November

We started getting ready for Christmas with members enjoying an evening of crafting along with the essential social chatter! At the end of the evening members took home a Christmas card and 3 decorations made from ribbon, wooden beads and re-cycled cards.

October

As this was Breast Awareness month we took the opportunity to learn about the importance of wearing a well fitting bra. We were joined by Janice Rose Lingerie of Sutton on Trent who provided a very informative talk on everything about the fitting and wearing of suitable bras. Members brought along their ill-fitting, uncomfortable good condition bras to be sent to women and girls in African countries where not wearing a bra can make them more vulnerable to physical abuse. Funds were raised by a raffle and donations totalling £235 in memory of a special friend and member for Maggie’s at City Hospital.

We still had a good attendance despite it being holiday time (the sun must have been shining somewhere), Wimbledon and a certain semi-final!! Everyone had great fun learning how to do West-African Dancing with Tina Carter, from Beat Feet in Nottingham. We finished the evening with chocolate ice cream – perfect!

• Members chose to support Broxtowe Women’s Project and provide gifts and held raffles to send cash
• Discovered what life was like living in Southwell Workhouse from a guest speaker and a visit
• We’re fascinated to learn about the introduction of beavers at the Notts Wildlife Trust reserve at Idle Valley
• Made our own colourful mosaics
• Enjoyed a trail around Beeston followed by icecream on a warm summer’s evening
• The History of Magic
• Learnt of the important work in research and developments in Breast Cancer Treatment being done in Nottingham
• Enjoyed a fun evening trying to guess the purpose of bygone articles