Everything was perfect for our Orange Cafe in Killerton House near Exeter. The weather was perfect and we made good use of the surroundings to enjoy a cup of coffee together. Our photo was taken by two visitors who were interested in who we were and why we were there and enjoying ourselves. Some of us were able to work in the beautiful gardens and enjoy the spring flowers. We had time to discuss the forthcoming 60th anniversary of the Chartering of our club. We are all looking forward to our lunch at the Tiverton Golf Club on the 8th of June

We had an Orange Cafe in our local department store in January. The aim of the cafe was to highlight the problems women face with domestic violence. Members wore the colour orange and we gave out bookmarks which highlighted what is a normal relationship against one that is controlling and can result in physical violence. This was part of the 16 days of activism that all Soroptimist members took part in worldwide.  We had lots of interest from the other people in the cafe and we enjoyed the opportunity to get together as a Soroptimist group. We are planning to hold another next month.  

In October we held our Beetle Drive at St James’ Church Hall. Our thanks to everyone who attended. We had a most successful evening and raised nearly £500 for our chosen charities. This has become an annual event on our soroptimist calendar and we look forward to running this Beetle Drive evening again next year. Our next club meeting (Wednesday 13th October) will be held at Tiverton Golf Club. Our November meeting will be held on Zoom.

We were delighted to be at the Unite Carers in Mid Devon AGM and 20th Anniversary celebrations at The Hartnoll Hotel on 21st September. We heard some very moving speeches with personal recollections. We were all connected by our caring experiences. Thank you very much to our friends at Unite for inviting us. SIGBI Communications & Membership Soroptimist International SWCI Region