As the start of COP26 approaches, SI Tamworth are delighted to offer congratulations to the young people of the Young Christian Climate Network who have walked in relay from Cornwall and the G7 in June all the way up the country to Glasgow upon successfully reaching their destination.       Club members Margaret and Edna were able to engage with the young people on the Tamworth leg of their journey when they stopped off for a break in the town at the end of August and pleased to use this opportunity to introduce them to the work for the environment and the planet being carried out throughout Soroptimist International.

SI Tamworth had a cake stall at the annual Cathedral to Castle run. Members baked cakes and helped to serve on the stall. We raised £210 for our charities.

Members of SI Tamworth took part in Tamworth’s first ever Seniors Fair, organised by MP Christopher Pincher. The fair was a free drop in event for Tamworth residents to talk to various groups and organisations. The stall looked very impressive and it was a pleasure for us all to be able to talk to so many members of the public about what we do.   Attendees were also able to have short video about their group recorded. Please click hear to listen to President Linda:- https://youtu.be/NnhFSMI_-ZY

On a sunny Saturday members and friends of SI Tamworth attended a coffee morning hosted by Soroptimist Chris Arrowsmith, in aid of Sightsavers and in memory of Gwen Hutchinson. A lovely time was had by all with good company and plenty of cakes! The event raised £364 for Sightsavers projects. Members also donate to this organisation by saving our our loose change.

The Forest Restaurant, Tamworth, was the venue for our annual picnic meeting. Members and friends enjoyed good food from locally sourced ingredients and welcomed the chance to catch up with friends in its unusual forestry setting.

Outgoing President Lyn Shiel installed Linda Hayes as this year’s President President Linda has chosen “Looking Forward – tomorrow will be a better day” as her theme for the year. President Linda said “It was nearly 5 years ago that I joined SI Tamworth after reading about a study day that the Club had organised. I was struck by my first meeting at what a formidable group of women you were and you clearly inspired me to want to join you and I have not been disappointed. The impact of Covid 19 has been profound and touched us all in many, many ways and as we move out of the pandemic I hope we can have much to look forward to. I am looking forward to my year as President and know we will have fun so be uplifted and looking forward, tomorrow will be

    On behalf of Tamworth Soroptimists, President Lyn recently presented a cheque for £300 to St Giles Hospice.   A large amount of the donation was raised from the Peter Turfrey Memorial Quiz that Maureen Turfrey organises each Christmas. The money raised from this popular quiz is always donated to The Hospice.

Tamworth Soroptimists joint treasurer Linda Scott proudly shows off all the food we collected for our local food bank. We usually collect food at our club meetings, but as this was not possible during the pandemic the collection was stored at Linda’s house. We have met in zoom meetings during the year where there have been presentations from Marie Ballard of the Hygiene Bank, Steve Hodgetts of Tamworth Community Together and Jane Walker of Purple Community Fund. We usually hold our International evening about this time where donations are presented to the club’s chosen charities but as this event could not be held donations have been sent to SightSavers, The Hygiene Bank, The Samaritans, Water Aid, Tamworth Talking Newspaper, The Soroptimist Benevolent Fund and the International Presidents Appeal “The Road to Equality” President Lyn Shiel’s chosen charity for the year is St Giles Hospice and