News from London Chilterns Region

Four SI Presidents and a Baroness attended the House of Lords on 25 March 2011 at the 21st anniversary dinner held jointly by SI Thames Valley and SI London Chiltern Region to celebrate the founding of SI Thames Valley. The evening … Continued

International Women’s Day 8th March Soroptimists will be joining Women for Women International (WWI) again during the day on the 8th March for a march across the Millennium Bridge finishing in front of the National Theatre. There will also be … Continued

On July 19th 2011 a coach full of Bedford Soroptimists and their guests headed for London and in particular the House of Lords where they were met by Soroptimists guests from other clubs including our regional president, Johanna. Our afternoon tea … Continued

When SI London Mayfair disbanded in April 2010, the members knew they would always stay in touch. It has fallen to Sakina Jetha (now of SI Central & SW) to arrange a social event for the former members and this … Continued

Eileen Alexander (member of SI Bedford since 1952) was 100 years old on April 2nd 2011. She is quaffing her bubbly with the club and looking very lively for someone in her third day of partying.  We congratulate her and … Continued

Tuesday 8th March  International Women’s Day 100th Anniversary (Picture is 2010 Walk) “Women on the Bridge” London Millennium Bridge – joint event with Women for Women International (WWI) – see the website www.womenforwomen.org/bridge There will be events in the UK and … Continued

On Saturday 5 February 2011 we held the Incoming President Workshop which included Elects, Vice and was hosted by Region President Johanna Raffan and led by Teams of Excellence trainer Eileen Shaw, both from SI Thames Valley. We were also … Continued

Congratulation to Jean for the excellent article.  Your points on the value of Soroptimist were very well made. My attempt to copy this is rather fuzzy.  You may get a better copy by pasting the following into your browser: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=7a1Q0Tc5z04E&EID=50e786ee-c629-4dee-ba75-9b9d94f0a6ac&skip=true

You will be thrilled to hear that Soroptimists from London Chilterns, South East and Southern Regions joined in the march on the Millennium Bridge on Tuesday 8 March. It took one and a half hours but the circuit was held … Continued

Training in Public Speaking at the House of Lords with Baroness Flather There were nine of us present at the Public Speaking workshop hosted by Baroness Shreela Flather on Tuesday 15 June. She is a feisty lady and broke the … Continued