Soroptimist members are carrying out a beach clean at Les Amarreurs Harbour and Ladies day on Saturday 5th September. As Soromtimists we are very keen to undertake environmental projects and often clean Ladies Bay and the surrounding area. We will be logging the data of items collected on the Clean Earth Trust website.We are meeting at 9.30am in the car park by the playground. If you are free you would be very welcome to join us.

Friendship weekend. President Sue decided to hold her friendship weekend right at the beginning of her presidency. April 26th 1980 was the incorporation of our club .  The friendship weekend was organised to celebrate 45 years since our charter. It is also the 80th anniversary of liberation this year, so the weekend was a joint celebration.   The weekend started with a social event at the new premises at  GROW ( Guernsey Rural  Occupational Workshop) .  Sue has chosen GROW as one of her charities and the manager  talked to us about how the new premises came about and how they have expanded from growing into woodwork, and catering  and showed us slides of the Crew in action. We then went outside to meet some dogs from PAWS for support. These dogs are trained to work in different environments. The dogs and their owners may

Soroptimist International of Guernsey thank JT for organising this event which gave us the opportunity to network with other charities, find out about the charities you have supported in the past, learn how to apply for funding for our future projects and enjoy some lovely refreshments .

    To celebrate International Women's Day over 100 people attended a breakfast meeting at Les Cotils with students from  Year 10, 11 and sixth form taking part. Mrs Cripwell our patron was also in attendance. Thanks to Grant Thornton for  sponsoring the event.                         Our guest speaker Deputy Bailiff Jessica Roland gave an inspiring talk of her life journey incorporating  number of quotes to support her story. Here are some of them: Life is a journey not a destination We cannot discover new oceans until we have the courage to loose sight of the shore. Anyone can stay the same. It takes courage to change. You Define your own life. Don’t let other people write your story Do not judge me by successes, judge me about how many times I fell down and

SI Guernsey have been been choosen as one of the charities to benefit from the proceeds of the 2025 Saffery Rotary walk this year. Please support us and other charities  by signing up for the Walk, which will take place on Saturday 7th June 2025,  You can enter via the website:  www.safferyrotarywalk.org.gg The money we receive will be used to sponsor students to attend our 2026 International Women’s Day.

The AGM at the end of April saw outgoing President Cathy handing over the  regalia to new President Emma. Our annual Liberation Tea took place on 3rd May. Senior citizens were invited to an afternoon tea at the Vale Douzaine room. Members decorated the hall in Red White and Blue and served a cream tea to the guests. This was followed by a sing along to wartime songs which was well received and very moving On a wet blustery May Day Bank holiday members and Soropti Misters were seen marshalling the World Aid Walk at Rousse, manning the refreshment table at Pembroke, and some ventured to Herm to help there.           At our May Supper Meeting President Emma presented a cheque to ………. from the Guernsey Welfare. The money from the Charity Account and £100 from our walkers. will be used

World Book Day This year we celebrated World Book Day over two days. We set up the Pop Up shop in Smith Street and opened on Friday afternoon and on Saturday from 9.00am until 3.00pm Some members stood outside and were instrumental in guiding families into the shop. We opened the shop ahead of World Book Day, and children we able to choose a book to take home to keep.                     On the day itself Doreen and Shirley visited Bright Beginnings Children’s Centre and gave books to the preschool and nursery children and to the children of families attending the centre.               International Women’s Day             This year our guest speaker at our International Women’s Day Breakfast was Jurat Jill Clark. Jill gave the audience a talk  about her life and how