This is the message that was given by SI Bournemouth member, Jennifer Scales, who informed members about the work with Roma children in the Ukraine that the Winton Salvation Army ‘Vision of Hope’ Mission carry out every couple of years.  Jennifer is honoured to assist in the work which gives the children a ‘week of childhood’ through sport, arts, crafts, bible stories and general fun. The communities are isolated and very poor so it is the norm for children not to have sufficient clothing especially in winter so the team take as many useful gifts that they can and which generally pushes their baggage allowance to the limit!  

Bournemouth Soroptimists were delighted to support the RNLI’s Women’s Network to celebrate National Women in Engineering Day 2016. Having been inspired by Bournemouth Soroptimists STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) Challenge, in which they formed part of the judging panel, the RNLI Women’s Network decided to set a ‘Safety Message challenge’ to girls at local schools. The prestigious event was held at the RNLI headquarters in Poole where the girls were encouraged to design a ‘cool safety message when on the water which will appeal to young people’. The event began with a list of famous women inventors in STEM based industries but who were also from creative backgrounds and the UN Sustainable Development goals were promoted.  To inspire the students further they visited the ‘Ideas Room’ where ideas were discussed to make a safer ‘sea bubble’ which could ferry people to their workplace. In