Women Aloud, Celebrating International Women's Day at King's Lynn

Published: 17:14, 08 March 2019

| Updated: 19:02, 10 March 2019

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King's Lynn Town Hall was the scene of Bollywood dancers and a range of stalls this afternoon to commemorate International Women's Day.

Mayor Nick Daubney, who offered the Town Hall free of charge for the event, is pictured next to Kim Bramham, president of Soroptimist International who organised the event (7660402)

The Town Hall was offered out free of charge by borough mayor Nick Daubney to accommodate the Women Aloud festival, hosted by the King's Lynn branch of Soroptimist International.

This is an organisation working to improve the lives of women and girls. The stalls in the Town Hall not only celebrated women, but also provided advice, information and opportunities for females.

A sign welcoming you into the exhibition, created by Soropotimist International in 2018 to commemorate the 100th centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918

Mr Daubney opened the festival at 10am with the stalls running until 4pm, including Citizen's Advice, The Purfleet Trust, Pippa's Pantry and Parkrun.

The festival runs until tomorrow (Saturday, March 9) afternoon at 3.30pm.

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Kim Bramham, president of Soroptimist International King's Lynn who organised the events, said: "We are in collaboration with women across the world. It's fun to do and is a bit different to what normally happens in King's Lynn.

"It's not just about Bollywood. There's lots of different things going on with organisations here that help women and girls."

Mary Plant of Soroptimist added: "We have a packed programme of events lined up including a performance by Rock Choir and an evening reception with Josephine Reynolds this evening.

"She was the first female firefighter in the UK. So it's nice to get lots of people together to celebrate International Women's Day."