Friendship & Fun

A very special 'lady', Lilly the police dog, joined us for one of our meetings in October.

Lilly came with her handler Simon to tell us about their work and the relationship between police dogs adn their handlers.

In September a group of ladies from SI of Harrogate visited Carlisle and we had the pleasure of joining them for coffee at the Hallmark Hotel.

The Club celebrated it's 69th Charter Dinner with friends and guests at the Auctioneer on 3rd July.
Guest speaker was Moira Swan, Director of Childrens' Education and guests included numerous SI Presidents, the Deputy Mayoress, President of Carlisle Rotary and his wife and our own Regional President, Dorothy Thomson.    A splendid night was had by all!

Our speaker on  27th May was Janet Ferguson, Chief Executive of EDEN VALLEY HOSPICE.
Eden Valley Hospice is our nominate charity for 2010-2012. Janet talked about her work at the hospice, the services it provides and how Soroptomists can help.

On Saturday 15 May 2010 members of the Carlisle Club attended the Regional Conference at Darlington Football Stadium.

The theme for the day was 'Little Actions.. Big Differences'.

Speakers included Bee Keepers, someone from the Understand Centre and a whole bunch of Brownies and their Leaders.

In February 2010 our Regional President,

Dorothy Thomson (pictured right)

came to speak at our club.

We had a great evening and were

joined by members of SI of Penrith.

In 2009 our Christmas Dinner was held at Talkin' Tarn, where a lovely evening was spent in excellent company.

Our big initiative for 2009 was a charity lunch on 15 November. The event was an excellent opportunity for socialising as well as raising money for Hospice and Home and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Our fundraising events are usually enjoyable social occasions as well. For example, we recently hosted the Cumbria Clubs meeting (see below).

 In the summer we took an educational stroll around the grounds of Morton Manor where we meet.



SI Carlisle is part of two networks of clubs. We belong to the Northern Region with 13 other clubs, who meet 3 to 4 times a year to hear interesting speakers and exchange ideas.
Cumbrian Clubs also meet on a regular basis. Members visit other clubs both for Charter Dinners and special events which provide opportunities to meet a wide variety of like minded women.

We have friendship links with clubs in Scotland, Poland and Australia with whom we correspond and meet occasionally.