{"id":2690,"date":"2016-03-27T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T14:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?page_id=2690"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:00:23","slug":"presidents-welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/welcome-to-our-region\/presidents-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](click image for larger slideshow)[\/vc_column_text][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;5095,5094,5096,5097&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; speed=&#8221;4000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;<strong>Together we can meet the challenge<\/strong>\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2026\/01\/Joint-Presidents-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5368 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2026\/01\/Joint-Presidents-2025-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2026\/01\/Joint-Presidents-2025-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2026\/01\/Joint-Presidents-2025.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">Welcome to the North West England and the Isle of Man website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">We are Joint Regional Presidents for 2025-26 and we are both in the Lancaster club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">Therese joined SI Morecambe in 2009 and served as President twice. She transferred to SI Lancaster when the Morecambe club closed and has spent two consecutive years as President. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">Val joined SI Manchester in 1996 and served as President twice and Regional President for South Lancashire in 2007-08. In 2019 she came to live in this region and transferred to SI Lancaster where she has served a year as President. She came into office in November 2024 as Regional President and now will share this year with Therese.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">Our theme for the year is Our Planet, Our Power, as we believe none of us can thrive without a healthy planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">Friendship is the heart of Soroptimism and we hope to visit each of the clubs in our region during our year in office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">We would like to continue supporting Lancashire Women as the regional charity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">Therese Gill and Val Moss.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 125%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 125%\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm;line-height: 125%\">\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Make a difference<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Visit us and discover who we are and what we do.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to make a difference too? Fill in <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?page_id=2609\">our contact form<\/a> and we\u2019ll get back to you as soon as we can to find out what you\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in the work that we do and would like to join a club near you please follow this link for more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?page_id=2678\">nearest club<\/a> to you.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re on Facebook please like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SoroptimistsNWengland\/\">our page<\/a> and see what we get up to.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](click image for larger slideshow)[\/vc_column_text][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;5095,5094,5096,5097&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; speed=&#8221;4000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text] &#8216;Together we can meet 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