President for 2025-26
Estelle Holligan was elected club President for the coming year with Lorraine Fraser taking on the role of Vice President
Photo show Past President Past President Ann McCarlie, President Estelle Holligan and Vice President Lorraine Fraser
President’s Remarks
I am excited and I am looking forward to being president of SI Dunfermline this year, our 75th year as a club.
This is my second time being president. I was president in 2002-2003. That seems a very long time ago but, in many ways, it seems very recent. I certainly have a lot more experience of Soroptimism now.
I am proud to be a member of a SI club that remains very active, with an emphasis on Programme Action. We work well as a club, encouraging and supporting each other to be “the best of sisters” Long may that continue.
We obviously have a weekend of exciting events around the 75th Anniversary of the Charter dinner from 9th -11th May 2025. We are also hoping to plant a tree in the glen in the Autumn to celebrate our 75th Anniversary.
The club abandoned the President’s chosen charity about 10 years ago. When we fund raise, we raise money for various charities chosen by the club. The first time I was president my charity was HCPT, The Pilgrimage Trust. I used to travel with group 88 and was the Scottish Regional Doctor until my retirement last year. The charity takes disabled and disadvantaged children for a week’s holiday to Lourdes in France. It was there that I learned how difficult it was to change a severely disabled child in an inadequate toilet. I therefore very much enjoyed last years talk about Changing Places. I would therefore ask that at next years disbursements the club consider a donation to this worthy charity.
My themes for the coming years programme are Promoting Healthy Living and Women’s safety. Hopefully we can work out a programme that incorporates these themes. Thank you for your ongoing support.