Women inspiring action,

In early August, members of S I Brixham visited the beautiful garden “Middle Well” in the village of Stokes Gabriel.

 Neil and Pamela Millard made us very welcome and they laid on tea and cake which was delicious.

We all admired the garden and £174.00 was raised which will go to the Brixham Medical & Humanitarian AidConvoy to Ukraine

A few members of S I Brixham met at Presidents Jane’s home to try their hand at block printing.

After a lesson by our experts Anne and Jane we set about creating our own material squares.

When complete the squares will be joined together to make a fleece lined throw which will then be raffled to raise funds for one of our charities.

It was a very enjoyable morning and we had a lot of fun and laughter.

Soroptimist International of Brixham held their Interclub evening at Brixham Rugby Club and were joined by members from S I Torquay and S I Plymouth.

A delicious buffet was prepared by club members and was followed by a most interesting talk by Duncan Kenny on his seal project.

During the evening, Presidents Jane and Gill were delighted to present a certificate to club member Ann Wallace who has completed 50 years of Soroptimist membership.

Ann has been President, Treasurer and Secretary many times and is a font of knowledge on the history of the Brixham Club.

We all congratulated her and wished er well.

At our AGM we presented Audrey Taylor with honorary membership of our club for her outstanding work to Soroptimist International

Audrey has served as President of our club and has been secretary for many years.

She also served as Regional President and Regional Secretary and has always been a committed Soroptimist.

We are proud to have her as a member of our club.

Presidents Gill and Jane welcomed members and guests to the Berry Head Hotel for the presentation of cheques to our chosen local charities.

After a delicious meal, cheques for £2,000 were presented to each charity.

  Young Adult Carers

Cheryl and Ruth were present to receive their cheque

and

Lisa’s School

Liz Long received the cheque for Lisa’s School.

An enjoyable evening was had by all.

 On February 20th Soroptimists International of Brixham and Brixham Harriers were able to present a cheque in the sum of £4,800 to Shoalstone Pool.

 This was the money raised by the Santa Fun Run held on Sunday December 1st 2024.

The money came from the entry fees, donations and also included £359.56 from a Street Collection taken around the Harbour during the run.

Shoalstone Pool were very grateful for the donation and they hope to build an area for young children to play in safety.