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RUN BOURNEMOUTH EVENT – CAN YOU HELP US?

RUN BOURNEMOUTH EVENT – CAN YOU HELP US?

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Bournemouth Marathon has changed to RUN BOURNEMOUTH  and is being held on 10th OCTOBER 2021 Bournemouth Soroptimists would really appreciate your help running a Hydration Table for this Event as per the above photo of us in 2019! Proceeds from member’s participation will go to our club charity Cementing Futures promoting education, hope and dignity to children living in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. If you feel you would like to be part of our Team on this day then please see details here – Run Bournemouth 2021

PROUD TO BE SUPPORTING THE WARDROBE FOUNDATION

PROUD TO BE SUPPORTING THE WARDROBE FOUNDATION

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SI Bournemouth members are proud to support the Wardrobe Foundation. Wardrobe Foundation is a social enterprise, based in Cranborne, Dorset. Our aim is to provide clothing gift bags to women in need of clothing support across Dorset and BCP. We work with charities, organisations and local community groups to deliver these gift bags. We also promote sustainability through re-selling and upcycling pre-loved items. All donations are processed at our HQ, where we launder and steam them and sort into three categories: gifting, upcycling and resale! Read their latest news here

Pantoland – Oh Yes It Is!

Pantoland – Oh Yes It Is!

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Members and their friends were not to be deterred by a COVID restricted Christmas meeting in 2020 but instead they celebrated with two quizzes and the panto Aladdin! Past Club President, Catherine Beal,  organized the panto with willing volunteers taking on roles with enthusiasm (well mostly) and the rest ‘booing’ with appropriate timing as is always the case in pantoland! A hamper produced by member, Jane Hume, was raffled raising £245 towards Soroptimist International President, Sharon Fisher’s Appeal, ‘Road to Equality’. The meeting was closed with a rendition of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’. SI BOURNEMOUTH MEMBERS WISH ALL THEIR FRIENDS, PARTNERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY, HAPPY 2021.    

Nathalie Sherring is Programme Action Officer at SI Bournemouth club
Grabbing Exciting Opportunities as a Soroptimist Volunteer

Grabbing Exciting Opportunities as a Soroptimist Volunteer

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Bournemouth Soroptimist, Nathalie Sherring, is the Chief Officer of a local charity called Dorset Race Equality Council. She loves her volunteering role within soroptimists and explains her most recent role here……………. “I joined in 2016 and have had various roles within the club. This year, I have volunteered to be the Programme Action Group Officer for the club and to co-ordinate all the projects that the club do. Our main project headings are International projects, Violence Against Women, Planet/Environment. Within those main groups, there are several projects that the club members undertake. We also have a very strong Lobbying, Advocacy and Research co-ordinator who is very active: currently we are lobbying for the Istanbul Convention to be ratified by the UK and for the Domestic Abuse Bill to become a law.

Trustees Bobbie & Jean
Cultural Dress and Cementing Futures

Cultural Dress and Cementing Futures

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Trustees Bobbie & Jean inform members about the work of Cementing Futures  Trustees of the club charity, Cementing Futures, updated members and visitors on its work at their recent meeting. Not only that, Bobbie and Jean dressed accordingly for the occasion impressing members and visitors including the Mayor of Bournemouth, Cllr Susan Phillips! Cementing Futures, provides nursery and primary education in Bangladesh by securing premises, trained teachers and equipment along with a daily nutritional snack for the children.

Toilet Twinning Triumph
Mayor of Bournemouth Receives Toilet Twinning Status on Behalf of the Town

Mayor of Bournemouth Receives Toilet Twinning Status on Behalf of the Town

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  Cllr Susan Phillips, Mayor of Bournemouth, proudly received Toilet Twinned status on behalf of the town at the club’s February meeting. Soroptimist International of Bournemouth began to raise funds for the Toilet Twinning charity to celebrate the club’s 80th anniversary in 2018. Since then, they have twinned more than 90 toilets in eleven countries across Africa and Asia, and have encouraged many others to twin too. Bournemouth town now joins an elite group of 35 other UK towns and cities to receive the award. Teaming up with Toilet Twinning to mark the anniversary was an obvious project because a common approach is shared to eradicate poverty and all Soroptimist International’s work is linked to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and both share a mission to work at a local, national and international level to educate, empower and create opportunities for women and girls. Toilet