On Saturday 14th March Members and friends of Soroptimist International London Chilterns Region will be Celebrating International Women’s Day at the Lancaster Hall Hotel, London from 10am to 3.30pm – all are welcome!
The theme for International Women’s Day 2026 is ‘Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls’ – click here to read more on the UN Women’s website: https://tinyurl.com/426ykexa
International Women’s Day is a key date in the Soroptimist calendar so don’t miss this event! Booking information will be available soon, if you want to register your interest in attending please click here: https://sigbi.org/london-chilterns/contact-us/.
Keynote speakers – Barbara Jeremiah and Kay Linnell:
“A Hobby That Got Out of Hand : our part in getting justice for the Sub Postmasters in the scandal of the Post Office fraud.”
We are particularly delighted to welcome our first two speakers who are active Soroptimists in SI Southern Region. Barbara is a past President of SI London Chilterns Region and Kay was Treasurer for many years. These two activists used their professional expertise to play a key role in the prosecution of the infamous British Post Office Horizon Scandal case.
The British Post Office Horizon fraud, is possibly the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history, in which thousands of UK Post Office branch operators were wrongly accused of theft and fraud. Our two Soroptimists will together tell us the story of the case and their part in the fight for justice.
Please click here to read more about Barbara Jeremiah: https://www.brickkilnindustries.co.uk/
Please click here to read more about Kay Linnell: https://www.klca-forensicaccountancy.co.uk/
Please click on this link for information about the TV drama “Mr Bates vs The Post Office” and how Barbara and Kay were involved: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/the-real-people-and-cast-of-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/
Any donations from Barbara and Kay’s talk will go to ‘Lost Chances’, the charity set up by the children of the Sub Post Masters (SPM), who are victims themselves, suffering hardship and distress as a result of the Post Office scandal.