Last week at Together Women, we had an Eid party.  Everyone brought delicious food.  We played Bingo, listened to music and chatted. Also, because  we are going to a local community garden soon, which one of the ladies at TWP helps at. We potted plants for our gardens/balconies and one lady gave us useful advice about the plants.

On Saturday June 13th, members of SI Bingley met to clear litter from the paths along the Riverside Walk as their contribution to World Environment Day 2026. For over 30 years until recently SI Bingley had adopted this area and cleared litter each month as a local Programme Action activity until it was taken over by another Bingley town group. After a successful morning, a welcome cup of coffee was enjoyed by the group with a chance to chat and share ideas for future projects.

S I Bingley joined in the weekend celebrations with the display of the 'I feel safe quilt' which is making its way around a number of venues across the distrct. We met up with our friend Nell Kenny who posed for a photo with our MP Anna Dixon.

Every year, Soroptimists join the UN’s global 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women and Girls, held from 25 November to 10 December. This year members of S I Bingley decided to organise a Reclaim the Night Walk   Why Aren’t we safe ??   Violence against women and girls affects one in three women. It is a global human rights emergency that must stop. We walk to demand an end to sexual assault, rape, and all forms of men’s violence and harassment against women and girls. We march to demand an end to the victim-blaming of women who experience sexual assault, rape, violence and harassment. We march to reclaim our streets and take back our spaces and to say that we have a right to access them without any fear. A mass of women pounding the streets together sends a message to our leaders

As part of Bingley Creates, S I Bingley’s quilt highlighting safety was displayed at Damart. Some members also attended SIGBI’s annual conference on Birmingham in October 2025, where members displayed the quilt and talked about the project that surrounds it .

Cervical cancer is preventable and curable, as long as it is detected early and managed effectively. Yet it is the 4th most common form of cancer among women worldwide, with the disease claiming the lives of almost 350,000 women in 2022. Few diseases reflect global inequalities as much as cancer of the cervix. Nearly 94% of the deaths in 2022 occurred in low and middle income countries. This is where the burden of cervical cancer is greatest, because access to public health services is limited and screening and treatment for the disease have not been widely implemented. Since 2023 Soroptimists have been working hard to raise awareness of the importance of screening for the disease and to encourage vaccination to completely eliminate it. Cervical cancer is preventable and curable, as long as it is detected early and managed effectively. Yet it is the 4th most common form

Soroptimists from West Yorkshire joined the Knit at Natter group at Together Women to celebrate Eid. there was food ,wordsearches, colouring, puzzles, nail painting, hand massage and mendhi patterns.  

On Wednesday March 5th, the Nell Bank Outdoor Activity Centre, Ilkley, hosted an event to welcome the International President of Rotary on a visit to Yorkshire from her home in Pennsylvania, USA. Local charities were invited to showcase their charitable work and members from Bingley Community Kitchen, supported by Bingley Rotary Club and Soroptimist International of Bingley were invited to attend and provide a display of their work.