Our speaker was Sharon Brown who told us about her work with Project Nakuru in Kenya. The project relieves poverty and improves education for children and young adults.

Club members joined Hopefield School for the completion of the Domestic Dusters Project for the IQM award. They discussed women’s issues, including the fight for equality and the STOP violence campaign. They also helped pupils to embroider the dusters.

Member Sue Scott delivered items, including four Moses baskets, to Grow Baby at Teesside Vineyard Church. She also delivered items donated by club members to the food bank run by the Trussell Trust. In addition, member Sue Moppett delivered clothing and kitchen items to Purple Rose, a local charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers. A busy month!

Club members enjoyed fish and chips at member Emily’s home.

We recently held a celebratory afternoon tea for two of our members, Joyce Chesney and Jenny Matthew’s, who have both been members for fifty years. Caroline Allred, along with other club members, planned and organised the event. Members from the Northern Region also attended, including the Northern Region president, Shirley Hallam Gould.

President Maureen welcomed our regional president, Shirley Hallam Gould. We were joined Kath Sainsbury and Carol Singer from the Middlesbrough club.

Julie and Joyce were joined by Claire Race from Hopefields School to deliver goods to our local women’s refuge. The items were donated by delegates at a recent conference held at the school.

Our new president, Maureen Scott, was handed the chain of office by former president Chris Fryer.

At our March meeting, Sarah Towers gave an inspirational talk on running marathons in Morocco.  

Members prepared white roses to take to the residents and staff of Highfield Care Home in celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th.