Soroptimist International of Bournemouth has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in the BirthdayHonours list announced on 2nd June 2018. HM The Queen created the awards in 2002 in celebration of her Golden Jubilee with the purpose of … Continued
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CELEBRATIONS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018
At the 2018 AGM outgoing President Shirley congratulated new Joint Presidents for 2018/19 Catherine Beal and Liz Dominey on taking up their new roles. One of the first jobs for Catherine and Liz was to present member Gloria Proops with a … Continued
STEM CHALLENGE (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) 2017-2018
The STEM Challenge is now in its sixth year attracting more interest from the engineering world than previously. The challenge is for girls only in order to promote participation and raise aspirations in industries that young women often … Continued
NEW YEAR, NEW MEMBER!
New Year! New member! President Shirley welcomed new member Alison Davis into the Bournemouth club family at their January meeting. Alison brings her experience of being a Justice of the Peace and a Counsellor and is keen to get involved … Continued
CONGRATULATIONS TO HELEN SHARMAN CMG OBE
Congratulations to Helen Sharman on being awarded the CMG (Order of St Michael & St George) in the New Year’s Honours List “for services to science and technology educational outreach”. SI Bournemouth members greatly appreciated Helen’s support for the STEM Challenge and the encouraging … Continued
Party! Party! Party!
Members and guests enjoying our Christmas party at the end of a successful year of fundraising for our projects, volunteering in the local community, lobbying on the issues we are passionate about and welcoming brand new members. Here’s to an … Continued
Please Help Us Access Funds for the 2017-2018 STEM Challenge
To ensure the success of encouraging girls in Y8 and Y9 to take up a career in STEM subjects we run a challenge each year but this requires funds so this year we have applied to the AVIVA Community Fund … Continued
SI Bournemouth support the Mines Advisory Group (MAG)
SI Bournemouth have joined the MAG team to address the impact of landmines on women and girls. Landmines are indiscriminate in who they target but the impact that they have on people’s lives is very different for women, girls, boys … Continued
Lobbying Group Project Work is Celebrated at the SIGBI Annual Conference
The ‘Lobbying’ programme action group at SI Bournemouth were praised for their work on lobbying MEP’s about the inappropriate use of neonicotinoids (bee killing pesticides) at the annual SIGBI Conference in Cardiff. The project was celebrated as some of the best … Continued
Bournemouth Soroptimist member celebrates 50 years of membership
President Shirley was delighted to present Trish Diamond with a certificate celebrating 50 years of Soroptimist International membership. Congratulations Trish and thank you for all those years of service making a difference to the lives of women and girls … Continued