Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. It was certainly a good night at Runcorn Golf  Club and thanks to  Fairways Bistro  for a delicious meal - Thanks to Larraine & Sue for organising. It was our Club  Christmas Party, and we certainly  let our hair down with some rather silly but enjoyable games - 'Pass the Parcel', accompanied by the famous poem 'Twas the night before Christmas', instead of music. A Piratical theme to 'Sticky 13's' Bingo game, winning lots of Golden sovereigns  (chocolate coins) as prizes, and of course the usual 'Christmas Trivia Quiz'. We would like to thank all our Supporters - with your help this Christmas we have been able to donate £500 to Runcorn & District Foodbank, $500 was spent on toys for children this Christmas and donated  to Halton Family Hubs, £200 donated to Halton Foundation

Our Christmas Tree supporting local Foodbank Each year St Michael & All Angels Church Runcorn hold a Christmas Tree Festival, and our Soroptimist Club supports the event. This year we were supporting our local Foodbank. Photos show members Pat and Lesley decorating our tree - and the finished tree which stayed in church all week and was seen by many people attending the Festival. With the help of our supporters we have been pleased to donate £1500 to Runcorn & District Foodbank this year. Thank you

Soroptimist Runcorn Frodsham & District donate £1000 to Halton Haven Hospice. Soroptimists Runcorn Frodsham & District have been running a ‘Teddy Tombola’ stall at the ‘Festival in the Park’ Frodsham since 2009, raising funds for our local Hospice Halton Haven. The Festival is staged by partners ‘Rotary in Frodsham & Helsby’ as part of the community voluntary sector for the Festival.   Throughout the year all club members collect Teddies and Soft toys for the Teddy Tombola Event, these are washed ready for the stall – pictured here Teddies hanging out to dry. Members of the club man the stall throughout the day.   Children particularly enjoy our stall as 'Every child is a winner"and they certainly come back again each year. Our members say: “the expressions of wonder and love on the children’s faces stay with you as they leave hugging their new friend”

Club Charter Dinner  (1948 - 2025) We had a really successful Charter Dinner this year. We celebrated our 77th Charter with family and friends. It was a lovely evening at Runcorn Golf Club Thanks to Fairways Bistro for delicious food. A Huge thank you to Karen and Pat for Organising this super event - the last event in our club year 2024/2025 A toast to our club and to our next year of Service April 2025/2026   See more photos of the evening below - please click on the image to enlarge

Soroptimists Light up the Mersey Gateway Bridge For International Women’s Day this year Larraine spoke to Mersey Gateway with  a request from our Club to light up the bridge in Suffragette colours – green white and purple – to mark International Women’s Day #IWD It was great to see the bridge lit up on March 8th 2025. Next year we will ask Halton Borough Council to light up the Jubilee Bridge in the same colours.

Club Quiz Fundraiser We held our first BIG Fundraiser of the year at Runcorn Golf club and raised over £530 for our project work this year. Please click our  Fundraising Flyer  to read more about our Projects. Thanks to all our Supporters for coming along to this ‘Good Fun Quiz’. Thanks to Simon Chesterson our Amazing Quiz - master and to staff of Runcorn Golf Club for all their help in making this evening so special. Thanks once again to member Karen and Pat for organizing this successful annual event. Congratulations to John & Lesley and their winning Team

Mayor of Halton Charity £500 to The Halton Foundation This Christmas we raised £2000 for our chosen charities. We held a number of Fundraising Events this year for our appeal, and were thrilled to raise £2000. Our  'BINGO NIGHT" was very successful this year - thanks to member Pat for leading on this. We also held a 'Coffee Morning at St Michael's Church' - thanks to member Helen for leading. A very enjoyable 'Mulled wine evening' at the home of our member Sandra and her husband Trevor. A BIG THANK YOU To all our friends and supporters for coming to our events and supporting us throughout the year. Lady Mayoress of Halton The Mayoress of Halton visited our club in October and told us about the Mayor of Halton's chosen charity this year 'The Halton Foundation' - a charity which gives bursaries to young people

Toys for Halton Children in need This is our fourth year supporting Halton Family Hubs. Thanks to our member Lesley for leading on this - each year we purchase toys to give to local children. We supply to a need, and this year we were asked to support very young children and babies with toys for the children to open on Christmas Day, the families are also given a food hamper with everything necessary for a good meal on Christmas Day. We were very pleased this year to be able to purchase £500 of beautiful toys for the children. Halton Family Hubs, a Halton Borough Council initiative supports children and young people from birth until they reach the age of 19 (or up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). They bring council, health and community services together so that families

‘Operation Christmas Appeal’ £500 to Mary’s Meals – Supporting School Feeding Programme in Zambia This year our Appeal has been a huge success and we have raised £2000 for our chosen Christmas Charities. With our Local Fund Raising Events we have raised funds for Local Charities. However Soroptimists work Locally and Globally to improve the lives of women and children. Our own club and member events this year support Mary’s Meals and their School Feeding Programme in Zambia. The £500 we have raised has been match funded and £1000 will go this wonderful small charity Mary’s Meals – School Feeding Programme in Zambia Today in Zambia – 10 years after Mary’s Meals programme began – 400,000 children eat Mary’s Meals every school day. Across the Eastern Province children are coming to school – amid the current catastrophic hunger crisis – because they know they will