The St Albans and District Soroptimist Club started the new club year in style by celebrating its 58th anniversary.

The event began by welcoming new member Alka Cashyap, a GP from Harpenden, to the club, and club president Denise Powell announced the theme for the coming year is ‘continuity through change’.

The club will continue striving to improve the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and globally.