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'Canary Girls' The Forgotten Heroines of Two World Wars

Updates On Our Progress

Saturday 29th May 2021
                  We raised £655 at a local bake sale!

Friday 25th June 2021

              Canary girls were interviewed on Radio Cumbria - which you can listen to here!

Thursday 18th November 2021

                   Canary SPH presentation
                   This event raised more than £500...
                   Other recent speaker events have raised a further £200
                   A coffee morning held locally added £377 in donations; which in total now stands at approximately £2500!

Thursday 24th February 2022

                   Our total funds now stand at £5000!

Wednesday 25th May 2022

                      The Canary Girls Memorial Project featured on ITV news laying our yellow poppy wreath, the clip can be

                      found in our 'Speaker Dates' page.

 

Thursday 18th August 2022

                   The Canary Girls Memorial project is now looking for people who are willing to become ambassadors for the

                   project to help raise awareness and funds! If interested please click here.

Tuesday 26th September 2023

                Our total funds now stand at £9200 and is still raising thanks to all the wonderful support!

                Our petition ​has now gone live on change.org.

Monday 02nd October 2023

                Our project has now reached 10,000 signatures on our petition!

Monday 20th May 2023

                Speakers will be available to give presentations in the Suffolk and Essex area from August 2024!
                Just get in touch by emailing: sanddot51k@gmail.com

Saturday 03rd June 2023

                  Nateby and Wharton WI's Canary Girls wreath featured in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Article.

 

Saturday 03rd August 2024

                  Wonderful News: Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland, Federation Director, Lindsay

                  Green and the Board of SIGBI* would like to confirm its definite support for the Canary Girls Memorial Project

                  and are in full agreement that there should be a memorial honouring these women in the National Memorial

                  Arboretum!

                  **The SIGBI are a group of professional women who support female causes around the world.

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