{"id":5837,"date":"2024-10-31T07:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T06:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2024-10-31T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:21:06","slug":"50-years-of-greater-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2024\/10\/31\/50-years-of-greater-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years of Greater Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5836\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2024\/10\/BoltonAfternoonTea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5836 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2024\/10\/BoltonAfternoonTea-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2024\/10\/BoltonAfternoonTea-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2024\/10\/BoltonAfternoonTea.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standing L to R &#8211; Ruth Healey, Carole Swarbrick, Pamela Wright, Mayor of Bolton Seated &#8211; members of S I Bolton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Mayor of Bolton and Soroptimist International Manchester hosted an afternoon tea in order to mark 50 years since the formation of Greater Manchester and the forthcoming centenary of the Manchester Soroptimist club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">All Soroptimist clubs in Greater Manchester were invited to give a presentation to the assembled mayors of the various boroughs in order to highlight the valuable work carried out in their communities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester\u00a0 and three deputy lieutenants were joined by the Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland President Ruth Healey and\u00a0 the Regional President Pamela Wright who both contributed to the afternoon with interesting and uplifting speeches.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Members in Manchester were generous in donating raffle prizes with all proceeds going to Soroptimist charities. It is hoped that the event will further raise the profile of our global organisation as we look towards the exciting centenary year ahead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right\"><em>President Carole Swarbrick<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of Bolton and Soroptimist International Manchester hosted an afternoon tea in order to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":5836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>50 years of Greater Manchester | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; News : 50 years of Greater Manchester : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Manchester . 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