Club Programme 2021/2022
Next Meeting in Bold Always 7.30pm
Club events in blue
Normally Chamberlain Court, 77, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8BS
Next meeting & Events
Monday 17th October : Holy Porridge – a look at prison chaplaincy
Pickering Cancer Fundraising Quiz
Monday November 21 Speaker Georgia Dawson: Prevention Community Engagement
December Christmas Meal at The Barn, Tunbridge Wells
January Speaker Cat Mennell : Nepal
February Speaker Oenone : Cocoa Retreat talk & Chocolate Tasting.
March
Past meetings & Events
Monday 26th September Speaker Valentina Osborn https://www.refugease.org
August visit to The British Museum- Feminine Power Exhibition
Monday July 18th 7.30pm Club Meeting – Speaker Angela McPherson : Ightham Mote
Saturday July 16th – Soroptimist Day Of Action Grosvenor & Hilbert Park : Why toilets matter and how throwing aluminium cans in our can bins can help the environment and communities without facilities.
Monday June 20th 7.30pm Club Meeting- Speaker- Sarah Freeman ‘Is there still a Spark in STEM? A female electronic engineer’s view.’ Plus visit from Jan Doyle Federation Consultative Councillor
Saturday June 11th- Tunbridge Wells Yard Sale-The Forum 10am-4pm
Wednesday June 8th- Tunbridge Wells in Bloom Volunteers Thank you Day- Grosvenor & Hilbert Park
Sunday June 5th Jubilee Tea Party- President Caroline’s house 3-5pm
Monday May 16th 7.30pm Club Meeting- Speaker- Loretta Bellman SRN RCNT RNT Bsc (Hons) PhD. My experience as a Covid vaccinator.
Saturday 14th May- Craft Fair , St John’s Green with the Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery
Monday April 25th 7.30pm Club Meeting – Speaker – The Role of An Archivist
Monday March 21 Evie: Sustainable Fashion – Chamberlain Court
Monday February 21 Chamberlain Court Club meeting
Monday January 17 Club meeting Chamberlain Court- lateral flow test required
Monday December 20 Christmas Event The Barn, Tunbridge Wells
Monday November 15 Claire Archbold
Thursday 11 November 2pm Tree Planting Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
Monday October 18 Trustee from DAVSS on the recruitment and training of advisors following our donation for a training place DAVSS
Sunday October 17 Spa Hotel 75th Chartering Anniversary Lunch
Monday September 20 Elaine Gill : Every Picture Tells A Story Elaine Gill, Artist & Illustrator
August Bank Holiday 28-30 August Stall at Arts & Craft Fair, Southborough Common
August outing Batemans- National Trust
22nd August Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival :The presentation of the Arts Without Boundaries creative project during which we contributed to the poetry writing segment is to take place at The Forum on 22 August at 4.00 pm in the afternoon.https://twpoetryfestival.com/ Tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/tunbridgewells-poetryfestival-33656206757
Tuesday 7 September 6.30pm Sake Evening, Lago Restaurant, 26 London Rd, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1DA
Introduced & led by Miki Flannery
An opportunity to learn all about sake
Taste & compare 5-6 different types of sake – including sparkling sake!
Suggestions for pairing with different foods, both Japanese & European
£20 per head, to include Japanese nibbles
This event is limited to maximum 30 attendees,
so to be sure of your place, please book as soon as possible!
To book, please reply to Louise Taylor at lt5rosehill@gmail.com – 07581 568315
Saturday 31 July 10.30 am Crochet @ Carolyn’s donation, cake, coffee (6 places)
Monday 26 July 7pm Knitting @Ann’s Coffee & Chat (6 places)
Monday July 19 Laura Shtaingos : Baby Umbrella The charity’s vision is for every family in West Kent to have access to skilled and compassionate support during their parenting journey. Baby Umbrella listens, supports and empowers parents and babies.
Knitting
July 1st- London- Exhibition of banners re Women Making History Processions.
Monday June 21 Ellen Montelius : Town Flowers Tunbridge Wells Town Flowers Tunbridge Wells offers high quality seasonal British grown flowers from June to October using sustainable and natural methods. Selling flowers to the local community, florists and for DIY events plus pyo.
Guided Tree walk Woodbury Park Cemetery Thursday 17th June 2pm
Litter-picking Saturday 12th June – details by email
Flower planting in Dunorlan Park Thursday 10 June- details by email.
Saturday 5th June Litter-pickingWorld Earth Day- details by email
Monday May 17 (Zoom)
Zoom will open at 7pm for a 7.30 start.
Monday April 19 (Zoom) AGM
2021
Monday 15 March (Zoom) : Claire Archbold Vice President Tunbridge Wells : Allotment Life
Monday 15 February Speaker: (Zoom) Linda Neusten , Census Engagement Manager Tunbridge Wells & Maidstone : Census 2021
Monday 18 January 2021 (Zoom) Anna Perolls : Hospices of Hope https://www.hospicesofhope.co.uk/
2020
Monday 20 April 2020 AGM Zoom 7.30 pm Speaker : Sue Marlowe introducing to our new club charity Arts Without Boundaries
‘Connecting the dots by looking backwards’.
The route taken to becoming a potter, via zoology and accountancy and a host of other roles, many voluntary, and also to reflect on what running a business means to me.’…you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.’
Members will be sent the Zoom details.
Monday 21 September 2020 Speaker : Amanda Redman
Additional Event: ‘Fairtrade and the Climate’ webinar Friday 5th March at 12.00 – 1.00pm details to follow.
Monday 19 April 2021 AGM Venue tbc
Monday 17 May 2021 Speaker: Ingrid Pope: Creating Space Coaching
Monday 21 June 2021 Speaker: Ellen Montelius British Grown Flowers using natural and sustainable methods https://www.townflowerstunbridgewells.co.uk/
June 2021 – Tunbridge Wells Yard Sale which we are sponsoring -date tbc https://twyardsale.co.
Monday 19 July 2021
Monday 20 September 2021
Monday 18 October 2021 Henu : Training & recruitment with DAVSS Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services in West Kent, supporting women & men experiencing Domestic Abuse.
Monday 15 November 2021
Monday 20 December 2021- Social venue tbc
Club Programme 2019/20
Next Meeting in Bold Always 7.30pm Chamberlain Court, 77, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8BS
January 21 ( Mandy) Malawi and Fairtrade update
February 18 Sue Walker and Natalie from YouCan Youth Cancer Support, Our Charity of the Year.
Nourish Donations.
Club Meeting – Non Members welcome
March 18 Farah, trainee solicitor, ‘The Journey So Far.’- please bring Nourish Donations
Monday 8th April – AGM & Refreshments- please bring Nourish Donations, renewal forms with gift aid forms if applicable.
Monday 20th May – Nourish Donations please see reminder email for details
Speaker- Tony & Val Fitzpatrick on helping in a school for disabled children in Tanzania
Monday 17th June- Speaker: Mandy Baker from Anna Chaplaincy
Monday 15th July – Speaker Adam Bennett Anti-trafficking & Oasis UK
Monday 16th September -International Conference (Kuala Lumpur) Feedback
Monday 21st October Marieke de Jonge- Tunbridge Wells Friends of the Earth
Monday 18th November – Richard Warner from YMCA & National Conference (Bournemouth) Feedback
Monday 16th December – Christmas Meal- venue tbc
Monday 20th January 2020- GP
Monday 17th February 2020 – Speaker Jenny Williams from Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource Ltd (MHR)
Monday 16th March 2020 tbc
October 24-26 Bournemouth National Conference
Next Event in Blue
Afternoon tea at The Ivy- Thursday May 16th 3.30pm Lead Lorna
May- Thursday 9th May 7.30pm- 10.30pm.
Tickets are £5 and include a glass of prosecco.
Film- Embrace: One woman’s joureny to inspire everyBODY! & Introduction by Emma Jefferys (AKA Action Woman) and a member of Wellness HQ, an NLP Practitioner/Life Coach who will be talking about the importance of emotional wellbeing.
Trip to France 23rd-27th May- Contact Louise
Saturday 15th June Yardsale Market Square 10am-4pm
Sunday 23 June Calverley Park ‘The Great Get-together’ in conjunction with Tunbridge Wells Friends of the Earth. Plastic Free picnic and litter pick. 1pm-4pm meet at lower entrance to Calverley Park accessed from Mount Pleasant.
Sunday 30 June Woodbury Park Cemetery Summer Concert- Women in Harmony.
August Summer visit: Tuesday August 20th Ightham Mote-final details tbc- Lead Angela please email on scsuzie9634@gmail.com by 17 June .
The cost for non members is £14.40. The plan is to have a picnic lunch and a cream tea. Angela can get vouchers for the cream tea at a discount, she will need to know numbers so can you please let her know if you can come. Thank you.
Tuesday 3rd September: Lunch at Ann Greenfield – link with International Literacy Day
Tunbridge Wells we invite you to #DaretoDream
44 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8AU
Following in the footsteps of all those who have created Tunbridge Wells, Friends of the Earth & Tunbridge Wells Soroptimists invite you to Dare to Dream about the heritage we leave for our children in our town.
On the last day of Heritage Open Days for 2019 we offer you the chance to sit, reflect and sew.
You may have walked around churches, graveyards, beautiful parks and gazed at the world through stained glass windows. Maybe you have visited historic houses, windmills and museums. You might have heard talks about women and men from our local area who strove to create a better, fairer more peaceful world.
So what will you embroider as you Dare to Dream ?
Will be it a plastic free ocean
#Peace
#Health
#Moretrees
#morebees
#Lesspollution – as my children walk to school
#A Community that Works Together
#GenderEquality
Requirements-
An open mind and a willingness to share your thoughts & stitch your words onto fabric and create physical word clouds which we will then share on social media, maybe hang from trees or in a window. Your decision.
Opening Times
Sunday 22 September: 1400-1600
Booking Details
Pre-booking: Required
Booking Contact: Caroline Auckland
Email: carolineauckland@btinternet.com
Booking opens: 18 August 2019 01:00
Booking closes: 21 September 2019 05:00
Access
Steps into the building.
Additional Information
Max 10 people per tour/session. This event is run by Soroptimist Tunbridge Wells & District one of 3000 clubs worldwide, who are committed to improving the lives of women and girls & Tunbridge Wells Friends of the Earth who campaign to preserve and create a healthy (local) environment for future generations. The craftivism workshop is related to #DareToDream – 2019’s Unsung Stories project exploring positive change through gentle protest.
www.tunbridgewellsheritageopendays.org
Tuesday November 26 The Red Cross Guildhall Christmas Market- see Louise for details
2019
2018
Monday 17 December- Christmas meal
Monday 19 November- Club meeting – Conference Report & Federation Councillors: Susie Forbes, Angela Edwards & Programme Action Officer: Hilary Rowberry will give an update on federation issues.
Please bring donations for Nourish for this month & Christmas
Plus Red Box donations if unable to attend December meeting.
We will be signing cards for our friendship links as well.
October- Liverpool National Conference
Monday 15 October- Club meeting
Thursday 20 September- Sunday 23 September Friendship Link visit to Si Munich
Monday 17 September- Club meeting- speaker Anne Carwardine: Disgusted Ladies
Thursday 9 August- Summer outing- London visit- Voice & Vote Exhibition, Tea at ’63, 12 places, contact Caroline to book- carolineauckland@btinternet.com
Monday 16 July – Club meeting- speaker June Bridgeman: The history of Si Tunbridge Wells with biographies of key members.
Monday 18 June – Club meeting Alex’s daughter talking about her volunteering work
Sunday 10 June London, Processions 2018 are creating the largest human artwork to mark 100 years of women voting in the UK. Everyone to wear white, violet, green- more details to follow.
Saturday 9 June- Regional Meeting, Maidstone
Saturday 2 June- Tunbridge Wells Yard Sale – visit us at our stall’s outside Vale Royal Methodist Church, London Road, Tunbridge Wells,TN1 1BX-Soroptimist International of Tunbridge Wells & District will be selling bric a brac, books, crafts, clothing, bits and bobs… Fundraising in support of charities supporting women and girls locally, nationally and internationally, stop by and see us!
Thursday 31st May – An Evening with Dr Helen Pankhurst 7.30PM Manna Cafe Christ Church, High Street Tunbridge Wells.
Monday 21 May – Margaret Ginman on the subject of Bees : 7.30pm
Thursday 17 May- Clarins- Fenwicks- 15 places, Contact Caroline to book your place: carolineauckland@btinternet.com
20th April Women Work Event at Salomons , charity BEAT.
Monday 16 April Club AGM 7.30pm
Monday 19th March,- Speaker, Alison Sandford MacKenzie Tunbridge Wells Women 100 years ago
8th March, International Women’s Day: Marking 100 years since Women were enfranchised. Event in the Town Hall involving all Women’s organisations in the town.
24th February Mayor’s Quiz Night
Monday 19th February,- Speaker, Jean Meadows on Midwifery and her experiences in China. We welcome Jane Webb, Regional President of Soroptimist International South East Region who will also be joining us. Please bring items for Charlotte’s Ghana project plus an extra request has just come in, Liz R would like old bra’s which she will be taking to Africa on a trip in April.
Friday 16 February -Postponed- Literary Supper- see Club Activities page for details
Monday 15th January,- Evening of reflection, Charlotte Bartholomew : experiences in Ghana.
2017
Monday 18th December ,- Christmas Meal at Willicombe Park for Soroptimists and guests
Monday 20th November,- Speaker, Ania Jeffries on Motivating and Empowering young girls.
Monday 17th October, National & Local Authority Emergency Planning.
Monday 18th September, Personal Protection
Monday 17th July, Mark Moody, from Skinners’ School will speak on the subject of STEM-(science, technology, engineering and mathematics ).
Club AGM 16th April 2018
Regional Meetings
Next Meeting in Bold
17th March 2018
9th June 2018
6th October 2018-AGM
1st December 2018
10th June 2017
7th October 2017
9th December 2017
Club Programme 2015/16
Theme for the year: ‘Let’s Make Headway’
2015
April
20th- Club AGM & Social Evening
May
18th- Club meeting: Speaker from Headway
June
13th- Region Meeting at the Hilton, Maidstone
15th- Neal’s Yard, Mount Pleasant, 6:30 – 8:30pm
July
9th-12th July – International Convention, Istanbul
20th- Club Meeting: Speaker Kate Sergeant, Alzheimers Society
August
Social Function at the Hop Shop near Otford – date TBA
September
16th- Club meeting: Claire Luxford Job Talk
October
3rd- Region meeting at the Hilton Hotel, Maidstone
9th–12th- SI Beneden Maas Friendship Weekend
19th- Club Meeting: Speaker Sandy Thomson – Indian Head Massage
November
5th-7th November – Federation Conference Glasgow
21st- Club meeting: Speaker Dr Liz Russell – ‘How the Brain Works’
December
5th- Region Meeting at the Hilton Hotel, Maidstone
14th- Christmas Dinner & Social Evening at Willicombe Park
2016
January
18th- Club meeting: Speaker about Parkinson’s
February
15th- Club meeting: Speaker Life & Laughter Coach
March
5th- Region Conference at the Hilton Hotel Maidstone
21st- Club meeting: Speaker Gill Evans – Life after a Brain Injury
April
17th- 70th Birthday Celebrations – Details TBA
25th- Club AGM & Social
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