Welcome to our website

Hello and welcome to the website of our club, Soroptimist International of Chelmsford.

If you are just visiting, we hope you will browse the site and find it of interest.

So who exactly are Soroptimists?

Well, Soroptimist International is the world’s largest women’s service organisation with Consultative Status at the United Nations. For a more detailed description of our organisation we would suggest you visit our page Who Are We?

We work locally: the Chelmsford club was founded in 1951 and has given nearly 60 years of service, locally to our community – working with, amongst others, Chelmsford Women’s Aid (Refuge). We lobby and undertake local projects that benefit women and girls.

We also work regionally – with ten other clubs in the London Anglia Region to support two schools in Malawi. Pictured right is Regional Immediate Past President, Maggie Orage, distributing beakers to the children in Lesaki school, Malawi. The Regional website contains more information on this project.

We work nationally – where we support the UK Programme Action Committee’s Stop Violent Against Women, project (see What We Do to see our event in High Chelmer shopping precinct.

And we work internationally, fund-raising for our Project SIerra.

Sierra Leone is one of the poorest nations on earth. Last year it celebrated it’s first year of peace since the 10-year civil war. This joint international project between Soroptimists and Hope and Homes for Children aims to raise £1 million to assist thousands of women and children who are living in abject poverty.

For more information on how it all fits together please visit Our Structure page.

Our club

We are a lively and very friendly group of women who meet on the fourth Thursday of the month in the Council Chamber of Springfield Parish Centre, Chelmsford. Every other month we meet up socially. This could take the form of a meal in a restaurant, a concert or a visit to the theatre and each summer we hold a garden party.

Do have a look around this website where you will find information on the projects that we are working on at the moment.

If you would like more information on our club and work, do email us – we’d love to hear from you: info@chelmsfordsoroptimists.com