Annual Federation Conference at Cardiff, October 2009

richmond-and-dales — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:27:31 +0000

Six members of our Club attended the Federation Conference held this year in Cardiff. The conference offered the opportunity for 1,700 women from several different countries, including the UK, South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Caribbean, to meet and learn about each other’s work for women and children in our respective areas. We heard Keynote speakers, and were entertained by Welsh musicians, dancers and singers. We had a wonderful chance to be updated about the imaginative and highly successful Programme Action work being achieved in many countries. We were also updated about organisational issues within the Federation.

Those who attended experienced an exhausting but enjoyable and stimulating weekend, and were pleased to have been able to increase our insight into the work of our International organisation.

The Fabulous Fifties

richmond-and-dales — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:55:55 +0000

The Fab 50s return to Richmond

Dressed to kill at a fancy cocktail party, over a hundred ladies and a few gentlemen were shown what the girl about Richmond would have looked like fifty years ago.

It was the night that the History Wardrobe revisited the Kings Head in Richmond and entertained the audience with a demonstration of the clothes warn by women in the 1950s. In addition to the glamorous fashions, we were reminded of the undergarments that caused so much hassle, the sugar-starched petticoats, and others that caused so much discomfort, the girdles, and itching, the liberty bodice.

The show was hosted by Soroptimist International of Richmond and Dales and the photo shows Club President Angela Edwards appreciating the look of the Fabulous Fifties! The evening raised over £500 for the Stop It Now! UK campaign, which aims to raise awareness about the needs of children who have been sexually abused and to support ways to prevent it.