Rossendale Soroptimist Club is a small group of women committed to the improvement of women and girls lives within our local community, at a regional level in collaboration with other Clubs in the area and finally, as an affiliated Club to the International organisation. We promote and support projects which are intended to help women and girls promote their status within their own environments. Our projects Empower, Enable and Educate women to facilitate equal opportunities for women and girls of the future.
We hope to be trail blazers and mentors to the women and girls who follow. To help girls and women see that there should be no boundaries to what the female gender can accomplish given the support, encouragement and examples.
Soroptimist International has Global Status and a voice at the United Nations. The projects supported by the Organisation are linked to the 17 Sustainable Goals which all Member Nations signed in 2015. The goals provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. The Soroptimists vision is to ensure women and girls are able to contribute and influence that agenda.
New members are always welcome. Our club is friendly and we have fun whilst getting things done. We invite you to come to a meeting and see for yourself.
Our club members come from many walks of life and bring a wide variety of experience and skills to enrich our club. What we all share however is a common desire to help make life better for women and girls, to help them see and reach their full potential within their community and beyond and be able to contribute to the overall structure of society. Our club is constantly evolving as new projects and ideas are brought forward and championed by our members.
Our programme reflects our shared values of supporting women and girls at local, national and international levels We know that sometimes even a relatively small gesture or donation can make a big difference and we aim to support as many causes as we can during the year. Our members suggest new projects and we have regular causes which we support year on year. Some projects have been long standing others have gone on to become Community Assets. One of the biggest being the Hospice Movement in Rossendale which was driven by Dorothy Mitchell a Soroptimist Member at the time and her associate Club members. The Club maintains an annual support of the Hospice by raising much need funds.
SI Rossendale has evolved from its origins of three separate clubs in Haslingden, Rawtenstall and Bacup over the past 79 years. The women members have been instrumental and supportive of many projects to help women, girls and families within the area of Rossendale and beyond, supporting other organisations such as Women’s Refuges, Safe Spaces, Family Centres, girls football clubs, Breakfast Clubs and many more. 2027 marks 80 years of Soroptimism in Rossendale. We’ll be celebrating what’s been achieved over the years and looking to the future where we will continue to support women and girls everywhere.
