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President Susie’s last newsletter

President Susie’s last newsletter

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 I find it hard to believe that this is my last President’s newsletter. I have thoroughly enjoyed writing them and will take pleasure from reading them in the future as they give a chronological story of my year in office.   On October 3rd, I attended the Regional Event at St Crux Hall in York organised by our Membership Officers Avis Ball and Judith Parsons. This event was arranged to raise the profile of Soroptimism in York with a view chartering a new club in the city in the future. Jane Glendinning created wonderful placards for the event. They described who we are and what we do such as, support women and girls, educate, empower and enable to make a difference. We were blessed with fabulous weather and over two dozen Soroptimists from eleven of our clubs volunteered to serve coffee and cakes (beautifully home

2024 Literary Prize

2024 Literary Prize

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A writing prize that helps discover exciting new talent from underrepresented groups will be accepting entries again next month. The SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian female writers has successfully secured funding from Arts Council England's National Lottery Project Grants. Writers will have from 1 April 2024 to midnight May 13th 2024 to send in their entries. The prizes in 2024 will be as follows: £4,000 for the 1st Prize, plus a free place on an Arvon creative writing course, and manuscript assessment through The Literary Consultancy.  The manuscript will be given serious consideration for publication by Peepal Tree Press, should this be considered the best fit for the book. £2,000 for the runner-up and £1,000 for the third-placed writer, and manuscript assessment through The Literary Consultancy. In addition, all long listed entrants will be offered a tailored package of
SI Leeds Events calendar

SI Leeds Events calendar

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SI Leeds 2024 calendar Date Notes January 8th Travel Grant recipients Laura and Georgia talking about their plans to volunteer in Nepal January 31st Programme Action Zoom February 8th Terry King talks to SI Ilkley about Nepal project Contact Terry February 12th Liz Downey talks about “Investigating fatalities in Prison”. Project Planning Members to come with ideas for projects February 25th Visit to Rhubarb Sheds Wakefield Contact Margaret Date TBA Card Evening Contact Gillian March 2nd Wakefield 90th Charter Dinner Contact Margaret March 8th International Women’s Day Forging and inclusive world for women and girls Free event hosted by SI Harrogate. 7pm Wesley Chapel HG11PP Speakers Ruth Smith and Ruth Healy President SIGBI Contact sihandd@hotmail.co.uk March 9th RCM Holiday Inn Barnsley Contact Margaret March 11th       “If walls could talk” – The Chinese Wallpaper at Temple Newsam Dr Louise Atkinson   March 25th