CHAIR OF UKPAC We are very pleased to announce the new Chair of UKPAC (The United Kingdom Programme Action Committee) is Gillie O’Rourke of SI Bebington.  Gillie was formerly the Regional Programme Action Officer. We are very proud of her, and wish her well in her new role Gillie comments on her election to this prestigious position. “I am extremely honoured to have been elected by my peers to the role of Chair of UKPAC.  The role is challenging and wide-ranging covering, as it does, not only working with Regional Programme Action Reps, but also having regular meetings with national partners/organisations as well as the UN and Europe. We are now a completely new team leading United Kingdom Programme Action (starting with our new Programme Director, Lindsey Green). As a new team we are looking at our strategy and extending the work of the current

Region AGM & Speaker Meeting President Yvonne welcomed members and the meeting began with a 2 minute silence as a mark of respect to our late Queen Elizabeth 11. President Yvonne outlined the agenda for the day and thanked officers for completing and submitting their Regional Job Descriptions. She also advised that SIGBI is planning to update its Regional Job Descriptions in line with current requirements. Members were advised that the SIGBI Federation Conference will be held in London in October 2023 this being in addition to the Soroptimist International Convention which is being held in Dublin in July 2023 with the theme ‘Challenge the Future’. An update on E Clubs was given by Regional Membership Officer Penny Clarke who advised that a pilot scheme SI Libertas had attracted 18 members and that they were meeting virtually 3 times a month and becoming involved in

Region E-Club Do you live in Cheshire, North Wales or the Wirral? Are you interested in joining an International Women’s Organisation that works for the empowerment, education and health of Women and Children throughout the world? We have 14 active clubs in the region please click here for information but also know that attending face to face meetings can be difficult. We are offering the opportunity to join Soroptimist International virtually and at the same time keep in touch with what clubs in the region are doing and to join up occasionally for events. The membership and development regional officers have been working towards developing an E-club for the Region. Soroptimist Federation SIGBI has kindly sent out an e-mail (see below) to past members who have left our clubs in the past 2 years Dear Past Member of SI Cheshire North Wales and Wirral, we

River Cruise on the Lady Diana Saturday 11th June 2022 2.30 - 5.30 Region members enjoyed a relaxing and fun afternoon cruising up the river Dee on the beautiful "Lady Diana", the largest boat in the fleet, celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s platinum year lazing on a Saturday afternoon in the June sunshine. Please click here to read Region President Elect Susan Haywood's report and super photos of the day

Region Meeting On Saturday 21 May 2022, the Regional Meeting was held at The Imperial Hotel Llandudno. The theme of the meeting was climate change and the first speaker was James Espley, waste manager of Conwy County Borough Council who explained what happens to our recycling. The second speaker was Clare Nasir, a meteorologist at the BBC who has also been a weather presenter on GMTV. She gave an interesting presentation on how climate change is affecting the weather. The ‘BIG’ raffle at our Regional Conference in February raised £2,175 to be donated to 3 Mental Health charities representing our Region of Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral. Cheques for £725 were presented to each chosen charity by Regional President Yvonne Johns and were very well received by representatives of the three charities: Please click here for photos and report of the day written by Esther Roberts, Region

The Region Newsletter Another excellent Region Newsletter  has now been published, this contains super photos and articles from ALL the clubs in the Region You can download now – please click here Region Newsletter June 2022 Thanks to Doreen Jones SI Rhyl our Region Newsletter Editor Region Team Communications

Congratulations for over 75 years of great work With great sadness and heavy hearts, Wallasey Soroptimists Members announce they have had their final meeting as the Club is now closed. We salute all the Members who, over the last 75 years, have made a difference to the lives of women and girls locally, nationally, and internationally. Please click here to read about the History of the club

Climate Change – The Environment and Us Congratulations to Region President Yvonne Johns, Conference Chair Louise, Chief Steward Pam and the Conference team on a wonderful one day conference on Saturday 19th February at St George’s Hotel Llandudno. Please click here to read more