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New Regional Officer Jill Barnard

New Regional Officer Jill Barnard

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Soroptimist Jill joins the South West and Channel Islands Regional Executive Team for 24-25. She was voted into the role of Programme Action Officer at the July ’24 AGM meeting. Jill is passionate about programme action and is looking forward to working with the 16 other club Programme Action Officers. Jill joins fellow club member Soroptimist Jennie who has been the Website Administrative Officer for the last year and continues in post for 24-25.  

S.I. Kernow Charter Ceremony June 2024

S.I. Kernow Charter Ceremony June 2024

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We are very proud to announce the chartering of S.I. Kernow (Kernow Soroptimists) by SIGBI President Ruth on 19th June, 2024. We were joined by President Elect (& Acting Director PR / Marketing) Gillie, Immediate Past President Cathy, Director of Programme Lyndsay (and mascott Rosie!), Director of Membership Dishi, and Director of Finance Chris, all from the SIGBI board. We also welcomed South-West Regional President Daphne, Regional Membership Officer Jane and President Nisha of Soroptimist International-India (NASI-India) and incoming President Naina. We had a really lovely ceremony with members on line spanning most of Cornwall. Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported us over the last seven weeks as we put everything in place to make this possible. In particular, we would like to thank Soroptimist SIGBI for being so forward looking and allowing alternative models of active participation to suit the modern

The latest on our new ‘hybrid’ club

The latest on our new ‘hybrid’ club

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At the beginning of May a small group of soroptimists from the St Austell & District club got together to discuss an idea for a new soroptimist club here in Cornwall. We have loved being in our club but we are aware that the number of women joining the worldwide soroptimist movement is going down fast and the age profile of the membership is going up! We need ways to attract more women, younger women, working women, women from diverse backgrounds and women who haven’t got much time to spare, but that want to make a difference. So…. we are creating a hybrid club which means that women in Cornwall, whether in St. Ives or Bude can join our meetings on line. So no travelling time or expense or coming out on dark, winter nights! We won’t have a fixed location and we will set