Planned Programme of Events 2019 – 2020
All meetings are 7.00 – 9-00pm, The Border Terrier, Hartungton Rd, North Shields, NE30 3SF except May 20th – CULLERCOATS CRESCENT CLUB.
APRIL 2019
24th April – Social. Namaste, Park View – Indian Tasting Evening. 6:30 pm.
MAY 2019
15th May – Wear Green Walk & enjoy your local green environment. From Brierdene Carpark to Station Masters Community Garden to raise awareness of Mental Health Awareness Week (13 – 19 May),
18th May – visit to Harnham Buddhist Monastery, near Bolam Lake – continuation of ‘Introduction to Mindfulness’ (time and transport tbc)
20th May – Membership / Open Evening – CRESCENT CLUB, CULLERCOATS, 7:00 -9:00
23rd May – WBHS (Whitley Bay High School) Visit to Dame Vera Baird (Police Chief Commissioner for Northumbria) offices.
JUNE 2019
2nd June – Whitley Lodge Community Fair 1pm onwards. Stall to promote our club.
10th June – Club Meeting. Theme. Creative Evening – The Environment with local printer Michelle Wood
19th June – Brierdene Working Morning followed by lunch at Davantis, Whitley Lodge.
27th June – Regional President Shirley Hallam’s fundraising BBQ, George Washington Hotel, NE37 1PH
JULY 2019
4th July – Community Networking Event – Whitley Bay Library 2:30 – 5:00pm
8th July – Club Meeting – Theme, Plastic Free July. Speaker Emmajo Tuczemskyi Haslam -Plastic Free North Tyneside
12 July – WBHS Fundraising Quiz – venue tbc
CLUB SOCIAL TO BE ARRANGED.
AUGUST 2019
12th August – GLORIOUS THRIFT SAFARI SUPPER 7.00pm til late
SEPTEMBER 2019
9th September – Club Meeting. Theme – DEMONSTRATION – how to make enviro-friendly cleaners & Candle Circle of Friendship
14th Regional Meeting -Marriot (Grand Hotel) Seaburn
September – Social – Downton Abbey Movie – (date tbc – poss 20th)
The Good Life Vegetable Summit – a shared lunch of awesome dishes made from allotment fruits & vegetables and local vegetables with low ‘food miles’ (date tbc).
OCTOBER 2019
10th October – World Porridge Day (Mary’s Meals) – pop in for breakfast at Louise’s 7:00 – 10:00am
14th October – Club meeting. Theme – Period Poverty – The Red Box Project – speaker Josie Robinson from VODA.
24th – 26th October – Federation Conference at Bournemouth
CLUB SOCIAL TO BE ARRANGED
NOVEMBER 2019
11th November – Club Meeting – Theme – Toilet Twinning. Speed Dating Soroptimist Style
23rd November – Regional Meeting – Hexham Abbey
27th November – DIVA (Don’t Ignore Violence & Abuse) UN INternational Day of Violence Against Women and 16 days of Activism
CLUB SOCIAL TO BE ARRANGED – poss 19th – Hotpotz Ceramics Evening.
DECEMBER 2019
1st December – President’s Charity Fund-raising Event – Christmas Cheer Evening at Louise’s.
19th December – Club Meeting + Christmas Meal + Wrapping of Gifts for HARBOUR
JANUARY 2020
13th January Club Meeting – Clothes Swop for ‘Stop the Traffik’
CLUB SOCIAL TO BE ARRANGED
FEBRUARY 2020
10th February – Club Meeting – Fair Trade – Review & Development
CLUB SOCIAL TO BE ARRANGED
MARCH 2020
8th March – International Women’s Day – Waves, Whitley Bay
9th March – Club Meeting
22nd March – Regional Council Meeting – The Auctioneer, Carlisle
15th or 29th March – JAM JAR Fund-raising event (tbc)
APRIL 2020
13th April – AGM