{"id":4625,"date":"2017-12-15T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/canterbury\/?page_id=4625"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:43:54","slug":"welcome-to-si-canterbury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/canterbury\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME TO SI CANTERBURY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Welcome to SI Canterbury<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Are you looking for a local women&#8217;s club with international influence? Find out more about Soroptimist International and SI Canterbury.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Soroptimist International is a global organisation of women working to transform the lives of women and girls worldwide.\u00a0\u00a0 It helps that we hold consultative rights at the UN and are recognised as a Non-Governmental organisation representing women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">SI Canterbury has been making a difference to the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and internationally since 1961. We achieve this through Programme Action work focused on education, empowering and enabling women and girls, awareness raising, advocacy and action and through local partnerships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Membership of your local club gives an opportunity to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Take part in local, national and international projects and fundraising to support women and girls<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Enjoy service, friendship and socials with like minded women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Lobby, influence and make a difference for women at home and abroad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Attend international and national conferences, meeting women from different countries and cultures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Access Soroptimist online magazines, websites and databases<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Organisations supported through service and programme action include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: 'Nunito Sans';color: #005596\">Locally, we support the Canterbury Food Bank, All Saints&#8217; Larder and the Community Larder and Kitchen; the Rising Sun Domestic Violence Unit; the Canterbury Women&#8217;s Refuges and the Medaille Trust (a charity supporting victims of modern day slavery and trafficking). We are also active participants in &#8216;Plastic Free Canterbury&#8217;; the Biodiversity Network and the Climate Change Action Partnership.\u00a0 \u00a0We have recently organised regular &#8216;Walk and Chat&#8217; meetings with migrant women in Canterbury, working with Mason&#8217;s Mile and Kent Refugee Action Network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: 'Nunito Sans';color: #005596\">We organise a &#8220;SILENT MARCH&#8217; through the streets of Canterbury each November to raise awareness of Domestic Violence, nationally and internationally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: 'Nunito Sans';color: #005596\">Nationally we engage in lobbying and advocacy work around all women\u2019s issues including Forced Marriage, Human Trafficking and Support for Unmarried Teenage Mothers (Cape of Good Hope).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: 'Nunito Sans';color: #005596\">Internationally we support Save the Children, Amnesty International\u00a0 and contribute to emergency support funds including the Red Cross.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>We also work in partnership with Amnesty international Canterbury, Canterbury Sustainable Development Forum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Our\u00a0\u00a0Programme Action\u00a0 Work is always based on our Soroptimist International vision, mission and principles (\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/about-us\/\">http:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/about-us\/<\/a>\u00a0 ) and falls into one of our Programme areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Economic Empowerment, Education, Violence Against Women, Food Security and Health, Environmental Sustainability, Advocacy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">For news 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