Soroptimist International Bath and District

Clubs fron the South West regiona converged on Weston-super-Mare, and walked from the station through the town handing out ‘love me, love me not’ bookmarks and holding placards to mark the first day of 16 days of Activism of elimination of violence against women.

We ended up at Grove Hill park where orange and multicoloured ribbons were tied onto the railings and the event was joined by the local MP , Mayor and relevant organisations committed to stopping violence against women including men and children. We wore orange to symbolize the global ‘Orange the world’

We were very happy to invite Ursula from the charity Voices. It’s a charity that helps victims of domesstic violence and they do a lot of work in the margins to help these vulnerable people. We raised £70 by just selling a quiz, an easy way to raise funds with hopefully more quizzes to be sold in the future for this worthwhile cause.

We were very happy to welcome our newest member to our club at our latest supper meeting. We hope that Julie will be very happy to be part of a club that really wants to make a difference for women and girls locally, nationally and globally. President Jenny inducted Julie into the club and gave her a badge.