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International Women’s Day 2026

The “Purpling the Park”  event has become a popular part of SI Kenilworth and District’s year and March 8th 2026 has been no different. It was great to hear from two passers by that “LOTS of people” read the messages we put out around the

Programme of Events April 2026 – March 2027

Thurs 9th April AGM    Business meeting (Group 1 to organise) Mon 13th April 7.30 Executive committee meeting Thurs 30th April Members breakfast meet up Mon 11th May 7.30 Executive committee meeting Thurs 14th May Business meeting (Group 2 to organise) Sat 16th May Lunch –

Friends of Sick Children in Malawi (FoSCIM)

  At February’s Business Meeting we were pleased to welcome Gordon Cowie MBE, Chairman of Friends of Sick Children in Malawi who told us about the work this organisation does in a paediatric unit at a Malawi general hospital. The dedication and commitment of him

Baby Lifeline. Soroptimists were there at the very start!

Many thanks to Judy Ledger MBE for her presentation at January’s business meeting by zoom. Her talk was emotionally charged, coming from personal tragic experience, and inspiring, and it made us glad we had been able to support Baby Lifeline this year. Particularly poignant was

We certainly are a social group!

This year’s Christmas dinner took place at Kenilworth’s Holiday Inn in a spirit of friendship and fun. In the midst of 2025’s  very busy 16 days of Activism it was good to step back and simply enjoy the company of friends. The evening was rounded

How reading can change a life.

Many thanks to Vicky and Ann from Read Easy #readeasy for their excellent presentation about teaching adult non-readers. This teaching programme grew from the Shannon Trusts work teaching reading in prisons and now is a national organisation working 1 to 1 with any person who

Lest we forget 9.11.25

This year, the Sunday before Remembrance Day fell on the 9th November. At our War Memorial there was an impressive turn out of representatives of the many organisations that operate in Kenilworth, joined by our MP, Sir Jeremy Wright, and the town Mayor, James Kennedy.

2025 SIGBI Conference Birmingham

This event took place at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre between October 31st and November 2nd – three days of inspiration, interest, learning and fellowship . Day 1. This was the day to meet old friends and make new contacts. And importantly there were