Soroptimists

GARSTANG CAMERA CLUB (cont)

humanity competition on Wed 2nd Feb which will be judged by Jim Cunningham. I am hopeful that despite the invasion of this new strain of the virus we will still be able to continue with what has been an excellent start of our ‘21/’22 programme. Unfortunately, I failed to find a crystal ball in my stocking!

Maurice Barker www.garstangcameraclub.co.uk

SOROPTIMISTS

Women Inspiring Action, Transforming Lives

We hope everyone is well and that you all enjoyed the festive break as much as was possible under the circumstances. 2021 was another very strange year, but we did eventually manage to get back to our regular monthly meetings in person this time.

16 Days of Activism 2022

December was again a little quieter than usual for us as Soroptimists without the hustle bustle of parched peas at the Victorian Festival, but one piece of work we managed to achieve was to draw attention to the issues of gender-based violence during the annual 16 Days of Activism which took place between Thurs 25th Nov and Fri 10th Dec. Perhaps you spotted one of our Facebook posts on the subject?

Looking Back over the Year

Despite the restrictions and the worries over Covid, we have had an amazing 12 months as a club: We have welcomed a range of speakers - thought provoking, inspiring and some humorous - to our meetings either by Zoom or in person, including Derian House Children’s Hospice, Beyond FGM, local business women Dawn Cheetham and Marion Flaherty, Cancer Research Northwest, and Nicholas Hill (‘a lifetime in the News’). We held a virtual social meeting with our friends from Wakefield, and even managed a yoga lesson via Zoom. We had a socially distanced outing to Gresgarth Hall, held a garden party featuring 100 afternoon delights as part of our celebrations for the centenary of Soroptimism, organised a plant sale and had a coffee evening in the home of one of our new members. And a special mention to the wonderful Christmas meal at the Royal Oak! We finished fundraising for our 2019-20 charity Derian House, and we were able to send them £1,420 for their valuable work. We then started work for our charity for 202021 which was chosen after we listened to our speaker in March from Beyond FGM. We set

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