{"id":26,"date":"2026-07-11T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/about-our-club\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:20:51","slug":"about-our-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/about-our-club\/","title":{"rendered":"About our club"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\n\t<section class=\"wysiwyg-outer   left section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <h2>A club by women for women, where everyone is heard<\/h2>\n<p>We are a friendly, dedicated group of women from various backgrounds and of different ages, helping women and girls who may be suffering from abuse, suppression, lack of freedom, lack of education and poverty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/contact-us\/\" class=\"button\">Button<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"cta-outer secondary  section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t<div class=\"cta with-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"\n          https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Xmas-Social-2025-325x225.jpg 325w,           https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Xmas-Social-2025.jpg 640w    \"\n    sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 1920px, (min-width: 960px) 50vw, 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2026\/10\/Xmas-Social-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"cta-title\">Become a member<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do contact us if you would like to find out more<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-button-outer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/contact-us\/\" class=\" primary\">Button<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t\n\t<section class=\"cards-outer   listing section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <header class=\"section-header container header-button\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"section-header-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-header-title\">Club information<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-header-summary\">We are a small and friendly club covering areas of East Surrey near to Epsom. We also welcome members from London Boroughs near to Epsom. Currently we have members living in Epsom, Ewell, Banstead, Ashtead, Dorking and LB of Richmond-upon-Thames. <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-header-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/contact-us\/\" class=\"button\">Join us<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card no-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"card-header-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/contact-us\/\" class=\"card-link\">Who we are<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are a small and friendly club covering areas of East Surrey near to Epsom. We also welcome members from London Boroughs near to Epsom. Currently we have members living in Epsom, Ewell, Banstead, Ashtead, Dorking and LB of Richmond-upon-Thames. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t    \t\t\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card no-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"card-header-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/contact-us\/\" class=\"card-link\">When and where we meet<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We meet online once a month on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening for our Club Meeting and have the opportunity to listen to talks about issues that affect women locally, nationally and internationally. \r\nWe meet in person on one Saturday morning each month to plan our projects which we call Programme Action.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t    \t\t\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card no-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"card-header-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/contact-us\/\" class=\"card-link\">Club programme<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our next meetings are:\r\n\r\nTuesday 10 November at 7.30pm by Zoom;\r\n\r\nSaturday 28 November 10.30am at a member&#8217;s home;\r\n\r\nSaturday 5 December we will be joining other clubs in our region by travelling to Winchester by train to raise awareness of women&#8217;s safety issues.\r\nOn Saturday 12 December we have our Xmas social at The Mint in Banstead<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t    \t\t\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card no-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"card-header-title\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"card-link\">Club history<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have been a club for many years. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t    \t\t\t\t<article>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card no-image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-wrap-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"card-header-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/about-our-club\/current-projects\/\" class=\"card-link\">Current projects<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our main project is Who&#8217;s Seeing Red which is a response to the financial, environmental and health costs of using disposable menstrual products\r\n\r\nTrauma Teddies: Members and friends of SI Epsom &amp; District knit teddies which are passed to the police in our area. 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