{"id":4420,"date":"2019-07-23T14:59:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2020-05-23T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T16:44:00","slug":"why-breakingbarriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/why-breakingbarriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why #BreakingBarriers ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;4100,4383,4384,4382,4377,4390,4387,4385,4396,4397,4403,4402,4413,4414,4416,4415,4419,4417,4408,4375&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; speed=&#8221;4000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; title=&#8221;2019 Regional Conference&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Northwest Soroptimists have been #BreakingBarriers<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Saturday 11 May 2019 saw around 100 delegates from across the North West and surrounding regions attend our latest Regional Conference, held at the Preston Marriott, with the theme of #BreakingBarriers. President Alison\u2019s welcome in the Conference Programme sums up the day.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WELCOME <\/strong>to the 2019 North West Regional Conference at the Preston Marriott Hotel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Conference theme is <strong>#BreakingBarriers <\/strong>(Hashtag Breaking Barriers). It\u2019s probably no mystery why we\u2019d choose Breaking Barriers as a theme, after all, Soroptimists the world over spend their lives helping women and girls break barriers.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>But why #?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Because we\u2019re already part of a global conversation about breaking barriers, but unless you\u2019re a Soroptimist, you probably don\u2019t know that! Using # is like waving a big blue flag about our conversation. Anyone, anywhere in the world, will see that Soroptimists in the North West of England are serious about being included in the global conversation about \u201cbreaking barriers\u201d, serious about making a difference. Try it, type <strong>#BreakingBarriers<\/strong> into Google and see what the global conversation is!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bringing the global <strong>#BreakingBarriers<\/strong> conversation to today in Preston, we\u2019ve an exciting programme of speakers lined up for you. Speakers from different walks of life who\u2019ll share with us the damage they\u2019ve done to barriers, completely obliterated them in some cases! We hope that you\u2019ll be inspired, recharged and re-enthused for your work as a Soroptimist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#BreakingBarriers<\/strong> we hope you enjoy your day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alison Driver<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The inspiring and thought provoking speakers for the day were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Erinma Bell MBE DL JP<\/li>\n<li>Steph Sherratt, Breaking Barriers NW<\/li>\n<li>Gail Newsham, Pride of Preston \u2013 The Dick, Kerr Ladies<\/li>\n<li>Chris Green OBE, White Ribbon (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Houldsworth, Medecins Sans Frontieres<\/li>\n<li>Rosie Dummer, AKA Rosie Cake Diva<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the words of one first-time attendee, she \u201cfound the conference welcoming, inviting, informative, with a wide variety of passionate speakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a brief rest, planning will start soon for our next Northwest conference in 2021 \u2013 with a trip out to the South Lancashire conference in 2020.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;4100,4383,4384,4382,4377,4390,4387,4385,4396,4397,4403,4402,4413,4414,4416,4415,4419,4417,4408,4375&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; speed=&#8221;4000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; title=&#8221;2019 Regional Conference&#8221;][vc_column_text] Northwest Soroptimists have been #BreakingBarriers [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":4100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,14],"tags":[54,51,53,52,36,37],"class_list":["post-4420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-2019","category-ourblog","tag-breaking-barriers","tag-breakingbarriers","tag-northwest","tag-soroptimists","tag-womens-groups","tag-womens-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why #BreakingBarriers ? | News | Blog | Events | SI North West England and the Isle of Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI North West England and the Isle of Man : Blog &amp; News : Why #BreakingBarriers ? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI North West England and the Isle of Man . 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