag-international-womens-day","tag-mini-explorers-nursery","tag-richmond-school","tag-sharing-our-skills","tag-spouse-force"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Update on March | News | Blog | Events | SI Richmond and Dales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Richmond and Dales : Blog &amp; News : Update on March : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Richmond and Dales . 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