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Club Mailings – October 2021

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15 October 2021

SIGBI News Briefing – 15 October 2021

AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE FORM – Please be reminded to return your authorized representative form to selina@sigbi.org by Friday 22 October 2021. The letter circulated to Clubs on 24 September 2021, which included the Authorised Representative form, has been amended slightly.  This is to clarify that questions submitted to the GM on the day, which may not be addressed due to time constraints, will be responded to by the Proposers of the Resolution and Amendment and sent directly to the members submitting the questions.

ASSISTANT PROGRAMME DIRECTORS AT CLUB/REGION/NA MEETINGS – The five Assistant Programme Directors are very willing to speak at Club/Region/NA/ Meetings on their specialist area, so please do get in touch with them if you would like to arrange a talk. Their email addresses are as follows:

DONATION FORM UPDATED OCTOBER 2021 – Please send your cheque donations using the updated donation form below, which now includes the new International President’s Appeal, Opening Doors to a Bright Future:

TREE PLANTING MAP – Add your trees to our map by end October 2021 to be included on the next update:

1 October 2021

SIGBI News Briefing – 1 October 2021

LAUNCH OF NEW INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S APPEAL – Soroptimist International President Elect, Maureen Maguire, who will become SI President in January 2022, is delighted to launch her International President’s Appeal, “Opening Doors to a Bright Future”.

The objectives of this appeal are to:

  • Provide access to education in all its forms for disadvantaged and marginalised women and girls.
  • Provide education to women and girls in a safe, friendly, and stimulating environment where there is equality of opportunity and support for all.
  • Develop mentoring programmes that encourage confidence, self-esteem and increase the participation of women and girls in society and in decision-making.
  • Increase access to information, educational resources, and services, to empower women and girls to make informed life-choices.

Projects will be established in all five Soroptimist Federations, with the launch project being in Cambodia, SI South West Pacific.

You can no longer donate to “Road to Equality”. All donations to the International President’s Appeal will be allocated to “Opening Doors to a Bright Future”.

Read full details of the Appeal below:

SIGBI ONLINE DATABASE ONGOING ISSUES – We apologise to Programme Action Officers for our ongoing issue which means you are unable to add photographs to programme focus reports.   We are trying to resolve this as quickly as possible and will let you know when this facility has been restored”.

TREE PLANTING MAP – As at 30 September 2021, 66,964 trees have been planted by SIGBI during SI’s Centenary Year. Add your trees to our map by end October 2021 for the next update:

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