{"id":5103,"date":"2023-08-02T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2023-08-02T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:50:44","slug":"july-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/2023\/08\/02\/july-news\/","title":{"rendered":"July News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>July Meeting<\/h1>\n<p>The speaker at our July meeting was Alice Rose, Programming curator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinhall.co.uk\">Kiplin Hall<\/a>, the local Jacobean historic house.\u00a0 Alice described her role then went on to describe the history of the house and its families and current facilities and exhibitions for visitors.\u00a0 She also outlined future plans for the Hall and grounds in a wide-ranging and fascinating talk. We will be visiting as a group in August.<\/p>\n<p>We were delighted to welcome two new members at this meeting &#8211; Rachel Pavitt and Jane McLennan.\u00a0 They were welcomed and presented with their badges by the President and their mentors, Chris Bowran and Sue Eastham.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/New-memberws-July-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5106\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/New-memberws-July-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"New members in July\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/New-memberws-July-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/New-memberws-July-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Babs reported back on her attendance at the Yorkshire Region meeting held in July at Askham Grange Prison. She was impressed by the speakers, and the experience of visiting the prison.\u00a0 Christina Gabbitas spoke of her work writing educational stories, passing on knowledge to school children on drugs\/knives using animated videos, comic strips and poems, and Dishi Attwood, SIGBI Director of Membership talked about how she engages potential new members by storytelling.\u00a0 The next RCM will be in September, where the Programme Action awards will be voted on.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2>Programme Action updates<\/h2>\n<p>Programme Action officer Jenny has written to our MP, Rishi Sunak, urging action to implement the recommendations of the SIGBI Special Report on Domestic Abuse Courts, which highlights deficiencies in the operational procedures impacting on victims.\u00a0 The report has also been forwarded to other local organisations asking them to support us in this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Plans were discussed for a new fundraiser project being planned for next year.\u00a0 This will be a &#8220;coffee and cake&#8221; event at the Town Hall next Spring in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/grumpymule.co.uk\/\">Grumpy Mule<\/a> coffee, promoting their &#8220;Cafe Feminino&#8221;\u00a0 initiative which supports a Peruvian women&#8217;s coffee growing cooperative, and assists them and their children.\u00a0 Sue Young, who is organising the event, learned about this through local Chocolate maker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochachocolateshop.co.uk\">Mocha<\/a>, who sell Grumpy Mule coffee, so we will provide an outlet for selling their chocolate at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are progressing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spouseforce\">Spouse Force<\/a> on our joint project.\u00a0 We will be inviting 2 or 3 women from the Garrison to join our meetings for 3 months in the Autumn, to learn about volunteering, meetings and what Soroptimism is about.<\/p>\n<p>Babs also confirmed that our \u00a3220 donation has gone to the Soroptimist International President&#8217;s Appeal, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/presidents-appeal-2021-2023\/\">Opening the Door to a Brighter Future<\/a>&#8216;.\u00a0 This supports educational initiatives in Cambodia, Uganda and Georgia.<\/p>\n<h2>Progress on<a href=\"https:\/\/lendwithcare.org\/\"> LendWithCare<\/a> Micro-financing<\/h2>\n<p>All the 6 female entrepreneur&#8217;s projects to which we lent money in June were quickly fully funded, and the first repayments have arrived.\u00a0 This was enough to enable us to make another loan, which has gone to a further female group in Zambia.<\/p>\n<h2>Orange Cafe<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/Orange-Cafe-JUly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5107\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/Orange-Cafe-JUly-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Cafe session in July\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/Orange-Cafe-JUly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/files\/2023\/08\/Orange-Cafe-JUly.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Several members met for coffee at <a href=\"https:\/\/thelounges.co.uk\/morro\/\">Morro Lounge<\/a> in Richmond.\u00a0 This was the latest in our regular &#8220;Orange Cafe&#8221; sessions held on the 25th of each month from 10:30am.\u00a0 This is aimed at promoting the United Nations Orange The World campaign to tackle violence against women throughout the world, and raise awareness of both this and Soroptimism.\u00a0 A range of useful leaflets and bookmarks are available for visitors joining us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July Meeting The speaker at our July meeting was Alice Rose, Programming curator of Kiplin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[128,130,131,127,120,132,133,126,93,129,43,114,20],"class_list":["post-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","tag-askham-grange-prison","tag-cafe-feminino","tag-grumpy-mule","tag-kiplin-hall","tag-lend-with-care","tag-mocha-richmond","tag-morro-lounge","tag-orange-cafe","tag-orange-the-world","tag-si","tag-sigbi","tag-spouse-force","tag-yorkshire-region"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>July News | News | Blog | Events | SI Richmond and Dales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Richmond and Dales : Blog &amp; News : July News : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Richmond and Dales . 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