{"id":5,"date":"2008-06-11T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bedford\/about-our-club\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T09:27:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T09:27:36","slug":"about-our-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedford Soroptimist International Club &#8211; Welcome !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;989&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Welcome to SI Bedford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the moment we meet once a month and have a meeting followed by lunch<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Who we are and what we do<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Soroptimist International is a truly International Organisation operating in 130 countries:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We work to support women and girls at International, national and local level<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Working at the local level allows us autonomy over what we support and the ability to see and adjust the impact of our choices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Activities of Bedford Soroptimists include:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Discussion and debate about a\u00a0wide variety of topics of local, national and international importance such as concerns related to violence against women,\u00a0educational opportunity\u00a0and the well-being of children and aging<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taking\u00a0up matters\u00a0\u00a0at a local level e.g. lobbying MPs on issues of importance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Raising money for local, national and international charities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Running a housing scheme for women of limited means<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Continuing\u00a0our friendship links with other clubs including in the West Indies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Having\u00a0 fun &#8211; with food, friendship and outings<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To contact us see Contacts Page[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1567429377510{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69d39f0ad9db7 h4{color:rgb(0, 85, 150);}.ld_fancy_heading_69d39f0ad9db7 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69d39f0ad9db7\">\n\t<h4 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> Recent Club News<\/span><\/h4><\/div><style>.ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e .liquid-blog-grid{margin-left:-15px;margin-right:-15px;}.ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e .liquid-blog-grid > div{padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;}.ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e .liquid-blog-grid .liquid-lp{margin-bottom:30px;}.ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e .filter-list{margin-bottom:px;}.ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e .liquid-blog-item .liquid-lp-title,.ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e .liquid-lp .liquid-lp-title{margin-top:px;margin-bottom:px;}<\/style><div data-filter-id=\"1567430437040-b6cf35d1-3468\" class=\"liquid-blog-posts ld_blog_69d39f0adab7e 1567430437040-3431ac8e-2c7a \" data-post-per-page=\"2\"><div class=\"liquid-blog-grid row\"><\/div><!--\/ .row --><\/div><!--\/ .liquid-blog-posts -->[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;989&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text] Welcome to SI Bedford At the moment we meet once a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bedford Soroptimist International Club - Welcome ! 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