At the SI Woking & District Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2016, our 2015-16 President, Jan Perrot, had a special last duty to perform: awarding Honourable Life Membership to our long-standing member, Elizabeth Jones. In a year when the Club celebrates its fortieth year since it was chartered in 1976, it was most appropriate and pleasing to be able to bestow this award.
It was made in recognition of Elizabeth’s efforts in the early 1980s to keep our Club going during a period of low membership and difficult times – without her, the Club might not have survived to become as popular, energetic and well regarded as it is today! Having helped our Club to flourish, Elizabeth has been a loyal and actively serving member through to the present day and thoroughly deserves this award.
During 2015-16, SI Woking & District raised awareness and funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, the President’s Charity of the year, for the Southern Region Volunteering in Pretoria (VIP) initiative and for Thai schooling projects as well as continuing to support regular charities such as Water Aid and Mary’s Meals. Since the beginning of my presidential year, our Club has donated £2634.50 to charitable causes, including £810 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Some of this work was done as part of our successful ongoing cooperation with SI Weybridge.