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Soroptimist International - Cwmbran and District

Soroptimist International of Cwmbran and District is part of a worldwide organisation of women, which is linked to the United Nations.

Welcome to our Club

From Presidents Paddy and Sallie

We are a group of women from different walks of life with a variety of interests who enjoy working together through fun, friendship and fellowship to make a difference to women and children locally, nationally and internationally.  There’s more about us in Who we are

Locally we support St David’s Hospice Care, Women’s Aid, Tools for Self Reliance, collect and sell pre-loved jewellery for Alzheimer’s Society, make drain bags and comfort cushions for ladies who have had mastectomies.   Knit Comfort Teddies which are kept by Social Services, Schools, in Police/Fire vehicles/ambulances and given out to small children involved in traumatic or upsetting circumstances. Give copies of ‘Women in Science’ to local primary schools.  Liaise with the chaplain at the Grange University Hospital.  Internationally we support Plan (a global children’s Charity),  Water Aid, Empowering Girls in Nepal and much more to be found in What we do

We can also be found on Facebook under Soroptimist International Cwmbran.

Our meetings , usually a brief business meeting followed by a speaker, ending with light refreshments and a time to socialise are held on the second Monday of the month (with the exception of August and December) at Greenmeadow Golf and Country Club (just off the A4042 on Treherbert Road, Croesyceiliog).  We usually have a monthly coffee morning and have other social and fundraising events throughout the year..

2024

11 March – Safety of Women and Girls Open Evening

SI Cwmbran organised an informative, successful  and highly aware-raising talks and discussion evening from contributors. This considered the topic from various view points which encouraged empathy of the various stakeholders. The speakers were Deputy Commissioner of Gwent Police Eleri Thomas, DI Angela Hodge ( Domestic Abuse Safeguarding Team in Gwent Police speaking on Clare’s Law), Debra Richards…

 


3 March Charity Lunch

SI Cwmbran hosted our charity lunch at Greenmeadow Golf Club   We were a sell out with 100 tickets sold .

1 March St David’s Day 

Members of SI Cwmbran celebrated St. David’s Day with a coffee morning at Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran today. Thanks to Llantarnam Grange for their delicious Welsh cakes and bara brith. SI Cwmbran sends St. David’s Day greetings to their friendship club SI Gdansk. Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus.

 

8 January
SI Cwmbran had an interesting Programme Action speaker meeting last night with Andy Margare and Josie Perry from Torfaen Recycling Team. Members were informed about new initiatives that the council are implementing and how we can all help achieve the recycling targets.


2023

November

Members of SI Cwmbran enjoyed a coffee morning at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre today to promote the start of ‘Orange the World 2023’ 16 Days of Activism. The club promotional board was placed in the foyer which will be left for visitors to the centre and cafe to see over the next two weeks. Thanks to Llantarnam Grange for their co-operation.

Our guest speakers at our business meeting were Caroline and Jo from Torfaen Voluntary Alliance about what they can offer the community in terms of advice and support.

October

We had a very successful and enjoyable musical evening at Ponthir Village Hall on 13 October, certainly not unlucky for us.   We raised £1,118 for our Club Charities including St David’s Hospice Care and MS Society Cymru.  We  were entertained by the very talented Harmonize choir as well as individual artists singing, playing the harp, saxophone and piano.

At our business meeting, Richard Watkins from Age Cymru Gwent talked to us about all the scams we need to be aware of.

This month we donated small teddies to the neo-natal unit at the Grange and will be donating them to ‘Seren Dwt’.

The knitting pattern for these can be found under Sewing/knitting pattern instructions.

September

At this meeting we donated 33 drain bags and 11 comfort cushions made by members and friends which will be used by ladies who’ve had breast surgery.

July

We had a coffee morning at Rosemary’s where we put together toiletry bags for the 2 houses at the Grange hospital reserved for the parents/carers of children in the wards there.  Also donated were duvet sets, towels, tea towels, mugs and pictures for the houses.

At our business meeting, by request for another talk,  Rhian  Morgan from the Gene Park at the Heath Hospital came to speak to us this time on the use of DNA in forensic science.

For what we did earlier in the year see Programme/Events 2023/24

Upcoming events

Monday, 8 April AGM

Join us

We are always pleased to have new members and if you want to know more,  attend one of our virtual meetings or coffee morning or just have an informal chat over a cup of tea or coffee  please click on the ‘Join Us’ button below.