We are planning to help the Guernsey Conservation Volunteers dig up some of the stinking onions in Bluebell Woods

  The Charities Fayre is coming up at on Sunday 19th November. We are collecting things to sell.

Christmas cakes have been baked and will be decorated ready to sell.

November 25 th is the beginning of 16 days of activism  

We have asking shops to display a shoe in their window. Please read more in ongoing projects

We are planning to decorate a tree for the Christmas tree festival

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October has been an busy month,

We went to Les Cache and harvested the lavender. To read more about this project please look at our page called ongoing projects.

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November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and is the start of 16 days of activism across the world. Unesco’s campaign is Orange the World. The last day of activism is December 10th which is Human Rights Day

In support of this last year  – 2022 we painted or sprayed 100 pairs of shoes orange.

We asked shops display a single shoe somewhere in thier window for 16 days of activism.

On the first day  we put pairs of  shoes on the market steps.

The idea was to start a conversation about the issue of domestic violence

Other activites to “Orange the World” included raising a flag at Elizabeth College, lighting Beau Sejour orange ,and putting up a banner on the fence as you leave Beau Sejour.

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President Cathy held her Friendship weekend. The weekend started with a friendship evening where we took the Petit Tram around St Peter Port.

This was follwed by a meal at Pier 17.

The weather overthe weekend was beautiful and we enjoyed a lunch in Cathy’s wonderful garden on Saturday.
   

A few of us enjoyed a warm evening at the Proms on the Wicket

The weekend concluded with Sunday Lunch at Driftwood

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I am honoured to be the club President for the second time.  I promise to give you my all in the coming twelve months. I would like to thank President Kate for steering us this past year. This has been the first ‘near normal’ year post Covid and culminated in a very successful friendship weekend.

Kate had reduced the committees to three:Local, International and Social.

This has worked well and I therefore plan to continue with this format. Also in Kate’s year we changed the frequency  and format of meetings. Reducing to a monthly combined supper/business meeting has worked well, enabling committees to to meet inbetween without being too onerous. However,  I am also aware that it leaves little time for speakers which has formed a valuable part of our educatation as to other’s endevour’s, so I am proposing that on alternate months, we keep the business side to essential information to enable a speaker to join us. This will start next month with a talk to  about the  Island Games. I would encourage you to continue to meet with your committees outside of these meetings to enable freindships to develop and to be able to plan your activiites.

My Charity for this year is the Guernsey Community Savings Bank. This is a non-profit making charitable organisation helping financially excluded GUernsey residents access basic financial services.

We have lots of things to get involved with this year. I am particualerly looking forward to attending the International conference in Dublin with six other membrs. I am hoping we will come back brimming with enthusiam and new ideas.

I am planning my friendship weekend for 8th – 10th September. I wanted to hold it when hopefully the weather will be nice. It will be  a very informal weekend, and I really hope that you will be able to particiapate in some of the activities planned.

Please remember that this is your club, I want you to feel engaged, vlaued and have fun. Do let me know of your plans as I would love to attend as many as possible and help you wherever needed.

Thank you

Cathy

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Beau Sejour was lit up in Orange to raise awareness.

#OrangetheWorld

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Click on the lionk below to see the article in todays press.

https://guernseypress.com/news/2022/11/28/a-step-in-right-direction-

on-gender-based-violence/

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The flag was raised by our  deputy bailiff Jessica Roland ( the first female bailiff ) and The Dirsector of Safer Fiona Naftel.

Also in attendance was  Jenny Palmer the Principal of Elizabeth College, and two senior prefects from the school  and a small group of  Soroptimist members who made it to the top pf the tower.

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