{"id":5,"date":"2012-04-29T21:37:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T20:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/about-our-club\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:35:28","slug":"about-our-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to our Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to SI Burnley<\/h2>\n

Hello and welcome to the website of our club, Soroptimist International of Burnley.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who exactly are the Soroptimists?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soroptimist International is the world’s largest women’s service organisation with Consultative status at the United nations. For more information visit our “Who are we?” page.<\/p>\n

Soroptimist International of Burnley was founded in 1943 and has given nearly 75 years of service to our community and beyond. We are a group of like-minded women, united by their passion for improving the lives of women and children locally, nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n

Our Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

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members of SI Burnley at a recent meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We \u00a0meet at the Belvedere and Caldervale Rugby Club\u00a0on Holden Road in Burnley\u00a0on the first and third Tuesday of every month.<\/p>\n

On the\u00a0first Tuesday we usually have a guest speaker\u00a0and guests or prospective new members are more than welcome.\u00a0 The\u00a0third Tuesday of the month is the main business meeting for the club though we\u00a0sometimes also have speakers.\u00a0 We also have a busy programme of fund-raisers; social events; conferences\/meetings and programme action initiatives – see other areas of this site.<\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about our organisation – and may be interested in joining us- why not come along and meet everyone, you would be made very welcome.<\/p>\n

Friendship Links with other Clubs<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have friendship links in the\u00a0UK with SI\u00a0Bath and \u00a0SI Oxford.<\/p>\n

We have\u00a0links\u00a0with SI Alhambra\/San Gabriel\/San Marino in California USA<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.caminorealregion.org\/mpalhambra.htm<\/a>;<\/p>\n

with SI Copenhagen, Denmark http:\/\/www.soroptimist-danmark.dk\/<\/a>;<\/p>\n

with SI Berlin, Germany http:\/\/www.clubberlin.soroptimist.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n

and\u00a0with SI Burnie in Tasmania http:\/\/www.siswp.org\/Burnie-Inc\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please see the the Club News\u00a0on this site for recent events; the\u00a0Diary section for\u00a0specific\u00a0 information about our guest speakers and\u00a0for \u00a0our Programme Action\u00a0work.<\/p>\n

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