At SI Newcastle Club’s 79th Charter Lunch, 29th October 2017 James, a volunteer with GNAA gave an interesting presentation, highlighting that the charity needs £4.5m each year to run its current service.  Let’s not forget they are delivering a life-saving service run entirely by public donations. Their forward thinking has seen the .BLOOD ON BOARD’ initiative where blood can be given at the roadside, increasing the chance of survival.  With 71 lives being saved so far this initiative is being copied by other services. They are looking towards being world leaders at delivering pre-hospital care. SI Newcastle’s retired members programme donated £250 to the charity.  James, an engineer has recently been accepted as a recruit to be a paramedic – WELL DONE JAMES!

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We are campaigning to 'STOP THE TRAFFIK' - can any of us buy clothes with a conscience?http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0813kpq

Programme Action at the heart of Soroptimism. Global Blanket - Stop the Traffik - make a square as part of a visual petition to be taken to parliament on UN Anti Slavery Day. Meru Women's Garden Project supporting women and girls in Kenya to become independent business women. Gift Bag Tombola - what will you win? A scented candle or perhaps oven cleaner - it's all down to luck! North Tyneside publish a list of safe places you can go to when you are desperate. Samples of members' squares which will be joined together by our club, then joined to other Soroptimist clubs to make a visual petition. Are your clothes TRAFFIK FREE? Programme Action at the coast - check out the sandcastles. A huge thank-you to our Northern Region president, Suzanne Brown, welcoming our newest member, Wynn Hetherington. with club president Anne Gunning. New

Women Working Together - two weeks ago an email arrive asking clubs in the Northern Region to help out. A huge thank you to Tynemouth & Whitley Bay club members who produce over 100 hats and 40 jumpers for babies in Sierra Leone. Why do they need hats? - to protect from mosquitoes and by coming for the clothing, take note - they've nothing, they then get some medical care and food. Club member Rosemary Webb knit 30+ hats whilst visiting relatives in Vancouver, Canada, hunting out thrift shops - what a lovely display they made at our recent Open Evening Club members Shirley Hallam(Past President), Anne Gunning (President) and Linda Johnson (Regional President 2017-2019) at the Regional Meeting, Hexham, September 2016.

  Soroptimist International Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District OPEN EVENING  October 10th 2016 7.00—9.00pm The Sandpiper, Cullercoats,NE30 3ER.      

www.waspi.co.uk Fights the injustice done to women born in the 1950s (on or after 6 April 1951) regarding the changes to their state pension age. The 1995 Conservative Government’s Pension Act included plans to increase women’s SPA (State Pension Age) to 65, the same as men’s. WASPI agrees with equalisation, but does not agree with the unfair way the changes were implemented – with little/no personal notice (1995/2011 Pension Acts), faster than promised (2011 Pension Act), and no time to make alternative plans. Retirement plans have been shattered with devastating consequences. They started the campaign with just five ordinary women who in 2015 got together and decided to fight this injustice. THE AIM OF THE CAMPAIGN IS: TO ACHIEVE FAIR TRANSITIONAL STATE PENSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR WOMEN BORN IN THE 1950S (BORN ON OR AFTER 6TH APRIL 1951) This translates into a ‘bridging’ pension to cover the gap from age 60 until State

We stand together in circles because in the circle everyone is equal, no one above, no one below; and everyone is connected to each other.Today our circle is to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace, which is observed around the world on 21 September.   This year the Day’s theme for 2016 is “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.”The Sustainable Development Goals are integral to achieving peace in our time, as development and peace are interdependent and mutually reinforcing.On 16 September 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the Secretary General celebrated the Day in the Peace Garden at United Nations Headquarters by ringing the Peace Bell and observing a minute of silence. Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates and the United Nations Messengers of Peace were invited to participate in the ceremony.  We joined together for a minute’s silence to show our support of the 17