President’s Message

A warm welcome to the web pages of Soroptimist International (SI) Poole. Chartered in 1952, our club has been active in the community of Poole for the last 59 years. It has a wide catchment area and members come from as far afield as Dorchester and Wimborne as well as from Poole itself.
Members meet on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Salterns Hotel, Poole for project work or for speakers on SI related issues. Prior to each meeting, there is informal social/dining time.
The focus of SI Poole is on projects and this year, members are working on support for victims of domestic violence, advocacy for the elderly, BeePlus helping children to learn about bees, support for SI Bamenda in Cameroon and link-ups with the girl guiding movement.
Additionally, we continue to raise awareness of the plight of victims of human trafficking by supporting the Purple Teardrop Campaign, selling teardrop pin-badges and working in partnership with other organisations with complementary objectives. The Purple Teardrop Campaign patron, Louis de Bernieres, helps to raise the profile of the campaign and achieve its objectives. We are very supportive of the Purple Teardrop Campaign’s lobby to leglislate for the banning of ‘Sex for Sale’ advertisements – show your support by signing up
We are fund-raising for Bournemouth Leukemia Fund, Girl Guides and the Purple Teardrop Campaign as well as a number of Poole based charities. Our recent fund-raiser, a Night at the Theatre, raised just under £500 - our sincere thanks to Broadstone Players for their wonderful support. Our next fund raising event is our ever popular Silent Auction – on 1 March 2012.
To find out more about Soroptimist International Poole, keep reading and if you are interested in becoming a member or would like to support one or more of our events, please contact us as enquiries@sipoole.org.uk You can check us out on facebook and twitter too!

President Carol Thomas
January 2012