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 in Programme Action, knowing it is at the heart of all we do.
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 message she sent to the participants. She received her OBE some years ago after she became the first Briton in space – technically not the first British astronaut, as it was a Soviet Union/British mission co-sponsored by British companies but not by the British government. We send her our good wishes for 2018.
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 even better 2018 ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!
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 for help. Click here to VOTE FOR OUR PROJECT NOW
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 and men. Women and girls are disproportionately disadvantaged by the indirect impact of landmines. Clearing landmines is an important step in empowering women in post conflict environments. The MAG team aim to eradicate all land mines by 2025 and have cleared 4.5 million to date.
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 practice work by soroptimists in the Advocacy category. SI Bournemouth congratulate the catergory winners SI Lurgan for their survey work on human trafficking which has now been used nationwide and will be used to form future government policy.
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 locally, nationally and globally!
Soroptimist International of Bournemouth’s charity Cementing Futures has received a boost in funds recently thanks to two events and our many supporters – Firstly – Tandem Bike Ride – The Hornblow Jogle John O’Groats to Land’s End on a tandem….From 23rd September 2017 for two weeks Stephney and Jono Hornblow – mother and son – cycled the 894 miles to raise funds for Cementing Futures.Stephney (65) had a health scare in 2016 and subsequently began training and lost in excess of five stones in weight. Her son Jono has been totally encouraging and was the other half of the tandem. They believed Cementing Futures a really worthwhile cause, along with the British Heart Foundation. Husband Tim did the cooking in a camper van en route and Bobbie White and Liz Dominey – SI Bournemouth – were the “roadies.”Various friends and soroptimists provided accommodation along the
WOW! So pleased that our club has achieved a double page spread in the Bournemouth Daily Echo with lots of information about our work, also past member Elizabeth Scott who features in the new British passport as a recognition of her pioneering work in architecture. See the whole article at “Meet Bournemouth Soroptimists, the ‘sisters’ transforming the lives of women and girls”
SI Bournemouth members and friends raised a total of £260 for the club’s special charity, Cementing Futures, at the 79th Anniversary celebrations recently. The event included a BBQ hosted by member Jane Hume and a special cake featuring the charity’s logo was donated by member Gloria Proops.
