New Friendship Link SI Columbo We have now confirmed our friendship link with SI Columbo,Sri Lanka. Dorothy Clark has done much to promote this link with her work to support the two girls orphaned in the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004. Dorothy has recently visited
SAAVS Speaker at PAC Meeting
Our speaker was at the last PAC meeting was Chris Drew from the Surrey Appropriate Adult Volunteer Schemer (SAAVS). Chris is the SAAVS leader forGuildforddistrict. SAAVS assists and supports those vulnerable members of society, children, at-risk adults and those with varying mental health problems, as their
Public PAC event on the topic of Managing Pain
Public PAC event on the topic of Managing Pain Soroptimists of Elmbridge and Woking hosted a very successful public meeting which looked at the topic of Chronic Pain. Aproximately 50 people attended the meeting and heard Lorraine Nanke, Clinical Psychologist, speak about her work in Pain
Summer Tea Party
Another event was held to continue ur support for the Sam Beare Hospice in Weybridge Miraculously the weather cleared in time and for it to be a lovely sunny afternoon for tea in the garden. As well as Elmbridge members, former members, Woking club members and many friends
Pimms and Poetry by the Water
An evening in the open air, relaxing to music, chatting and sipping Pimm’s through a straw – it must be summer! But when the Soroptimists of Woking and Elmbridge got together on the 23 June for an evening of Pimm’s and Poetry by the Water,
Cocktail Straws
Cocktail Straws A fun evening was held on a grey January day to raise money for Lifestraws. These wonderful individual water filters can last for up to a year and are real life savers in disasters such as the Pakistan floods. Those attending bought a straw
The Veil
S.I Elmbridge and S.I Woking came together on a wintery evening in November as part of their successful joint PAC program to hear another interesting and topical subject of ‘The Veil’. The attentive audience of over thirty members and guests from both clubs listened to
May Speaker – WPC Kath Blythe
Our guest speaker at the May Supper Meeting was WPC Kath Blythe. She gave us a very informative talk on her work with the Surrey Police force. Kath outlined how different things were in 1984 when she first joined the force – it was definitely
75 for 75 in Aid of Wateraid
75 for 75 in Aid of Wateraid Charity bridge Afternoon Sixteen tables of avid bridge players settled down to an afternoon of competition and fun. A wonderful tea of cakes and sandwiches was provided and enthusiastically consumed! Around £580 was raised between both Elmbridge and
Programme Action 4th March – Topic: Elder abuse
Woking and Elmbridge held another successful joint event, the purpose of which was to highlight the distressing issue of Elder Abuse. Daniel Blake, the Policy Development Manager from Action on Elder Abuse (AEA), spoke passionately on the extent of various types of abuse – physical,