Projects

Engineering Award

Top Female Engineers Win Soroptimist Award

On the 9th November Shweta Mehta (MEng in Aerospace Engineering) and Peng Zhao (BSc Hons in Multimedia Technology) were awarded the Soroptimist International St Albans and District: Peggy Hodges Prize for the highest performing female student completing the second year … Continued


Whopping £2715 Raised for Women’s Refuge

Whopping £2715 Raised for Women’s Refuge   The St Albans & District Soroptimists raised a whopping £2715 for the St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge in the club year 2010/11.  The Refuge has used the money to help fund educational programmes for both staff … Continued


Grove House Thrilled to Receive £2500

St Albans & District Soroptimists have been supporting the Grove House day hospice in St Albans since 2003. With this year’s activities raising £2,500 that makes a grand total of £12,515 – what a fantastic achievement! Louise Miller from Grove … Continued



Pink Walk for Breast Cancer Campaign

Soroptimists from all around the London area took a “Pink Walk in the Park” in Hyde Park on Sunday 30th September. The event raised awareness of Breast Cancer, and funds for the Breast Cancer Campaign. Participants, wearing a potpourri of … Continued


Tetanus Appeal Ted

The St Albans and District Club raised almost £300 for UNICEF UK’s Tetanus Appeal for Uganda. Sally Bear, Club members, friends and colleagues filled Smartie tubes with spare change and sent the money to UNICEF. Every Smartie tube filled helped … Continued


Women’s Safety Survey

  St Albans Soroptimists conducted a follow-up survey in to find out how safe women feel in and around the St Albans area since the survey 5 years earlier. The results have been published, and show that women do not … Continued