Welcome to SI Leeds
SI Leeds meets every 2nd Monday of each month normally at Weetwood Hall Hotel, Far Headingley, Leeds, LS16 5PS at 7.30pm
Our calendar for 2024
| Date | Notes | |
| January 8th | Travel Grant recipients Laura and Georgia talking about their plans to volunteer in Nepal | |
| January 31st | Programme Action | Zoom |
| February 8th | Terry King talks to SI Ilkley about Nepal project | Contact Terry |
| February 12th | Liz Downey talks about “Investigating fatalities in Prison”.
Project Planning |
Members to come with ideas for projects |
| February 25th | Visit to Rhubarb Sheds Wakefield | Contact Margaret |
| Date TBA | Card Evening | Contact Gillian |
| March 2nd | Wakefield 90th Charter Dinner | Contact Margaret |
| March 8th | International Women’s Day
Forging and inclusive world for women and girls Free event hosted by SI Harrogate. 7pm Wesley Chapel HG11PP Speakers Ruth Smith and Ruth Healy President SIGBI |
Contact sihandd@hotmail.co.uk |
| March 9th | RCM Holiday Inn Barnsley | Contact Margaret |
| March 11th
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“If walls could talk” – The Chinese Wallpaper at Temple Newsam Dr Louise Atkinson
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| March 25th | Orange cafe | Venue? |
| April 8rd
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AGM
Speaker TBA |
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| April 23rd | STEM day Alder Tree Primary | Contact Annie
SIGBI and Yorkshire President’s Ruth Healey and Susie Westwood attending |
| April 25th | Orange cafe | Venue TBA |
| April 29th | Afternoon Tea venue TBA | Sylvie |
| May 13th
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Paul Blakey MBE – Founder of Street Angels A project which has made a massive difference in over one hundred towns and cities across the UK and overseas. Founded in November 2005 the scheme has seen violent crime and sexual assaults reduce dramatically in many of the communities where the projects work. |
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| May 25th | Orange café | Venue TBA |
| June 10th
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Helen Berriman Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Informative talk about the YAA service, and its activities in the community. |
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| June 15th | RCM – Askham Grange
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| June 24th
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Walk Yorkshire Sculpture Park | Sylvie |
| July 8th | Sarah Hornshaw, “succeeding through adversity”. Childrens novelist, a disabled woman who took up writing during the pandemic and donated the profits to the Brain Tumour Charity | |
| July 25th | Orange cafe | Venue TBA |
| August 12th | Speaker TBA | |
| September 9th
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Speaker Jane Ashby “A life remembered”
A Talk by Jane about her Gt. Grandfather George Piercy, who founded a Mission in Canton, China in 1851. His affection for China was boundless and he is revered today by many in China. Various family Chinese objects illustrate the talk. |
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| September 21st | RCM – Wetherby | |
| September | Shibbden Hall | Sylvie |
| October 14th | Speaker TBA | |
| November 1-3rd | SIGBI Conference Edinburgh | Margaret |
| November 11th
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Charitable collection Salvation Army
Speaker TBA |
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| December 9th | Club Christmas dinner | Sylvie |
If you would like to come along to any of our meetings, please email terry@terrykingobe.uk