At the AGM held on the 27th April Julie Clarke was elected as President Elect. Members were pleased to hear from officers that we had donated over £2,000 to a range of charities including Mary’s Meals and Water Aid. Members were thanked for their support for programme action activities during the year including donations to local food banks, dementia cats and City of Sanctuary. A range of events are planned to promote the club and recruit new members for 2023-4.

On Friday 30 September 2022 SI Wakefield member Marjorie hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning, supported by our Members (not all in the photo).  Marjorie has hosted this event in her home for many years and raised thousands of pounds for Macmillan.

On Friday the 19th November from the afternoon until early evening, members of S I Wakefield joined with members of Wakefield Cathedral’s Mother’s Union in an event in Wakefield Cathedral, to highlight the forthcoming 16 days of Activism against gender based violence.  Wakefield’s Mayor opened the event and took time to visit the Soroptimist stall and was presented with an orange heart, a photograph of which she later posted on the Council’s website. Members of S I Wakefield manned the refreshment stall providing tea and coffee and homemade cakes and buns. Members were wearing orange and had a display on a tree,  of Orange hearts, Orange pom poms, plus slogans.  The Club also had a table on which they displayed S I Leaflets and leaflets from the Well Women’s Centre and Wakefield Councils Domestic Abuse Service. S I Wakefield had been invited by the Cathedral’s Mother’s

SI Wakefield donated a robotic dementia therapy cat to local nursing home Inwood House this week following the visit of speaker Sheila Wainwright who visited our club last month to speak about their use in soothing dementia therapy. The club plans to obtain more Robopets and donate to other homes locally to help care home residents who may have had pets in the past and can use the cats to access happy, fond memories and improve their wellbeing. The pets exhibit purring behaviour and lifelike movements to add to their interactive value as therapy tools. RoboPets | Robotic Interactive Companion Pets | UK and EU Update December 2021 A further 5 cats have been gifted to the following 5 care homes this November: Mandeville Grange Nursing Home, Aylesbury Manor Park Home, Castleford Mill View Care Home, Bolton Lane, Bradford BD2 4BN Wakefield Hospice Dementia Unit