RED COW GOLF SOCIETY
ONCE again the Red Cow Golf Society has organised a special charity event to join forces with the local Werrington Kidz2kidz voluntary group who provide emergency funds for distressed mums and gifts for disadvantaged children at Christmas.
The fund also supports Scotties Little Solders which is a charity for children of the fallen to help with their activities in the Moorlands.
Founded six years ago as a spin-off of the Werrington Young Persons Support group, Kidz2kidz has received nationwide acclaim for its work at Christmas with distressed mums and disadvantaged children.
The fund is now based at Werrington Community Library & Wellbeing Centre where toys can be donated.
Since the fund started, the Red Cow
Golf Society has donated well over
£12,000, which has been allocated to deserving families each year and in 2017 alone emergency cash was given to 148 distressed mums which is the highest number the fund has helped in a single year. In addition Kidz2kidz arranged toy gifts to 363 disadvantaged children.
Tony Simpson, Chairman of the Red Cow Golf Society, said that they were delighted to support such a worthy cause with its local base in Werrington. He added: “We are all volunteers, supported by the Red Cow, family, friends and colleagues, to give a helping hand to those less fortunate at Christmas, and we know every penny goes to deserving families. We are pleased to be involved and proud of what we have achieved”.
SWYTHAMLEY WI
OUR MEETING was opened by president Angela Wilmott with the sad news of the passing of former SFWI Chairman Denise Morton. A lovely lady who will be sadly missed.
Members were asked for their help at the Vintage Rally in October at Heaton House. Swythamley. Ladies are holding a tombola in aid of the Midland Air Ambulance.
The following day we host the Moorland Autumn Group Meeting at Swythamley and again our members were called on for their support.
Marion Goddard was our evening speaker. She is raising funds for DB Disability Services who deliver services for disabled people in Cheshire East including information and advice, computer literacy and help with employment and shopmobility services.
And what an interesting talk Marion gave us. The subject Dubai. It is man-made, by the sea, shaped like a palm and originally started as a pearl fishing village.
The people speak English, but children in school are taught Arabic. Marion showed us pictures of fantastic buildings, the old and the new.
The city is set out in designated areas for education, sport, medicine etc.
There are wonderful gardens ‘Miracle Garden’ and the Big Red sand dunes of the desert. We were told about the way of life of the Emirati people and that it was a very multicultural society.
It is very well-protected and is a place where the people drive very fast cars, even the police drive a Ferraris, but It was a place where you felt safe. Liz Lowe gave the vote of thanks.
A lovely supper, provided by Linda Wilshaw, Lynn Whittaker and Liz Lowe, bought the evening to a close.