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Regional President Margaret Clarke updates us on her activities. It’s been a busy couple of months!<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Ladies,<\/span><\/p>\n

How are you all?\u00a0 The weather has been wet, windy, warm and sunny in May – rather like people\u2019s moods.\u00a0 The First of May is always Staffordshire Day and let\u2019s hope we can celebrate this royally in 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 15th May also saw the 100th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion this year – what good company they are in aren\u2019t they Ladies?<\/span><\/p>\n

I thoroughly enjoyed SI Burton\u2019s<\/a> business meeting where their Greenpeace Speaker Ben Oulton gave us great insight into climate change and the global plastics problem emanating from billiard balls to cosmetics, buildings to cars, medicines to supermarket wrapping.\u00a0 Even when we decrease our fossil fuel use, warming will still increase for some time.\u00a0 It is sad to think that in a thousand years there will still be tiny undegraded bits of plastic on our beaches.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recycling is something we can all do – from using broken plastic as plant pot drainage and loaning items such as tools or garden implements to or from others.\u00a0 In the future science may find chemicals to aid biodegrading of single use plastic, the fishing industry could create biodegradable fishing nets, developers might be able to use plastics for hardcore and Local Authorities could ask for pavements and slabs to be manufactured out of recycled plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n

June came \u2018Bursting in All Over\u2019 as the song goes. I attended a very interesting event with SI Wolverhampton presented by WOW (Women of Wolverhampton)<\/a>.\u00a0 Our Region Meeting on the 12th featured SI Tamworth\u2019s Sue Powell giving a glowing account of their long running Bursary Project for Girls in Uganda.\u00a0 Programme Action Speaker the Reverend Sarah Morris, chaplain of HM Prison Drake Hall, showed how important education is in helping women to gain their self respect and a future life without re-offending. Jane Morris, CEO of the Purple Community Fund certainly has a magic touch in gaining connections to assist the whole cause.\u00a0 What outstanding ladies our speakers were.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SI<\/a>On the 19th June I participated in the Three Regions Meeting hosted by Midland East Region, closely followed by our Regional Conference on the 26th, which began with Vince Owen, CEO of the Krizevac Project in Malawi. Vince was supposedly speaking from the family\u2019s tent in a field, but really he snuck into the local bar where the internet quality was better!\u00a0 In the past Clubs had sent him sewing machines and bicycles galore which helped him set up a factory where women could work for a living and help to feed, clothe and educate their families.\u00a0 The chatline really buzzed as we realised the many other items we can send to his HQ in Stoke-on-Trent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SI<\/a>Formerly of SI Bilston, Margaret Emsley, a past SIGBI Federation President, gave an impressive talk on why more girls should take a look at STEM subjects.\u00a0 Women can and do give a different perspective to many science projects though recognition is slow to mirror this.\u00a0 A thoroughly welcome update on a subject dear to SI hearts from a much respected sister Soroptimist.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SI<\/a>There had been rehearsals and much choosing of hats and gloves for the Drama Presentation of 100 Years of SI Heroines, narrated by Dishi Attwood, SIGBI Growth Ambassador.\u00a0 An abundance of accents were employed and hats worn, and the actors were really delighted with the generous comments made by the audience.\u00a0 As you can imagine the conference was very different from what I and my Conference Committee had envisaged back in 2019, but you all made our efforts feel worthwhile.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many thanks!<\/span><\/p>\n

In friendship,\u00a0Margaret<\/span><\/p>\n

30\/6\/21<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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