{"id":4963,"date":"2024-07-28T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/?p=4963"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:47:43","slug":"inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">2024 was a very special year as we celebrated 25 years of the SIJ Inspirational Woman of the Award<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Dr Karen Kyd, the Club&#8217;s Patron presented the Award at Government House to the 2024 winner &#8211; Joy Thomson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4863\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0 \u00a0Above: SIJ President Jean-Marie Gavey congratulating Joy Thomson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4862 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1154-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1154-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1154.jpg 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Above: Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey Vice-Admiral Jeremy Kyd, with his wife and Club Patron, Dr Karen Kyd and SIJ President Jean-Marie Gavey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4865 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1149-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1149-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1149.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Above: A wonderful tea provided by Harpers Catering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 was a very special year as we celebrated 25 years of the SIJ Inspirational&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-initiatives","tag-inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award","tag-woman-of-the-year"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Jersey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Jersey : Blog &amp; News : Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Jersey . Read more about Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Jersey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Jersey : Blog &amp; News : Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Jersey . Read more about Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Jersey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-28T10:47:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T10:47:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"664\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ckirby\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ckirby\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/\",\"name\":\"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Jersey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148-208x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-28T10:47:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T10:47:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#\/schema\/person\/3957eac1ede7dfff4266cc8b5de10583\"},\"description\":\"SI Jersey : Blog & News : Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Jersey . Read more about Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg\",\"width\":664,\"height\":960},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/\",\"name\":\"SI Jersey\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#\/schema\/person\/3957eac1ede7dfff4266cc8b5de10583\",\"name\":\"ckirby\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e4c4a2e801a9fa553e7d29c9aaeb31871e54ae5c2afc0870fc907f43aa4623b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e4c4a2e801a9fa553e7d29c9aaeb31871e54ae5c2afc0870fc907f43aa4623b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ckirby\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/author\/ckirby\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Jersey","description":"SI Jersey : Blog & News : Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Jersey . Read more about Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Jersey","og_description":"SI Jersey : Blog & News : Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Jersey . Read more about Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/","og_site_name":"SI Jersey","article_published_time":"2024-07-28T10:47:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-28T10:47:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":664,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ckirby","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ckirby","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/","name":"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 | News | Blog | Events | SI Jersey","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148-208x300.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-28T10:47:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-28T10:47:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#\/schema\/person\/3957eac1ede7dfff4266cc8b5de10583"},"description":"SI Jersey : Blog & News : Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Jersey . Read more about Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024 .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_1148.jpg","width":664,"height":960},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/2024\/07\/28\/inspirational-woman-of-the-year-award-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/","name":"SI Jersey","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#\/schema\/person\/3957eac1ede7dfff4266cc8b5de10583","name":"ckirby","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e4c4a2e801a9fa553e7d29c9aaeb31871e54ae5c2afc0870fc907f43aa4623b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e4c4a2e801a9fa553e7d29c9aaeb31871e54ae5c2afc0870fc907f43aa4623b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ckirby"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/author\/ckirby\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4964,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions\/4964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/jersey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}