Sue S and Sue M delivering July’s donation to the Trussell Trust food bank at Billingham

Our speaker at July’s meeting was Asiya Dashwood, the Emergency Planning Officer Community Resilience.

  Our member, Julie, has been busy making hygiene bags for the Meserani Project. They have now arrived in Tanzania and have been distributed.

Julie and Sue delivering items to the Stockton and Billingham food bank

Julie is presenting Diane with 80 bags that she has sewn which are to be taken to Tanzania and used for feminine hygiene packs. The Meserani Project has been supported by Stockton club for many years.

At our recent meetings one of our members gave a talk about owning a house in France. This was followed by coffee and cake, plus a bring and buy sale. This raised £170 which will be sent to DEC for the Turkey/Syria Earthquake appeal.  

Members visited the Purple Rose drop-in centre in Stockton to deliver many donated items including bedding, kitchen equipment, suitcases, clothes, toys, nappies and a sewing machine. The Purple Rose charity supports refugees and asylum seekers.

Julie and Sue delivered 7 New Start bags to Cheryl James of the Cleveland Police Complex Exploitation Team. This is part of an ongoing project using a grant from the Police Commissioner

Julie delivered a full trolley of donations to Billingham and Stockton Food Bank.

At our February meeting, Louise Baldock gave a very interesting talk on genealogy. She described how using research together with DNA testing can help to identify missing family members.