{"id":6724,"date":"2025-08-05T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/?page_id=6724"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:04:41","slug":"programme-action-day-28th-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/programme-action-day-28th-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme Action Day  &#8211; 28th June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<style>.ld_fancy_heading_69d4c4a6d74fa .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em;bottom:0px;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_69d4c4a6d74fa\">\n\t<h1 class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\" ><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Advocacy, Awareness and Action<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Together We Thrive<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The Event seeks to focus on the Three A&#8217;s and some of the issues facing women and girls across Soroptimist International Northern England and beyond.\u00a0 The speakers will highlight their efforts to inspire women to be &#8220;the best of the best&#8221;.\u00a0 Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss what actions they can take to &#8220;Educate, Empower and Enable&#8221; women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div id=\"ld_content_box_69d4c4a6d8052\" class=\"fancy-box fancy-box-heading-sm fancy-box-booking ld_content_box_69d4c4a6d8052\">\n\t\n\t<figure class=\"fancy-box-image\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039; viewBox%3D&#039;0 0 550 1024&#039;%2F&gt;\" class=\"attachment-full size-full ld-lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2025\/08\/Sue-W.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2025\/08\/Sue-W.png 550w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2025\/08\/Sue-W-161x300.png 161w\" data-aspect=\"0.537109375\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-header\">\n\t\t\t<h3>\"A Way Out\" - Sue Willoughby - Head of Services<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-details\"><\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-details -->\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-header -->\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"fancy-box-contents\">\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-info\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The charity has been supporting vulnerable women and girls for over 20 years. Its work has expanded from street-based support for sex workers to include a school programme on healthy relationships, grooming and gender-based violence.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-info -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-footer -->\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-contents -->\n\t\n\t\t\n<\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box fancy-box-booking -->[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div id=\"ld_content_box_69d4c4a6e1006\" class=\"fancy-box fancy-box-heading-sm fancy-box-booking ld_content_box_69d4c4a6e1006\">\n\t\n\t<figure class=\"fancy-box-image\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039; viewBox%3D&#039;0 0 478 1024&#039;%2F&gt;\" class=\"attachment-full size-full ld-lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2025\/08\/Asma-S.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2025\/08\/Asma-S.png 478w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-england\/files\/2025\/08\/Asma-S-140x300.png 140w\" data-aspect=\"0.466796875\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-header\">\n\t\t\t<h3>The Halo Project - Asma Shaffi - Trustee<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-details\"><\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-details -->\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.fancy-box-header -->\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"fancy-box-contents\">\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fancy-box-info\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">Throughout her career Asma has been an inspiring figure for women, particularly in education and community leadership. She is the first BME Principal in Teesside and one of only two nationally in the sixth form sector. 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This included the launch of their new Regional banner designed by Past President Jan Robinson and Shirley Hallam Gould for last year&#8217;s SIGBI conference in Edinburgh. The shoe collection\u00a0 was to support a Smart Works campaign to help women attending interviews. (40 pairs) A mystery book sale raised \u00a337\u00a0 to purchase new shoes. 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