President Libby presented new member Sheila Bing with a new style membership badge at the club meeting in May.

On Saturday 21st April at The Waves restaurant at the Britannia Inn,  President Libby presented a cheque of £4000 to a delighted Jackie Eastwood of the Cornwall Ambulance Trust. Special events are being held this year following their move from Roche to Newquay as they celebrate 25 years.  Several fundraising events had been held throughout the year, the highlight was a Fete and Dog Show at Tregrehan in July on a very wet and windy Sunday.

President Libby with President Elect Carole Gardner The club reviewed another very successful year . The main Charity was the Cornwall Air Ambulance. The club also gave financial support to The SIGBI Diamond Jubilee Education Fund and the International Presidents Appeal. There was a coastal walk for WaterAid, a donation to BookAid and Plan International (Because I am a girl).  A Barn Dance was held  to raise funds for the local Womens Refuges. Donations were made to St Blaise PCC and the Friedrich Ataxia Society . Overseas,  £400 was sent  to  buy a cow for a widow in Tanzania and we have begun to support the education of Sineguyu an Aids Orphan in South Africa. Also in the year the club raised awareness of The Purple Teardrop Campaign and the horrors of Human Trafficking with a display in the Market House St Austell and collecting over 600 signatures on a petition  to

The presentation was made before the Club’s Annual General Meeting. Each young woman received a cheque for £300 from the Elizabeth Millard Bursary Fund to help with the expenses of their studies. The money was raised by Past Presidents of the Club at  an Open House fundraising day held at Kay’s home in January.

Celebrating Womens Achievements on International Womens Day, members gathered on Trevarthian Rd footbridge. Mayor Sandra Heywood joined us. We celebrated the economic, political and social acheivements of women. With a theme this year of Peace and Develpoment we remembered our sisters throughout the world living in conflict . The Women for Women Campaign calls for equal and better representation of women to build peace and say no to inequaliy and injustice.

For our Saturday of Service teams of members  spent the day collecting for St Austell Foodbank at the Coop supermarket. The photo shows Club Programme Action Officer Catherine Hannaford who organised the event and member Liane Gay

Members were delighted to welcome Sandra as a member at the March meeting held at Porthpean Golf Club She is pictured with President Libby receiving her badge.