How they work – An award winning women’s theatre company and a leading force in the North of England with a national and international reach.They collaborate with women and young women on the margins of society to create bold and innovative theatre for personal, social and political change. Why they are unique in the way they work – Their women-centred practice collaborates with women to draw out their collective voices and shine a light on their experiences, thus creating powerful professional theatre by perform to wide-ranging audiences. They encourage their audiences to walk in the shoes of the women and make space for debate. Club members visited Newcastle’s Live Theatre fully expecting a fantastic evening and it was a mesmerising hour of superb acting from a very realistic script.  To describe it simply, truly AWESOME. Rattle Snake An epic tale, based on real life stories of women

Massismo’s – bringing a taste of Southern Italy to Seaham 12 .00 for 12.30pm start. Italian Buffet Raffle                                                           £15 Interested – contact sitynemouth@gmail.com  for your tickets!                                   20% COMMISSION ON JEWELLERY AT SEAHAM WAVES – all discounts to be donated to the President’s charities.  Thank you.

                                                                  Club Members, relatives and friends have contributed hours of knitting to provide these hats for new born babies in Sierra Leone and now we’re knitting blankets – any 9″ X 9″ squares gratefully received – just contact us on sitynemouth@gmail.com  

Our club continues to grow from STRENGTH to STRENGTH

  As ever we can always depend on our Mayor – Norma Redfearn to support our club and the Northern Region of Soroptimist International. The 12 clubs of the Northern Region have worked together to produce their GLOBAL BLANKET.  This campaign is to raise awareness of the plight of Trafficked Women in the clothing trade.  The Global Blanket has 264 squares that represent a visual petition that hopes to inspire 1 million signatures by 2019.  Soroptimist International hope to present it at 10 Downing Street as part of their UN Anti Slavery campaign.  https://www.stopthetraffik.org/campaign/fashion/global-blanket-campaign/    

Thanks to Liz for being such a great sport – £85 raised for President Judy’s Charities .

Tenneh Mansaray breastfeeds her nine-day-old son, Manso Turay, in the Kono district of Sierra Leone. Four of Mansaray’s five children were born in a health facility.  ‘Nancy [the community health worker in her village] made me understand the benefits of going for clinic sessions when I am pregnant and also giving birth there,’ says Mansaray. ‘I don’t mind walking four miles to get to the health facility because I know that the care I receive there I can’t get in my village.’ Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal and under-five mortality rates in the world Photograph: Phelps/Unicef https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2017/aug/01/world-breastfeeding-week-women-celebrate-benefits-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Gmail

 We helped our Sister Soroptimists at Stockton-on-Tees celebrate their achievements in style – they had organised a wonderful birthday event. SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District members were delighted to join them!