COME FLY WITH ME

We were joined by Claire Hatton from The British Women Pilots’ Association who gave a really interesting talk about her work as a flying instructor and an insight into women in aviation.

Zoe Bowers Region President Pam’s daughter then gave an interesting talk about the difference between STEM & STEAM – Presidents Pam’s theme for the year

The Business Meeting took place after lunch. 

Region Programme Action Officers Sian and Esther introduced us to our newest member Poly De La Mere!

Poly has joined today because she knows we are very worried about plastic pollution and wants to help. Region clubs will be collecting plastic milk bottle tops over the coming months and will bring to the next Region Meeting in September

The Communication team introduced the new way forward for Marketing & Communications – over the last few months they have been building the team and now have dedicated members ready to promote our Organisation externally and inform our members with Internal Communication systems in place.

History pages on Club websites have been requested to build a Region History ahead of 2021 and #100 years Soroptimist International – for Region History click here

Kath Lewis Development Officer gave a report on the SIGBI Development Day held last Saturday

The meeting closed at 3pm – a very interesting and varied day was had by all

The post Region Meeting – Come Fly With Me appeared first on SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral.

The meeting began at 10am with Coffee, where we held a Tombola in support of OAKS Charity and raised £117, thanks to all who helped and those who supported.

The Region Council Meeting began at 10.30 where we looked at President Pam’s Theme for the Year STEAM – Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics

Our Guest Speaker at 11.15am Was Mrs Laurel Parkinson Director of Education for OAKS (Overseas Aid for Kids in Sierra Leone) which is President Pam’s chosen charity for the year. Laurel is an experienced educator, passionate about OAKS, of which she has been a Trustee/Director for the past 11 years. Laurel gave a really interesting and inspiring  talk about OAKS and the wonderful achievements of the students

After a working Lunch there was time for Planning and Discussion

Membership & Development Officers’ Kathryn Lewis and Caroline Lightfoot-Smith held a lively and interesting workshop looking at increasing our membership

Programme Action Officer’s Sian Kent and Esther Roberts gave us valuable information about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the 5 x P’s = People – Planet – Prosperity – Partnerships – Peace. A lively and interesting discussion followed where members placed their Project work under these categories.

The meeting Closed at 3.15pm

The post Region Meeting 16th February 2019 appeared first on SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral.

The Region meeting and Change of Insignia started at 1.45pm with a slideshow of photos taken at Liverpool Conference, thanks to all clubs who sent in photos

The post Region Change of Insignia appeared first on SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral.

Our blue sparkly brooches are raising funds around the world.

Hilary Laidler has been sending North, South, East & West – from Madagascar to Alaska, from Scandinavia to Europe, from the United Kingdom to Australia.

International President Mariet has also made at least the equivalent funds by selling the brooches as she has travelled the world.

A fantastic result so far, making a difference to women and girls by helping to provide clean water and sanitation – click here to read about the project so far

Read The story of the sparkly blue brooches  by Hilary Laidler

The post Brooches for Water, Women & Leadership appeared first on SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral.

This money was raised earlier in the year when the committee held an Afternoon Tea/Fashion show at Eaton Park, Cheshire by kind permission of the Duke of Westminster.

Members in the photo, are Denny Owen, Susan Jones, SI President Mariet, Jenny Wilson, Eirwen Kenrick, Hafdis Karlsdottir (Assit. Director of Advocacy)

and Esther Roberts.

The post LIME Presentation to Soroptimist International President Mariet appeared first on SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral.

Each year Soroptimists from Clubs throughout the Region enjoy running the Friendship and Information Centre at the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

Here we showcase our projects with an excellent display stand, and we greet visitors from around the world who come to this wonderful event.

This year we sponsored a young choir “The Moravian Folk Choir”

For more information and photos click here

The post Congratulations to our Region on a successful International Llangollen Eisteddfod appeared first on SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral.