For the Centenary Toolkit, for use throughout our Centenary Year, 2021, go to the Centenary Resources Page:
Special Day Tool Kits
UN Days 2020 – Measuring our Impact
We have chosen four of the UN Days around which we will create a toolkit to be used by Clubs. Do get involved on social media to raise awareness and get our voices heard. Use our suggested messages, images and press releases.
The four days that have been chosen in 2020 are: International Women’s Day, World Environment Day, SIGBI Day of Action and 16 Days of Activism.
We will create a toolkit for you to use for each of these four days, and after the event we will circulate a survey asking for you to submit your social media stats. Instructions on how to do this will be included.
Do join in. Let us know how many people you reached, and let’s tally up the total reach for SIGBI for each special day.
16 Days of Activism 2020
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence take place between 25 November and 10 December each year. The theme for 2020 is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!”
As the world retreated inside homes due to the lockdown measures introduced to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, reports showed an alarming increase in the already existing pandemic of violence against women.
“Accompanying the crisis has been a spike in domestic violence reporting, at exactly the time that services, including rule of law, health and shelters, are being diverted to address the pandemic,” stated the UN Secretary-General’s report, “Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19“.
A toolkit has been developed for Members, Clubs, Regions/National Associations/Networks to use, consisting of press releases, an image for every day of the 16 Days of Activism, and social media messages.
Why note make orange masks to wear during this time when you go to the shops. A pattern is included in the toolkit, to be made using orange material, and you can either leave your mask plain, or why not wear a different one each day and write messages on them related to the day in question.
Start the conversation!
Social Media Messages, Headers and post ideas for the 16 Days of Activism
This toolkit consists of three press releases, 18 images, and social media headers and messages to use each day plus two videos which can be shared before the 16 Days start. There is also a Face Mask pattern if you want to make orange masks to wear during the campaign.
Press Releases for 16 Days
There are three press releases for you to customise and use. The first is for the 25 November – Elimination of Violence Against Women, the second for 30th November – Human Trafficking Day and the third is for 10th December Human Rights Day. All press releases are in Word format, so that you can customise them:
- Press Release 25th Nov– Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Press Release 30th Nov -Human trafficking Day
- Press Release 10th Dec– Human Rights Day
Social Media Headers and Messages for 16 Days
Use the Facebook and Twitter Headers below throughout the 16 Days of Activism.
Social Media messages relevant to each day of the 16 Days for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are provided in the Word document below:
Videos for 16 Days
The following two videos, featuring prominent women, are good to share on social media in the lead up to the 16 Days:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llNP__bW-o0&feature=emb_title- The Shadow Pandemic narrated by Kate Winslet – 1 minute long
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uddNvBu0MV8&feature=emb_logo – Statement by Nicole Kidman on Shadow Pandemic – 2.5 minutes long
Images for 16 Days
There are 18 images below. The first two can be used before the 16 Days, and there is one image for each of the days, with a relevant message, to accompany your social media post. Click on each image to open the large version, then right click on it and “Save As Image”:
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Face Masks for 16 Days
Download the face mask below and make with orange material. Why not make 16 and customise them with relevant messages, one for each day of the 16 days. Again it’s a JPEG, so click on it for the large size then right click and “Save As Image”:
Poster
The following poster has been produced by SI Epsom and District for use by other Clubs. The links included do point to items on SI Epsom and District’s website:
SIGBI Day of Action 2020
The SIGBI Day of Action is on Saturday 18 July 2020.
The theme for this day was originally Climate Change, but with the situation we have been in since the beginning of the year, the theme is now #SoroptimistsConnect.
How are you connecting with each other and with your local community during lockdown? Use this opportunity to let the world know what you are doing to help during the pandemic. Remember to use the hashtag #SoroptimistsConnect.
A toolkit has been developed for Members, Clubs, Regions/National Associations/Networks to use. Click on the relevant item below to download it for your use. A video for sharing will be available nearer the date:
Social Media Headers and post ideas for the SIGBI Day of Action
The top item is a selection of suitable messages (in WORD for easy copying and pasting) that can be used on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The items below are various images, that you can use on the different platforms, either as your header or within a post. Some have an image already inserted so that you can just use it, and others (labelled blank) have a space to add your own image, which you can do in Publisher, PowerPoint or Canva.
Not sure how to do this? Read some simple instructions.
Click the link then right click on the image to “Save As . . .” to your computer.
- Day of Action Social media messages (WORD)
- Facebook cover with image
- Facebook cover blank
- Twitter cover with image
- Twitter cover blank
- Facebook and Twitter sized post with image
- Facebook and Twitter sized post blank
- Instagram sized post with image
- Instagram sized post blank
Clubs should use this template Day of Action Press Release (WORD format) to encourage press coverage of their action.
Share the video below – https://youtu.be/-wlTU4HlrJM – on your social media platforms.
International Volunteers Week 2020
This year, National Volunteers’ Week is running from Monday 1st June to Sunday 7th June.
Here is another opportunity to celebrate your volunteering work, sharing your stories on your websites and through social media channels. Whether you’re volunteering to support the NHS, other organisations or charities, or you are volunteering in your local community or supporting an international project, tell your story and use the logo and the hashtag #Soroptimistsvolunteer. If you tag us in on Facebook Soroptimist International GBI and on Twitter @SIGBI1 we will like, share and retweet too. And make sure you do the same for all the other posts you see from other Clubs, let’s let everyone know #Soroptimistsvolunteer. There are two versions of the logo below which you can use with your posts.
World Environment Day 2020
World Environment Day is on 5 June 2020. Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) have provided social media messages for Clubs/Regions/NAs/Networks and Members to use throughout this day. The theme is #ForNature, and two images are also provided for you to include with your social media posts. We will not circulate a survey on this occasion to evaluate the reach.
International Women’s Day 2020
Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) have provided a toolkit for Clubs/Regions/NAs/Networks and Members to use during International Women’s Day 2020, promoting this year’s theme, An Equal World is an Enabled World.
We encourage Soroptimists everywhere to create their social media posts using the bespoke messages that we have produced, tailored for Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, and adding a photograph of themselves doing the Equal Sign, using the frames provided (as in the example shown) – simply use PowerPoint or Publisher to add your photograph. You can also use any of the pictures that are in our Flickr album.
The hashtags to use are #SoroptimistsStandUpforWomen, #EachforEqual, #GenerationEquality
Use the press release to let your local media know about your campaign.
