{"id":5132,"date":"2023-10-02T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:41:51","slug":"september-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/2023\/10\/02\/september-update\/","title":{"rendered":"September update"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Soroptimist International Convention in Dublin<\/h3>\n<p>Here is the September update on our activities, which featured lively meeting this month.\u00a0 Two members reported back on their experience of attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/\">Soroptimist International<\/a> Convention in Dublin.\u00a0 They attended as part of a 50 strong party from the Yorkshire Region who travelled to Dublin together.\u00a0 The party added exploration of the city to the Convention meetings.\u00a0 There was praise for the Dublin Convention Centre&#8217;s exceptional organisation and efficiency.\u00a0 The Centre staff succeeded in providing tea, coffee, and a hot lunch to 1600 SI members without queues.<\/p>\n<p>There were several impressive speakers at the Convention.\u00a0 The keynote speech was given by the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. She is currently chair of The Elders group at the United Nations, of which she is a founder member. The main themes of the convention were Gender Equality and The Environmental Crisis.\u00a0 There was discussion\u00a0 on the experience of social and political pushback in many parts of Europe against previous gains in gender equality.\u00a0 It was also pointed out that women and children are often disproportionately impacted by the effect of climate change in vulnerable parts of the world. They are likely to be suffering high levels and poverty and deprivation already in many such communities.<\/p>\n<p>The report from Convention sparked considerable discussion in the club.\u00a0 This highlighted the important of organisations such as Soroptimist International continuing their work.<\/p>\n<h3>Yorkshire Region<\/h3>\n<p>Members are proud that one of our number, Judith Clark, will be joint President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/\">SI Yorkshire Region<\/a> in 2024-5, having been appointed joint President-Elect from November.\u00a0 Judith has been a stalwart Soroptimist for many years. She has served on the Regional Council as Secretary for some years, as well as undertaking several officer posts in Richmond and Dales, including President.\u00a0 \u00a0The Richmond &amp; Dales club has been nominated to take its turn in providing a presentation about our programme action at the incoming President&#8217;s lunch and Council meeting in November.\u00a0 Our President Babs has agreed to do this talk for us.<\/p>\n<h3>Income and Spending<\/h3>\n<p>The club received over \u00a390 this month from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/\">EasyFundraising<\/a> donations, which will go into our current charity fund.\u00a0 \u00a0President Babs thanked those who participate in this scheme, and encouraged others to join in.\u00a0 Repayments from <a href=\"https:\/\/lendwithcare.org\/\">LendwithCare<\/a> have also enabled the club to make a further loan to a group of ladies in Malawi.<\/p>\n<h3>Plans for Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n<p>Members agreed plans at the October meeting for\u00a0 awareness raising during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/what-we-do\/ending-violence-against-women\/unite\/16-days-of-activism\">UN 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence<\/a>, which has the slogan &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/eliminationofviolenceagainstwomenday\/orangetheworld\">Orange The World<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 This event runs this year from 25th November to 10th December.\u00a0 We aim to &#8220;Orange&#8221; Richmond for the period, by encouraging local businesses to put &#8220;orange&#8221; displays in their windows, and\/or light up premises orange.\u00a0 A team is taking this plan forward, and developing publicity materials to support the campaign.\u00a0 Our fundraising Coffee Morning at the Town Hall on 25th November will be an &#8220;Orange Cafe&#8221;.\u00a0 Two further Orange Cafe sessions will be held &#8211; one on 1st December at The Ralf Fitzrandal pub in the evening, and the other at Morro Lounge on 10th November from 10:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>We will also be holding our fundraising &#8220;Bingo Night&#8221; at the R<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.co.uk\/\">ichmond Rugby Club<\/a> on 27th October.\u00a0 Entry is \u00a313:00 which includes a &#8220;pie &amp; pea&#8221; supper and the first game.<\/p>\n<h3>Sharing Our Skills<\/h3>\n<p>Member Chris Bowran has led the Sharing our Skills project since it began 12 years ago.\u00a0 She invited other members to join here in discussions with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondschool.net\/\">Richmond School<\/a> on selecting a new group of students to shadow our meetings in early 2024.\u00a0 This project introduces young students to volunteering and gives them insight and experience in how organisations work.\u00a0 It also and raises their awareness of the issues facing women and children around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We also hope to have two representatives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spouseforce\/\">Spouse Force<\/a> sharing a similar experience by being at our October and November meetings.\u00a0 Spouse Force was set up by a Catterick Garrison resident who is keen to bring together army spouses to encourage them in local volunteering and community work.\u00a0 Army spouses often experience loneliness and isolation due to the frequent moves from location to location which is characteristic of army life.\u00a0 \u00a0It is hoped that Spouse Force can bring them together, and also help them develop self-confidence and useful skills for employment. We hope that Spouse Force and SI Richmond and Dales can develop another ongoing relationship which is as fruitful as the student SOS project has been.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimist International Convention in Dublin Here is the September update on our activities, which featured&#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":[68,126,93,25,65,119,20],"class_list":["post-5132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","tag-coffee-morning","tag-orange-cafe","tag-orange-the-world","tag-richmond-school","tag-richmond-town-hall","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-yorkshire-region"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>September update | News | Blog | Events | SI Richmond and Dales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Richmond and Dales : Blog &amp; News : September update : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Richmond and Dales . 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