It was great for St Albans and District Soroptimist women’s group to participate in the Harpenden Library “Health and Wellbeing Fair” promoting “Orange the World” to End Violence Against Women – asking how will Harpenden people, organisations, businesses turn orange for the 16 Days of Activism 25 Nov to 10 Dec? https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/orange-the-world/
Other organisations were The OLLIE Foundation, Age UK Hertfordshire, Communities 1st, Hertfordshire Health Walks, Harpenden Learning For Leisure, Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Compassionate Cafe, The 
Harpenden Trust and Pets As Therapy with Lexa the Labradoodle (pictured on the poster). Jane Slatter and Helen are pictured here on p47 of the 27 June issue of the St Albans Times with Hannah, a volunteer with the Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline.
On Thu 27 Jun the Club had a social event at Chiswell Green Community Garden.
The evening was arranged by Helen Byrne and the Planet Team. Christy Mitchell from Grow Chiswell Green came to tell us about the project and the garden back in February https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2024/12feb24/ and the “seeds were sown” to have a walk in Greenwood Park followed by a picnic in the garden in the summer. We were lucky with the weather although it 
got a bit chilly once the garden was in the shade. As you can see from the photos it was a lovely relaxed evening with lots of sharing of food and conversation. Everyone agreed what a lovely garden they have created, such an asset for the local community. We could clearly see Christy’s vision of creating a garden that was not only about growing plants but also about growing people.