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SI Stockport Supports Independent Options 2020/21

We continue to support the parents utilising support from Stockport’s Independent Options; 65 gift bags full of little treats were made up and delivered, hoping to give everyone a lift!   Spring has sprung and this year, for Easter, we have donated 58 Easter eggs

Stockport Sorops, Scrubs and Hubs

Stockport Soroptimists Marilyn Westbrook and Joyce Garside, along with former member Jenny Gordon, have spent much of the lockdown sewing and assembling scrub suits, and laundry bags for the scrubs to be washed in.  NHS and care sector workers who would not normally need this

President’s Message Board

Presidents Report AGM 2022   President Sue Stringer at her 2022/2 inauguration as Club President for a 3rd year.  Great service! President Letter Jan 2022 Autumn 2021 saw one of our 1st face to face meetings since the pandemic began with President Sue Stringer lighting

Stockport Soroptimist’s Annual Plant Sale

  This year the Club’s annual plant sale was hosted by member Wendy Horne at her lovely home and garden. The weather was kind and the plants proved popular with members and visitors alike – perhaps tempted by the delicious cakes and tea/coffee on offer. 

Purple Community Fund

The Club has recently started a new project to help the Purple Community Fund which assists poor women and their families in the Phillipines to give them an income and help them take charge of their own destinies.  This is, very simply, collecting and sending

Euro-Links

President Sue Gledhill and Membership Officer Liz McConnell met with Caroline Vandecasteele for SI of Kortrijk in Belgium, here in Stockport at the Alma Lodge.  Caroline’s husband Mike is a native of Stockport and so they are rregular vistors to the area.   Caroline, seated

Toilet Twinning

Poor sanitation kills and is degrading for individuals.  The charity Toilet Twinning (www.toilettwinning.org ) educates communities about sanitation and assists them in building latrines for themselves as well as building toilets for them.  £60 enables you to toilet twin with a community in need in

Play Equipment for Brinnington Contact Centre

The Club are delighted to have supported the Brinnington Contact Centre with £1000 of outdoor play equipment.  The Centre enables children in foster care and those on the child protection register who may still be with one parent to come and meet their parents, or