Sainsbury’s Whitstable and Tesco’s Whitstable donated over 50 Easter eggs for children supported by Rising Sun Domestic Abuse Service. SI Canterbury club members enjoyed delivering these in plenty of time for Easter.
SI Canterbury members support International Womens Day 2022. This year’s theme is #Breakthebias but how often do you innocently contribute to the bias? If we want to collectively forge women’s equality, we have to take individual ownership. the responsibility to break the bias must start with ourselves. IWD sparks an important conversation about women’s equality and supporting women facing poverty to build a better future for their families. Domestic abuse will affect 1 in 4 women in their lifetime. Women still face challenges in the sciences and in business. The economic growth of the world has been found to be directly tied to the increasing percentage of educated women. In over 34 countries it has been seen that the education of women and girls resulted in 50% economic growth.
SI Canterbury members undertook a beach clean activity on Seasalter Bech, Whitstable on 5th March. Lots of plastic, oyster bed debris, face masks and dog poo bags were collected. Thanks to Jackie, Keji, Jan, Mary, Ruth, Jane plus David and Adrian.
Canterbury Soroptimists were delighted to hear from club member Keji Moses at their February meeting. Keji shared the story of her charity which supports women and families who have lost a baby. One in four pregnancies in the UK result in the loss of a baby during pregnancy or birth. Maya’s Legacy supports families affected by their personal tragedy and offers self advocacy workshops to give hope.
At out monthly Charity Car Park SI Canterbury raised funds for Canterbury Welcomes Refugees. We were delighted to receive this lovely thank you message from the charity.
SI Canterbury President Carol and club member Keji with Sonia Copeland Bloom, supporting the Lady Mayoress of Canterbury, Doctor Elizabeth McGown’s Charity event in February 2022. The charities Kent MS Therapy Centre, Whitstable Life Boats, League of Friends of Kent and Canterbury Hospital CIO (supporting Breast cancer patients,
Thank you to Community Ad for featuring our article promoting SI Canterbury and Soroptimist International in their February publication. Thanks also to President Carol and club member Tessa for their contribution.
SI Canterbury President Carol, SISEE Region President Yvonne and SI Canterbury members Jane, Dawn and Keji joined local residents and politicians on 28th January 2022, to support our Canterbury Sheriff’s annual Charity Dinner in aid of Age UK.
Canterbury Soroptimists turned their November club meeting Orange in support of the 16 Days of Activism to end domestic violence against women and girls. The meeting was supported by Joanne Baldwin who spoke about the Oasis Domestic Abuse service. Member Jane Mennell also spoke about the White Ribbon Campaign. After their talks, President Carol presented a donation of £100 to Oasis on behalf of the club. To further support the 16 Days daily postings on Facebook highlighted the issues and raised awareness of the event.
