Members wear Orange
At our November monthly meeting members wore Orange to mark the beginning of our campaign to raise awareness for the UN day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
SI Guernsey Orange the World – Shoes in shops
Friday 25th November marks the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. SI Guernsey have asked businesses in St Peter Port to display an orange shoe in their windows for 16 days to raise awareness and show support for the elimination of gender based
Coming Up – UN Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women.
SI Guernsey are joining other Soroptimists across the world taking action and calling for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Loves Me Loves Me Not
SI Guernsey has printed posters showing what a good relationship looks like. The have been posted around the island in public places such as the hospital and library, in doctors and dentists etc. The Share Nurses distribute the bookmarks as part of their PSHE lessons./
Afternoon tea and Plant Sale
Members enjoyed an afternoon tea on a lovely sunny afternoon in May, and raised money for the local committee.
Be Lads Campaign
The guest speaker at our February supper evening was Poppy Murray who gave us a presentation of her Be Lads Campaign. She created the campaign after the case of Sarah Everard. BE LADS is an acronym for the campaign which aims to give advice to
Lavender Planting at Les Caches
Autumn 2020 Members planted lavender plugs which overwintered in a greenhouse. June 2021 Members went to Les Caches Farm which is owned by the National Trust. We planted out the 200 lavender plants which we have grown from plugs. The project started last September
Raising awareness for cervical screening
SI Guernsey are supporting the to raise awareness for cervical screening, at our June club our members coloured in a pair of paper knickers and held them up to raise awareness. # We Are All Smear Ready. Remember that having a smear test is the
Welcome to our new President
We are pleased to welcome our new President Elizabeth for the term April 2021- March 2022. Elizabeth has many exciting projects for the coming year. Thank you to our outgoing President Sally to what has been a very strange year for her Presidency.
Listen to SI Guernsey’s winning entry from “The Big Story”
We are pleased to announce that our member, June Money, has now had her story published on YouTube, it is read by Joan Collins’ daughter Tara Arkle A quote from June “Remembering my childhood during the Occupation years was almost like living it again. The