Theme: Sharing our passion and supporting our clubs
Following the Edinburgh Conference in November 2024 and the changes made to the Region Constitution, SI Midland East have chosen to operate with a team of ‘Region Leaders’. We had already moved towards this model in November 2023 and, although the team has been reduced in size by the changes, we are all committed to ensuring that clubs in the region are able to have a forum where they can come together in friendship and learning. We feel strongly that we want the Region to be a mechanism which enables contact and support within and between our clubs.
Currently, the team is jointly led by Ruth Dodd (SI Amber Valley) and Elaine McDonald (SI Buxton). We have volunteered to organise and plan for the coming year; however, we do need more members to join the team and eventually take over from us. Under the new arrangements we additionally contribute to developing Programme Action (Ruth) and Secretarial support (Elaine) and are supported by Stephanie McHugh (SI Lincoln) as Treasurer and Kam Britland (SI Mansfield) who looks after our social media aspects and co-ordinates bookings for our meetings. Carol Evans (SI Amber Valley) ably minutes all our meetings. Denise Pears (SI Dukeries) has now taken over as our Benevolent Fund representative and Steph McHugh continues to represent us for Number 63. At Federation level, we welcome Elizabeth Hoult (SI Chesterfield) taking up her four-year term of office as our Federation Liaison Councillor.
We are always keen to hear from members who would like to join the team – all levels of skills are welcome and, if you are fairly new along your soroptimist journey, then it’s a great way to learn more about the breadth and depth of this amazing organisation.
The SIGBI conference 2026 in Cardiff will take place at Holland House Hotel & Spa on 30th and 31st October. Registration open in May 2026 so keep these dates and watch out for more exciting information from the Hub.
