We’ve said it once and will say it again – DI Claire Wheatley would make an awesome Soroptimist!! Feedback from victims of  our New Start Bags is extremely positive. Almost straight away after receiving their bags, just a little bit of self-worth sneaks back for those rescued girls and women.  They realise something WILL BE DONE!; gaining trust, taking the first steps to regaining confidence in themselves and accepting the support from the police team.Providing a holistic support package Claire’s team, work tirelessly to keep these women and girls on board, as it may take many months to put a case together to go to trial.

Did you spot the Global Blanket in the window of our new philanthropic friend? The visual petition to raise awareness of where I clothes are made. Ask yourself - IS MY T-SHIRT TRAFFIK FREE or has some child or enslaved woman or man been forced to work so I can buy it cheap??

President Judy accepts our impressive award from Stephen Andrews, manager of our local branch. We're so happy to begin a long, supportive relationship with Newcastle Building Society,Park View, Whitley Bay SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & DIstrict club has now secured a further grant of £3000 from The Newcastle Building Society / The Community Foundation to make a further 40 NEW START BAGS by October 2018. Thanks in the past go to The Greggs Foundation for our first grant of £1880 and £600+ from private donations.

  Say ‘Hello’ to Bluebell Bus and her 7,000 mile, 2 year adventure!  CLUB MEMBERS are joining the Bluebell Bus at the start of their 7,000 mile adventure to travel the length of the coastal footpath walk of both Great Britain and Ireland starting on Monday March 5th 2018! This epic journey is to promote nationally, the Charity Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care transport service nationally. This is free of charge in the Tyne and Wear area, for cancer patients that require to get to and from hospital for treatment. The charity proposes that with the Bluebell Bus and its travelling team will get the word out about how “HUBS” can be managed and run locally, to create a DAAB CPC service in their locality and therefore collectively, provide nationally one million high quality cancer patient care journeys each year. Come and cheer them

  www.stopthetraffik.org  

A HUGE thank-you from President Judy for peoples’ support towards her charities – ‘The Sally Allan Fund + The Manzini Project f60

                                                                                        http://www.kindertransport.org Born in Vienna, 1926 to a Christian mother and a Jewish father then living in Berlin Gabrielle remembers clearly the strange noises one day in 1934. This was Hitler’s first attempt to annex Austria. Although not successful Hitler did manage to assassinate the Chancellor of Austria. Gay’s grandmother, worried about her education, moved her to become a weekly border at a Catholic School, however the nuns were stopped from teaching and for the first time Gabby knew she was different, having to wear a yellow star. Now a target she was spat at, called names and had things thrown at her.