{"id":5125,"date":"2023-03-19T13:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2023-03-19T13:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:54:46","slug":"south-west-region-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/2023\/03\/19\/south-west-region-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"South West Region Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5127&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Representatives from Cirencester and District Soroptimists recently attended a meeting of \u00a0Soroptimists International South West and Channel Islands Region.<\/p>\n<p>The region \u00a0comprises 16 Soroptimist Clubs which spread geographically from Gloucestershire in the north and Wiltshire in the east, down to Cornwall in the deepest south west and include Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel Islands.<\/p>\n<p>There are four meetings during the year, one per quarter.\u00a0 They provide a wonderful opportunity to forge and sustain friendships among like-minded women who are passionate about uplifting women and girls.\u00a0 Also for clubs to share their projects with each other, to learn and to come away inspired and motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Project Co-ordinator of Cirencester &amp; District club Shirley Alexander gave a heads up of a seminar that the club is planning on Anti-Human Trafficking on 24<sup>th<\/sup> November.\u00a0 Watch this space for details of what promises to be a high profile event.<\/p>\n<p>Regional meetings are also a valuable resource for guest speakers from diverse backgrounds to share information that clubs can utilize in their quest to support and protect women and girls in their communities and worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s first speaker was Lisa Simpson, Chief Superintendent of Avon &amp; Somerset Police. She shared some insightful statistics about serious sexual offences in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Avon and Somerset Police was the pilot force for Project Bluestone, a collaboration with academics which involved research into data and cases in order to provide recommendations on how to increase charge rates and improve support and engagement with victims of rape and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Bluestone was rolled out to a further 18 police forces.\u00a0 A Government report revealed that this approach, alongside other measures implemented as part of the rape review, has led to a marked improvement in the police and criminal justice response to rape.<\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/news\/2022\/12\/operation-bluestone-our-specialist-approach-to-rape-and-sexual-offence-investigations-to-help-shape-new-national-operating-model\/\">Operation Bluestone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second speaker was Sarah, a representative of a relatively new charity \u201cMummy\u2019s Star\u201d which provides cancer support in or around pregnancy. Helping families through birth, loss and with the beyond.<\/p>\n<p>They provide vital information, no only to the general public but also health professionals about recognising symptoms of cancer that are sometimes masked by pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah shared her moving personal story about her cancer diagnosis in early pregnancy 10 years ago;\u00a0 The trauma and isolation that she felt alongside the recognition that her medical team were ill equipped to provide the mental and emotional support that she needed.<\/p>\n<p>The Founder of Mummy\u2019s Star is passionate about training medical professionals and creating awareness of how their patients can be supported by the charity.<\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mummysstar.org\/\">Mummy\u2019s Star<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5127&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Representatives from Cirencester and District Soroptimists recently attended a meeting of \u00a0Soroptimists&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":840,"featured_media":5126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South West Region Meeting | News | Blog | Events | SI Cirencester and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cirencester and District : Blog &amp; News : South West Region Meeting : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cirencester and District . 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