SI Blackpool & District welcome new member Treasurer Helen was pleased to be the one to welcome our newest member Chantelle to the club at our recent AGM. Helen pictured right, presents Chantelle with her membership certificate and badge, along with a club fleece.
Blackpool Soroptimists sponsor Girl Guide Treasurer Helen presenting a cheque for £220 as sponsorship to Girl Guide Vibha as she travels to South Korea in the summer to meet up with other girl guides from all around the world. Vibha will come back to the club to talk about her experience later in the year.
SI Blackpool and District are proud to sponsor Fylde Rugby Community Foundation. Fylde Rugby Community Foundation is an independent charity set up in 2020 to harness sport as a tool to improve the lives and prospects of local individuals and their overall wellbeing. The vision is to facilitate “Rugby for All” to benefit the lives of all ages in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. SI Blackpool have chosen to support the launch of brand new rugby sessions for young girls aged 12-16. The plan is to support 240 girls in Year 7 across 4 schools in Blackpool with 10 sessions each at a cost of £3,750. The photo shows SI Blackpool members handing over the cheque to coordinator Phill Mills from Fylde Rugby Community Foundation.
The club met in July for it’s annual Programme Action Evening, where we collect cleaning materials for Fylde Coast Womens Aid. Chief Executive Tina Hibbard came to accept the donations and to keep the club informed on the current work. To read the full report please click on the link FCWA Annual Report 2022-23 FINAL
Club members celebrated the Charter Anniversary in May with an afternoon tea at Burnside Garden Centre. It was an informal occasion which was enjoyed by all in true Soroptimist fashion – with Food, Fun and Friendship.
Club Members hosted a stand at Thornton Library on International Womens Day to promote the work of Soroptimist International and were able to hand out leaflets and talk about the work we do.
The long-established friendship between Blackpool’s Windmill Youth Development Group and Blackpool & District Soroptimists continued over a brew last week ahead of Windmill’s final Duke of Edinburgh Gold Challenge to be held later in the year. Soroptimist Treasurer Helen Thompson presented a cheque to Windmill’s Stuart Sykes MBE, to swell funds for the final planning stages of this cumulative and prestigious award undertaken by local young people. Photo shows, from back left: Helen T, Stuart, Pat, front: Helen D, Wendy. If you are interested to know more about Blackpool Soroptimists who work locally, nationally and internationally with women and their families, Email us at SIBlackpoolsec@hotmail.com or find more on our website www.sigbi.org/Blackpool-and-district
On Tuesday 1st March members of SI Blackpool & District, together with volunteers from the friends of Anchorsholme Park, planted 10 Cordyline Australis palms, which the club have purchased in celebration of 100 years of Soroptimist International and 60 years of SI Blackpool & District. Although it was a cold day, the sun shone on all their efforts.
Held at Singleton Lodge on 9th December our members enjoyed fun and friendship with good food.
Soroptimists call for a collective global effort on International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25th November. Each day followed a different theme and ended on Human Rights Day10th December, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. SI Blackpool & District shared all the visual images on their Social Media accounts – Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and What’s App
