{"id":4683,"date":"2023-10-24T11:09:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london2023\/?page_id=4683"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:27:26","slug":"programme-action-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london2023\/saturday-4-november-2023-members-blogs\/programme-action-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme Action Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]1,861 reports were submitted by clubs in 2022-2023. These were whittled down to just two worthy nominations in each Assistant Programme Director&#8217;s area, one of which won the category award and one was the runner up.<\/p>\n<p>New for this year was the <strong>Delegates Choice Award<\/strong>, which was chosen by Conference Delegates from all 10 nominated projects after they had given their presentations.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the 10 projects are below, and the Delegates Choice award winner is given at the end. Congratulations to all these Clubs.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8884c9f .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8884c9f\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> People and SDG 3 Health<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8884f1c .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8884f1c\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Winner &#8211; SI Madurai<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4697&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Anaemia Awareness Campaign<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anemia is a global health problem affecting both developing and developed countries. SI Madurai organised an anemia awareness campaign for 330 girls of Thiagaraja College of Arts. The 50 students who were found to be anemic were given nutritional tips and advice by their doctor members.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88850a3 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88850a3\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Runner up &#8211; SI Newtown<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4698&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Mammogram Campaign<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SI Newtown, Triniad and Tobago, raised awareness and understanding about breast cancer risk, specifically early intervention tools and overall breast health awareness, in addition to allaying the fears of women on the \u201cdiscomfort\u201d associated with getting a mammogram done[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88851e8 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88851e8\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> Planet and SDG 2 Zero Hunger<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885327 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885327\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Winner &#8211; SI Bombay Chembur<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4699&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Say No to Plastics<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month of June, members of SI Bombay Chembur collaborated with various schools and colleges to spread awareness on the need of environmental sustainability and the need to reduce Single use plastics which was the theme for World Environment Day.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885477 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885477\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Runner up &#8211; SI Bingley<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4700&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Self-Select Food Bank<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Members of SI Bingley, working in partnership with a range of organisations, volunteer at Bingley Community Kitchen\u2019s weekly FoodSavers Market Stall. It provides a wide range of self-selected affordable food for vulnerable families. Food is saved from going into landfill and it offers customers an opportunity to save in a recognised Credit Union scheme.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88855bf .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88855bf\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> Prosperity and SDG 4 Education<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88856dd .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f88856dd\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Winner &#8211; SI Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5542&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Public Speaking Competition<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SI Northern Ireland and SI Republic of Ireland hold a joint Ireland Public Speaking Competition for girls each year. The girls gain confidence and the final is very well attended.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f888582b .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f888582b\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Runner up &#8211; SI Barbados<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4703&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Building capacity for female entrepreneurs<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SI Barbados created a series of master classes that focused on the most popular and most requested topics for female entrepreneurs. Their speakers were hugely accomplished women professionals. The lives of women were improved as they received the necessary education and capacity building tools for their businesses.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885966 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885966\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> Peace and SDG 5 Gender Equality<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885a6f .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885a6f\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Winner &#8211; SI Salisbury<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4705&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Making Salisbury Safer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SI Salisbury carried out a number of initiatives to improve women&#8217;s safety in their city, from educating girls, to promoting &#8220;Ask Angela&#8221;, and they were instrumental in the launch of the Safety at Night Charter in Wiltshire and more specifically Salisbury.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885b9e .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885b9e\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Runner up &#8211; SI Trinidad and Tobago<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4706&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Imagine ART Competition<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Started by SI Newtown and adopted by the National Association, this competition was a celebration of International Women&#8217;s Day, whose theme was #embraceequity. Art pieces were submitted by more than 100 students which were displayed at the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago which saw many members of the general public visiting to view the artwork.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885cd1 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885cd1\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> Partnerships and SDG 1 No Poverty<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885de3 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885de3\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Winner &#8211; SI Barnstaple and District<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4708&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Anti-Spiking Campaign<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SI Barnstaple and District were awarded grants by the council to carry out their anti spiking campaign. They designed and purchased beer mats with anti spiking slogans and provided anti spiking kits to local pubs[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885f27 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69ea9f8885f27\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <span style=\"font-size: 21px\">Runner up &#8211; SI Stafford<\/span><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;4709&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Long term project for women in prison<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SI Stafford have worked with HM Drake Hall Prison for several years, aiming to promote better outcomes for women prisoners, in terms of their mental health, relationships with their families and settling post-release by working closely with the Chaplaincy and other support services in the prison.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The winner of the Delegates Choice Award was <strong>SI Stafford<\/strong>. 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