{"id":7940,"date":"2022-11-06T12:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/?p=7940"},"modified":"2022-11-06T12:09:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:09:57","slug":"new-chair-of-ukpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/2022\/11\/06\/new-chair-of-ukpac\/","title":{"rendered":"New Chair of UKPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_2963-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7941\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_2963-copy-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_2963-copy-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_2963-copy.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a>CHAIR OF UKPAC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are very pleased to announce the new Chair of UKPAC (The United Kingdom Programme Action Committee) is Gillie O\u2019Rourke of SI Bebington.\u00a0 Gillie was formerly the Regional Programme Action Officer. We are very proud of her, and wish her well in her new role<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gillie comments on her election to this prestigious position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am extremely honoured to have been elected by my peers to the role of Chair of UKPAC.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">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 groups which cover MDS, SDAC and Violence Against Women. Ours main aims are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_1510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7942\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_1510-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_1510-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2022\/11\/IMG_1510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>To become more outward facing by working with partners as well as Regions and Clubs to encourage more lobbying and advocacy.<\/li>\n<li>To develop strong, interesting and exciting projects which have a real impact on the lives of women and girls (especially around safety).<\/li>\n<li>To promote work currently being undertaken by Clubs and encourage more cross Regional and Club working by providing support and more toolbox information.<\/li>\n<li>To continue the excellent work carried out over the past 4 years.<\/li>\n<li>By being more outward facing people will know more about what we do and will be encouraged to join Soroptimist International.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new UKPAC team are:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chair \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gillie O\u2019Rourke<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vice Chair\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christine Corless<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Communications\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keji Moses<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Treasurer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ann Hodgson<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christina Rollanson<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I know that I can count on the support of my own Club and Region as the team and I set out on the next several years of Programme Action\u201d.New Chair of UKPAC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAIR OF UKPAC We are very pleased to announce the new Chair of UKPAC (The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":7944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-region-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Chair of UKPAC | News | Blog | Events | SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral : Blog &amp; News : New Chair of UKPAC : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral . 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