Eleven members of the Club attended the SIGBI Conference in the renovated Harrogate Convention Centre this year. In all there were some 1300 women from almost all the countries of the Federation so it was an international gathering with some wonderful head dresses brightening the scene. The splendid opening ceremony when the flags of each of the participating nations were paraded was moving as always. A particular highlight was the brass band accompaniment – a Yorkshire speciality of course.
The three keynote speakers were very effective in quite different ways and there was plenty of information about the highlights of the Programme Action activities. We heard about the problems that the ebola outbreak is causing in the Kori project in Sierra Leone and £7,500 was raised to enable rice and essential items to be sent out immediately. President Angela represented the club at the Annual General Meeting.