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ALL THE LATEST NEWS, VIEWS AND STORIES FROM AROUND YOUR LOCAL AREA:DECEMBER/JANUARY


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At the business meeting, after the usual club reports, members spoke about events they had attended on behalf of the club, such as the Dementia Awareness Group, the Riversmeet Banner meeting, the Growing our Brand meeting and the Regional Meeting. The speaker at the Regional Meeting was Catrina McHugh MBE, the artistic director of Open Clasp Theatre in Newcastle. She worked with women in prison, who told their stories. The resulting drama was a sell-out at the Edinburgh Fringe and she was invited to take it to Broadway, where links emerged with women in prison in New York. At the end of the Regional Meeting, the new president, Linda Johnson, presented flowers to


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Jane Inman, the outgoing president. Jane Inman gave a report on the Federation Conference in Cardiff and encouraged members to consider attending the 2018 Conference which will be held in Liverpool with the theme, Empower Today, Enable Tomorrow. The speaker at the second meeting of the month was Linda Hewitt, who talked about Hospice at Home. The hospice idea was considered by Dame Cicely Saunders, who felt that people at the end of their lives should be treated in a holistic manner with all elements of care. The first hospice, St. Christopher’s, was opened in 1967. With the geography of Cumbria, a hospice building is not the ideal solution, so in our region it is Hospice at Home and the local charity celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. There are currently 46 staff and 260 volunteers involved. Three streams of care are offered, Home Nursing, Family and Bereavement Support and Lymphedema Care. After the talk, there were many questions from the floor before President Ros gave a vote of thanks. Other events attended by members during the month, included the Newcastle Club’s 80th Charter Lunch, the Cockermouth Rotary Club Dinner and the Remembrance Day service. There was also a lunch with former Whitehaven Club members. Unfortunately, the Whitehaven Club has closed. Several of the members have joined Cockermouth but others find it is too far to travel, so a halfway lunch was an idea to say goodbye. If this sounds the kind of organisation you might


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enjoy, you would be made very welcome. The club covers an area including Keswick, Workington, Maryport and the surrounding villages. For more information, please contact us via the website. There is also an informal coffee morning on the second Monday of the month, at the Lakes Home Centre in Cockermouth at 10.30am. Why not come along to that, we don’t discuss business we just chat!


Wendy Dempster, Communications Officer


COCKERMOUTH & DISTRICT www.cockermouthsoroptimists.co.ukwww.facebook.com/cockermouthsoroptimists 21 DECEMBER 2017 ISSUE 421 PAGE 33


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