Mandy hosted an enjoyable event to celebrate World Porridge Day with a breakfast at her home to raise money for Mary’s Meals for  further explanation see  http://www.marysmeals.org.uk/tag/world-porridge-day/

President Sue Kelly wants us to raise our profile in the area ! This press release  has been sent to the local paper following the  recent success in managing to get the local paper to sit up and take notice of us following another successful Skirting Science event!   soropt6imist (mercury)

To mark International Women’s Day a group of Soroptimists, all wearing something red,  marched through Taunton  to meet the Mayor of Taunton Deane, Libby Lisgo MBE. Ronnie kindly circulated this photo of those who joined the group who attended the Regional meeting that fell on the same day, March 8th 2014.  

The main municipal park in Weston-Super-Mare, Grove Park, is the home of The Garden of Fragrance , created in 1958 by the local Round Table Club for the benefit of Blind and partially-sighted people living in, or visiting Weston-Super-Mare.   In 1995, our Weston-Super-Mare Soroptimist Club commissioned and designed the Ivy Leaf Gate at the entrance of the Garden and in 1996 the local Tangent Club commissioned the Four Seasons Obelisk in the garden. Our Club planted Rose bushes in 2006 in memory of a benefactor member of the Club and in May 2012 we were contacted by the Clerk to Weston Town Council enquiring if we would become Volunteer Friends of the Garden, which we have become; because of our wish to help the local Blind and Partially-sighted community and because we enjoy a bit of gardening. Primary school  children of Walliscote Primary school created,

Business Secretary Vince Cable recently made the statement: Some of the challenges facing the engineering sector start when pupils are still at school and come back to choose subjects following GCSEs. Engineers must have a strong foundation in maths and science, especially physics. The number of young people choosing these subjects post-16 is relatively low, especially amongst women. The government is making changes that will impact this including: a redesign of the curriculum, teacher development and additional funding to support these changes.’ In response to this, the Perkins review to be published this month addresses this issue but as you can see this is just what Skirting Science has been advocating over the last 5 years! ‘Professor John Perkins, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is publishing a major analysis of the talent pipeline in engineering today. This review

Hello to anyone who finds themselves on our web site.   My name is Sue and I am the President of this lively club for the next 2 years. I took over this role in April so I am half way through my first year, I have thoroughly enjoyed this time, and I have a sneaky feeling that the members of my club have too!! We started my year with a really enjoyable tea party and plant sale at Adrienne’s home, the weather was perfect and we all loved sitting in the garden eating cakes and scones drinking tea and doing what we all do best…..chatting. Our club’s annual Skirting Science event was held in June, I have added 2 photos of this event, one showing some school girls concentrating on the work shop they have chosen and the other where 2 of our members

Love Me Love Me Not Feb 2013 NS Life Click on title above to view the article in NS Life Mag referring to use of posters promoted by SI WsM.