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The photo shows women who were victims of so called honour based violence. \u00a0Jasvinder is now campaigning to honour these women and to dishonour the crime by establishing a day of memory to all those victims.<\/p>\n

On 4th June 2014\u00a0<\/strong>members attended a seminar organised by Wolverhampton Safe Guarding and Wolverhampton Domestic Violence Forum on the new law. \u00a0Jasvinder spoke with her normal passion and delegates heard from a blind survivor about her ‘escape’. A representative \u00a0from the Forced Marriage Unit also explained the law.<\/p>\n

During the year 2012\/13 <\/strong>club members collected and packed 77 backpacks for the charity Mary’s Meals enabling 77 children to go to school and receive a hot meal per day.<\/p>\n

Since\u00a02011<\/strong> Bilston members started a long term project working alongside Jasvinder Sanghera and her charity Karma Nirvana to raise awareness of forced marriage<\/a> in the UK.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Club members responded to the Home Office consultation on the criminalisation of Forced Marriage and\u00a0asked all Soroptimist clubs\u00a0in the UK to complete the online questionnaire and postcard campaign.\u00a0 In June 2012 it was announced that Forced Marriage would be criminalised in 2013.<\/p>\n

The club has\u00a0been campaigning in partnership with Marine Conservation Society to ban the mass release of balloons to protect the environment and wildlife.\u00a0 Even in 2012<\/strong> club members still monitor and follow up the mass release of balloons.\u00a0 We have written to HRH Queen Elizabeth to highlight the problems caused by mass releases\u00a0during her Diamond Jubilee Year events. At the Brighton Federation Conference Bilston was nominated for a SIGBI Best Practice Award.<\/p>\n

In June 2010<\/strong> we helped CRY \u00a0to organise a free cardiac screening event held at the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club.\u00a0There were 216 young people (14- 35 years) screened\u00a0and 16 found to need further investigation with 2 sent directly from the screening for immediate attention.<\/p>\n

In 2008<\/strong> the club was presented with an International Best Practice Award for the support given to The Kenyan Camel Library. The club purchased over 400 books and a female camel!\u00a0 Eighteen Bilston members gave a lively and amusing presentation at the Federation conference in Barbados where Margaret Lobo Soroptimist International President\u00a0made the award.<\/p>\n

Camel masks used in club presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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