SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL NOTTINGHAM
PROGRAMME OF CLUB MEETINGS 2026 -27
THEME : Standing Up for Women and Girls
| 2026 | Meetings start at 19:30 |
| Mon 18th May Holiday Inn |
Speaker : Lydia Yates, Youth Mayor Gedling; Club Business Chair : Kate Swinscoe Vision and Mission : Barbara Hillier |
| Mon 1st June Zoom |
Speaker : Dr Lyndsey Harris, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Lincoln. Lyndsey is concerned with improvement of services to women with complex needs. Her research centres on the victimisation and criminalisation of women. She advises the Police and Crime Commissioner and Nottingham City Council.
Club Business Vision and Mission : Mary Drake |
| Mon 15th June Holiday Inn |
Programme Action Evening to include session on fitness for older women by physiotherapist, Jack Rubotham; Making up welcome packs. Club Business Chair : Programme Action Officer Vision and Mission : Sue McFarlane |
| Sat 20th June | Region Meeting including AGM at YMCA, Newark |
| Mon 6th July Zoom |
Journalism Award : judging 2026 nominations; Club Business Chair : Clare Copping Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 20th July Holiday Inn |
Getting to Know You Talk : Tracy Radford, Artistic Director and CEO of Unanima, a theatre company for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; Club Business Chair : Maureen Cope Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 7th Sept Zoom |
Speaker : Claire Fowler, Youth Development Lead for the King’s Trust East Midlands who will focus on the Trust’s work with young women. Club Business Chair : Viv Pearson Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 21st Sept Holiday Inn |
‘Drop-in’ meeting at the Holiday Inn restaurant for supper or just a drink/coffee & catch up.
Probably 1800 onwards – details to be confirmed |
| Mon 5th Oct Zoom |
Speakers : 2026 Journalism Award Winners;
Club Business Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 19th Oct Holiday Inn |
Programme Action Evening Chair : Programme Action Officer Vision and Mission : |
| Fri 30th and
Sat 31st Oct |
Federation Conference (SIGBI) at Holland House Hotel and Spa, Cardiff |
| Mon 2nd Nov Zoom |
Speaker/s from Literacy Pirates – we celebrate the National Year of Reading by hearing about the work of this organisation; Club Business Chair : Perdita Harvey Vision and Mission : |
| Sat 14th Nov |
Region Meeting at YMCA, Newark |
| Mon 16th Nov Holiday Inn |
International Evening – topics to be confirmed but may be structure of SI, its Federations and links with the UN; possible new link club in the Netherlands. Club Business Chair : Lina Morgan Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 7th Dec Zoom |
Speaker : Annette Maudsley, past Federation Safeguarding Liaison, Safguarding is Everyone’s Business. Club Business Chair : Vision and Mission : |
| Sat 12th Dec | Club Christmas Lunch, Holiday Inn Nottingham, arrival from 12:30 to eat at 13:00 |
| 2027 | CLUB MEETINGS |
| Mon 4th Jan Zoom |
Speaker/Content to be confirmed |
| Mon 18th Jan Holiday Inn |
Programme Action Review and Planning Evening; Club Business Chair : Programme Action Officer Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 1st Feb Zoom |
Discussion of subscription/budget 2027/28;
reflective review of Club; Club Business Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 15th Feb Holiday Inn |
Speaker : Richard Graves, author ‘Life and Times of Mary Attenborough’ – a pioneer Soroptimist and Mother of two famous sons! Club Business Chair : Vision and Mission : |
| Mon 1st March Zoom |
Speaker/Content to be confirmed |
| Sat 13th March | Region Meeting on Zoom |
| Sat 20th March | SI Nottingham Charter Celebration |
| Mon 5th April Zoom |
Speaker/Content to be confirmed |
| Mon 19th April Holiday Inn |
AGM; Silent Auction; Club Business |