Another beautiful shawl handknitted by club member Pauline Payne ready to be sent off to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital In Ethiopia https://sigbi.org/sevenoaks/2019/04/24/shawls-for-hospital-in-ethiopia/
Club members have been busy knitting sqaures fo make into shawls – these have now been sent to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa. Hamlin hospital prepares a hospital discharge pack for their patients which includes knitted shawls providing warmth at night. Soroptimist clubs around the UK have responded to this need.SI Sevenoaks has joined this response. The women are thrilled to have something of their own to wear. See ” What we do” section on our club website for more details https://sigbi.org/sevenoaks/what-we-do/ and link to the hospital website.
Several members of SI Sevenoaks attended The Mayor and Mayoress of Sevenoaks, Councillor Roderick Hogarth and Mrs Mary Hogarth End of Term Reception on 12th April, at Bat and Ball Station. Club member Pat Downing MBE was there in her capacity as President of West Kent Mind and Linda Larter MBE Chief Executive and town clerk for Sevenoaks Town Council. This was a lovely event showcasing the Mayor’s work and an opportunity to see the stations sympathetic renovations.
SI Sevenoaks held its annual President’s Lunch at St Julians Club on 23 March for President Jill Davison organised by club member Ann Hines http://www.stjulians.co.uk/ We were very pleased to entertain 40 guests, including the Chairman of Sevenoaks District Council, Pat Bosley; Sevenoaks Town Mayor, Roddy Hogarth; and the President of SE Region, Carol Infanti. Other guests welcomed by our President were representatives from SI Bromley, SI Croydon and SI Tunbridge Wells. We were very happy to see several previous members and also a prospective member [our numbers are expanding thanks to tireless work by Past President, Sandie Higgs!]. Our loyal band of SoroptiMISTERS were there to support us and individual guests of members had come as they so often do to functions. In responding to the toast to the guests, Pat Bosley gave us a brief insight to the community work that SDC carries
We were really pleased that our speaker at the March club meeting was Linda Larter MBE chief executive and town clerk for Sevenoaks Town Council. Linda has a background of working in local politics. She outlined her areas of work and her vision for the town. She has spearheaded the regeneration of The Bat and Ball station which now has a community centre. She has established a thriving, well used and much-needed youth cafe in the town centre. Linda has been most enthusiastic about Sevenoaks entry into the South and South East England in Bloom Competition. Club members volunteered to help in the Sevenoaks gardens and have established a partnership with the town council. Linda was invited to join SI Sevenoaks and we are delighted that she has agreed to join. We look forward to having the benefit of her experience and hope to find more projects
Really excited to collect our new leaflets designed by West Kent College Design student Marie and club member Penny Robbins. The leaflets were displayed and handed out at our recent Quiz.
We held a very successful fun Quiz evening at Kippington Church Hall. Monies raised on the night went to the very worthy International Charities Camfed and WaterAid and local charity SAYT (Sevenoaks Area Youth Trust).
Sevenoaks Club meets once a month on the second Tuesday in the month in the Beatrice Wilson Common Room at Rockdale Housing Association Sevenoaks. They have just set up a new Facebook page to follow their news please click the following link https://www.facebook.com/Rockdale-Housing-Association-373142319906990/ Club Member Penelope Robbins can be seen here showing some residents of Rockdale Housing Association and club members a presentation of the Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI) website and club website.
We welcomed our Regional President Carol Infanti who attended our monthly club meeting. Carol gave us an informative talk and insight into her new position as SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Economic Empowerment. She explained the new 5 “Ps” based on the UN Sustainable Development goals – Prosperity, People, Partnership, Planet and Peace – with an aim to helping women across the globe towards economic empowerment. Carols own particular links are with clubs in the Caribbean.
We were very proud our lovely West Kent College Graphic Design student Rachel Whitewood designed a fantastic news card which we sent to all our Soroptimist friends and friendship link.
