Home-Start Blanchardstown has supported families in the Dublin 15 area for the last 35 years both in home visiting by volunteers and by running a respite crèche. Home-Start Blanchardstown is part of a world wide network of services operating in 22 countries. Arguably in this service, along with others, childcare workers need to adapt lifestyle choices that enhance their well being. The Dublin Soroptimist Club extended an opportunity to the staff at Home-Start Blanchardstown to participate in a Wellness Workshop facilitated by Mariandy Lennon, SI Dublin member author of the book “Breathing Through Life” It was a total Health & Wellness  immersion. It started with an interactive talk about self-care and how this is empowering people especially women who are overwhelmed by attending to daily cares – especially combining family life and career. The holistic trilogy was presented as important cornerstones to maintaining good health

What a lovely Summer Outing ! A big thank you to Linda for organising a great day last Saturday 17th August at Henrietta Street. We had a lovely day, starting with a Georgian Dublin Walking tour, by such a great and knowledgeable guide! This was followed by a lovely lunch in the area and finishing off with a tour in Henrietta Street. Delighted to be joined by friends old and new, and discovering areas of Dublin some of us never knew existed. Looking forward to next years already !❤️

Congratulations to Friza Farnham, from St Joseph’s Castlebar, our winner of the Girl’s Public Speaking Competition in the Mansion House in Dublin. All the girls spoke wonderfully and our judges, Chaired by Sarah Benson, CEO of Women’s Aid had a tough task to pick a clear winner.

Anne Murray from Home Start in Blanchardstown was presented with a cheque for €440 from SI Dublin members Mary Troy & Breda Hayes which was raised from the Women’s Mini Marathon 2023

Members of SI Dublin Patricia Tyrrell & Stephanie Jud were delighted to attend the lunch for the Daisyhouse launch of their “Women of Daisyhouse” campaign in the Croke Park Hotel. Featuring our own member Patricia Tyrrell.

SI Dublin members Mariandy & Maureen along with Tanja from SI Bray had the pleasure of attending the King’s Day Reception in honour of Koningsdag. Thank you to Ambassador Maaike van Koldam for the kind invitation.

Well done to SI Dublin members for another clean up for An Taisce Spring Clean. We teamed up with the residents from Ceannt Fort. It was a great day with amazing results. Thank you to John Lane & Jean Early for organising the food & drinks afterwards.

Congratulations to all of the girls who took part in our Girls Public Speaking Competition yesterday at the Mansion House in Dublin. Well done to all of the girls who performed so well, they had very powerful speeches. We were delighted to have our Lord Mayor Daithí de Róiste come and speak before the competition, it was a great honour to have him there to encourage the girls & wish them well. We would like to thank the staff at the Mansion House who always look after us so well. We would like to thank our 3 adjudicators, Ena Norris CEO Daisyhouse, Maria McAlinden retired Deputy Principal and Breda Hayes SI Dublin Member. A very special thank you to our convenor, club member Margaret Murray for organising such an amazing event. Well done to our Club President Caroline for hosting & to all our club

To celebrate the club’s 85th anniversary, members met on the 13th May at the National Gallery for a tour on female artists with guide Liz Ward who was fantastic . They then went on a tour through the Government Buildings guided by Tristan Canning, who was also amazing.

Congratulations to Winner, Síofra Corrigan from Holy Faith Secondary School Clontarf. Supported by her teacher, Principal, family & SI Dublin members today in Wexford. Thank you to SI Wexford for hosting a fantastic competition for our 42nd Girls Public Speaking Competition in the Riverbank Hotel.