When Afghan refugees were rescued from their homeland a number of them came to Fife and were accommodated in a local hotel. Fifers were keen to help and Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) coordinated donations, requesting clothes for men, women and children as well as
Member Myra met with Yvonne Caie who is the Benevolent Nurse Specialist at the Maternity Unit, Victoria Hospital. She discussed with her what our members could knit for the Maternity Unit. Yvonne explained that when a baby is stillborn or passes away shortly after birth
Knitters, crafters and stitchers from all over the UK came together with a heart-felt message for the politicians at the COP26 talks in Glasgow that it is time to put the earth – and not money – centre stage in political decisions. Crafters set
Thirteen club members set out on a beautiful midsummer’s evening to walk in Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy, ably led by Jenny
Annette worked as a midwife in Fife for 36 years ending her career in the role of consultant midwife where she was responsible for the maternity unit’s clinical governance agenda. She contributed locally, nationally and internationally to the promotion of quality maternity care, which is
President Annette and Roberta delivered almost 3kg of medicine blister packs to Superdrug on Sunday. Soroptimists all over the country have been collecting the blister packs for the last few weeks for TerracCycle to recycle in the first ‘Little Packs, Big Impact’ initiative. When TerraCyle
The SI Scotland South Card Set, created and designed by Region Membership Officer Melanie Brickley, and developed by a team drawn from Clubs across the Region, was launched on International Women’s Day where the theme was ‘Choose to Challenge’. The Set tells the stories of
Two members, President Roberta Goodall and Programme Action officer Audrey Lumsden, submitted stories to Chora Chori’s ‘Big Story’ project to raise funds for SIGBI’s Emoering Girls in Nepal Project.
Soroptimist International is working to improve the lives of girls worldwide, the video below shows just some of the work that our members in all five Federations have been doing in this area, from Trafficking and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to Education and improving their
