Soroptimist International Bath and District

Past member Beryl Morgan left a legacy of £1,000 to our club after she passed away. We thought it fitting to donate the money to the Department of Midwives at the RUH as Beryl had been a Midwife and District Nurse and was connected with the RUH much of her nursing career. The money will pay for 2 online courses teaching 15 midwives on each course.

We had an informative talk from the owner of ‘Refillable’ in Bath who spoke about zero waste and how we can reduce everything that we come across. It sounds like an amazing shop which we are looking forward to visiting very soon and hoping to make a difference for our future.

Club members and volunteers from the charity ‘Bath Welcomes Refugees’ held a bucket collection at Prior Park Garden Centre and raised £256. 79.

Members from the club came together to litter pick along the canal in Bath to highlight how much waste is left all around wherever we go. Litter should be put away in bins and the appropriate articles recycled. We picked up many plastic items, cans and paper which could so easily be recycled. We need to get away from single use plastic

We were able to visit the workshop where the wizzybugs are made by the charity Designability which is a Bath based charity helping young children in particular from ages 0 -5 years move around on their own in these ingenious fun electric wheelchairs. We raised £871.19 for the charity at our quiz night earlier in the year.

5 members from our club attended the South West and Channel Islands annual AGM weekend near Yeovil. It was a wonderful weekend full of friendship with some great speakers and lovely food. The Yeovil , Sherborne and District hosts also celebrated a delayed 70th anniversary so congratulations to them.

At GoodNess stop Dundas aqueduct for RUHX (new name for Forever Friends) we welcomed approx. 240 walkers on the Walk of Life spoem walking 26 miles from Bishop’s Cannings and some 10 miles from Bradford -on-Avon along the the Kennet adn Avon canal ending in Bath. We provided water and oranges.

It was with great pleasure that Presdient Jenny presented Pam Hawker with an honorary membership certificate. Pam has been a member of our club for nearly 40 years and has been a keen and valid member for all those years. Pam recently gave a talk at one of our meetings telling us how the club has changed since her first arrival complete with written documentary. We hope to see Pam for many more years to come.

At our annual AGM we welcomed out new officers for the year. They are Jenny who is taking on another year as President and Di who has now become President Elect. We are delighted that they are happy to be taking on these roles.