A joint awareness campaign was organized by SI Paisley and SI Glasgow City at Braehead Shopping Centre during May which is the Soroptimist Membership month. Members talked with lots of women, gaining contact details and it is hoped that those women may visit a club meeting in the future.

At the club’s recent AGM, President Gwen presented long service certificates to five members of Soroptimist International Glasgow City each of whom had 40 or more years of Soroptimist service. The members had accrued a total of 211 years of service to Soroptimist International.

President Gwen and 9 members attended SI Paisley’s annual charter dinner this week. A lovely friendly evening, which culminated with a superb speaker! Amal Azzudin is a campaigner for human rights and social justice in Scotland and works for the Mental Health Foundation taking responsibility for the development and delivery of new and innovative work with asylum seekers and refugees. Amal and her family arrived in Glasgow as refugees 17 years ago and she attended Drumchapel High School. Along with six other pupils Amal is also known as one of the 21st century ‘Glasgow Girls’ who campaigned against dawn raids, detention and deportation of asylum seekers in Glasgow. Amal continues to give her personal time in supporting refugees and discussed her recent travel to Greece to assist refugees arriving by sea in small boats. She gave an emotional account of the refugees’ harrowing experiences as they

President Gwen, SI Glasgow City, chose Glasgow Women’s Aid as the focus for the club fundraising activities this year. The Singers Company along with guest artiste Beth Robb Adams presented a fabulous concert of classical pieces, songs from musicals and some fun items to a packed audience in Sherbrooke St.Gilberts Church on 05 March 2017. Kate from Glasgow Women’s Aid thanked the Glasgow Soroptimists for supporting the charity during their 40th year of work in supporting victims of domestic violence which is experienced by 1 in 10 women in Scotland. Soroptimists work to enhance the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and internationally, therefore are delighted to support this local charity.

Glasgow City Soroptimists visited the Glasgow Women’s Library as the venue for Soroptimist International Scotland South (SI SSR) Region’s meeting on 04 March 2017. Following the meeting Soroptimists from across the Region were taken on tours of the library, the only UK accredited library and museum which celebrates the lives, history and achievements of women. What a fabulous resource and it is free! SI SSR President Melanie and Dr Adele Patrick, Director of the library dedicated a shelf to Soroptimists within the ‘violence against women’ section. Adele highlighted the similarity of the ethos of Soroptimist International and Glasgow Women’s Library.