Citylife in Rugeley and Cannock Chase May June 2021

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Cannock & District Ladies Probus By Alison Cardy .................... Many social clubs are either folding or in abeyance until lockdown restrictions are eased but meeting through Zoom. In April, ladies from Cannock & District Probus Club met, to be entertained by speaker Neil Weyham, giving an amusing entertaining talk entitled Tales of a Carpet Cleaner (not quite Confessions of a Window Cleaner but he spared our blushes!) Neil relayed snippets from his many experiences with Chem-Dry since he joined them in 1991. Explaining his background, as owner of Chem-Dry, he also works on match days at West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa, a snooker coach, Steward at Edgbaston Cricket Club and Magistrate at Birmingham’s Magistrates Court. However going back 43 years to 1978, joining Reckitt and Coleman, he regaled us with memories of products of days gone by. Redundant after 13 years, Neil next ventured into Chem-Dry and shared amusing anecdotes. An unusual job was to clean two 2-seater sofas, and whilst chatting Neil asked if they had been bought locally but was told they were from London off the Set of Good Morning with Holly and Phil so many celebrities had sat on them over the years! Neil who, at 6ft 5 inches tall is known as the Jolly Clean Giant, was thanked for his talk for which payment was donated to his chosen charity of St Giles Hospice. Should any retired or semi-retired professional or business ladies wish to join Cannock & District Ladies Probus to share friendship, particularly in these difficult times, the club normally meets on the first Thursday of each month at The Chase Golf Club at 12 noon. New members are always welcome. Annual membership is £16. Further information can be obtained from Membership Secretary Barbara on 01889 882166 or Chairman Anne on 01922 418037. New Businesses Grants .................... Cannock Chase Council has extended the range of businesses who are eligible for its discretionary grant scheme known as Additional Restrictions Grants (ARG). It follows the Chancellor’s budget statement in March which promised further support from April to those businesses continuing to be affected by lockdown measures and means grants will become available to selfemployed businesses from 30 April. The Government has allocated £2.9m to the Council to be used at the Council’s discretion to help local businesses severely restricted by trading restrictions during the lockdown and for longer-term skills and training initiatives in the District. The new grants for self-employed people and small businesses operating from home will be a one-off grant of £2,000 to businesses who do not have commercial premises and have suffered a loss of income of 30% or more due to the trading restrictions. Full details can be found at www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk in Coronavirus and Council Services on the homepage then `Business, Employers and Employees`. This section has details of all support available including ARG. 18 Cannock & District Soroptimists By Trish Mellor ................................ Amanda Milling MP at the meeting SI Cannock & District marked International Women’s Day 2021 in March by featuring 12 local women on their social media, their website and by inviting them to a special evening conducted on Zoom. The theme this year was #ChooseToChallenge – gender equality. These women have chosen to challenge stereotypes by going into careers traditionally thought of as male roles. Cannock Soroptimists approached a firefighter, prison officer, a Sky technician, a local councillor, an MP, and CEOs of local organisations to ask them to share their experiences, both positive and negative, of having a successful career in what might be seen as mainly a man’s world. They also wanted to highlight how working mothers have coped during the pandemic, juggling working from home with home schooling, alongside running a home and all that entails. Seven of the women were able to accept the invitation to join the meeting to mark International Women’s Day 2021 – the others were working or at pre-arranged meetings. They were joined by Soroptimists from other clubs in the Midland Chase area and from Port Talbot, Wales and Harrisburg, USA: 41 in all! The women were asked to say a little about ways they have handled gender discrimination. They had all found different ways of doing this, but the main theme that ran through their responses was that having confidence in their abilities gave them the strength to carry on despite some often major setbacks. They also found that proving those abilities often meant that they received the respect they deserved from their male colleagues. They were also asked about what advice they would give to younger women thinking of embarking on similar paths to theirs – it was a resounding ‘Go for it!’ What was obvious with all of the answers our women gave was the desire they had to ‘bring others with them’ on their journey to achieving success in their chosen careers. They advised that the ability to empathise with those they work with was key to a harmonious working environment. Another feature of everyone’s answers was the importance of role models whether that be family or school. Before the meeting ended, everyone held a hand up high to show our commitment to choose to challenge and call out inequality. Cannock Soroptimists can be contacted by email cannock.soroptimists@gmail.com, found on website www.sigbi.org/cannock-and-district, or on Facebook www.facebook.com/SICannock.
Twilight WI Cannock By Kim Nash ........................ Twilight WI Cannock held both their annual general meeting and celebrated their one-year anniversary on Thursday 8th April. Clare Davies was elected as President for the year ahead and would love to invite new members to come along and join the group. The Women's Institute is based on the idea of establishing a strong female community, providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to make a difference in their communities. Our programme for the year ahead includes gin tasting, a visit from a chocolate shop and a talk about how we can live a greener life. Twilight WI Cannock meet on the second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm until 9.30pm. Meetings are currently held on Zoom, but when back up and running, physical meetings will take place at St Luke’s Church Centre, Cannock. Parking is available at the venue. If you’d like to find out more about Twilight WI Cannock please contact cannocktwilightwi@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/WI.Twilight. 19
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