Our next meeting is on June 17th. We will be asking a couple of members to talk about themselves as part of our ‘Getting to Know You’ sessions and we will also be concentrating on this years programme action plan. If you’d like to join us, please see contact information on our homepage.
Our next meeting is our AGM on April 15th. President Sharon will hand over to President’s Elect Jackie & Jill. The cheque for Southend YMCA will be presented.
Our speaker in March will be from Sweet Ways to Stop Abuse which supports, counsels and educates young people whose lives have been or are being affected by toxic and abusive relationships in real life and on social media. If you’d like to come along please contact us via email or Facebook to find out more and get booked in! Contact details are on the home page.
Our speaker in February will be from Havens Hospices who will be updating us with the latest information on the new hospice. We will also be discussing our International Women’s Day event in Southend on March 9th. If you’d like to come along please contact us via email or Facebook to find out more and get booked in! Contact details are on the home page.
Our next meeting is on Monday 21st January when we have a speaker – Stephanie Vella – from the Open Road Project. The project empowers individuals, families & communities in their journey of recovery from the harmful effects of drugs, alcohol and other addictions. We will also be concentrating on our programme action plan for the year ahead – lots to do! If you’d like to come along please contact us via email or Facebook to find out more. Contact details are on the home page.
Our next club meeting is Monday July 16th when we are holding a Silent Auction. We have some great items to auction with proceeds going to the President’s fund for this year’s charity which is Southend YMCA. Guests very welcome. £13.50 for jacket potato, dessert & coffee. Please advise of any dietary requirements. Members please book any guests in via Janet as usual or email us on sisouthend@aol.com
The next club meeting is on Monday 19th March when guests are again invited. Our speaker is Dr Anna James who has a Masters Degree in Law specialising in the British Criminal Justice System and Organised Crime and amongst other things will talk to us about radicalisation. Message or email us if you want to come along. Last month we were on BBC Essex on 8th February to advertise our Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) submission to government, and we linked this with our project to support the White Ribbon campaign. We had a slot on 28th February to talk about White Ribbon as this is our project in the Royals on 3rd March, for International Women’s day. STOP PRESS this was postponed due to snow and will now take place on 17th March. We’re still supporting Manna’s Ark, our President’s Project for the year. Soroptimist Susan has investigated the site
