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What Is SI Rossendale Doing During Lockdown?

What Is SI Rossendale Doing During Lockdown?

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Isn’t it a funny old time at the moment?!   Many of us around the world are living under Covid-19 restrictions and, as a result, several people have been asking us ‘What Is SI Rossendale Doing During Lockdown?’   As I write this blog post, in May 2020, I’m currently in my 7th week of lockdown, thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world. In the last two and a half months, I have only left the house to go food shopping once a week.

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SI Rossendale’s 70th Birthday Celebrations!

SI Rossendale’s 70th Birthday Celebrations!

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May 2018 marked a great milestone for SI Rossendale, because it was the 70th anniversary of Soroptimism in the Rossendale Valley. To celebrate, we held a big birthday party bash at The Sykeside Hotel in Haslingden, and invited our friends and beneficiaries along to help with the revelries. In fact, we even managed to get our event in the local paper – The Rossendale Free Press! Below is the transcript of the article. 

Enterprising Woman Award 2016

Enterprising Woman Award 2016

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We were delighted to attend the Rossendale Business Awards this week to present the 2016 Enterprising Woman Award. Rossendale Soroptimists sponsored this award to recognise strong, independent, confident female leaders who have developed an approach that has brought educational or leadership opportunities for other women. We were delighted with the huge interest in this inaugural award. The judging was made very difficult by the quality of the nominations. Four nominees were shortlisted finalists; Alison Ashworth, Anita Kenyon, Christine Moffat and Dawn Mellors with Christine Moffat being awarded the accolade of Rossendale’s Enterprising Woman 2016.   President Alison Driver, pictured presenting Christine with her award, said “I’d like to thank all the women who took the time and trouble to enter for this award. It wasn’t an easy task choosing between such high quality, worthy applications. Christine was chosen in recognition of her long record of training and

20th Charter Lunch

20th Charter Lunch

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                          We held our 20th Charter Lunch at Sykeside Country House Hotel on 16 October 2016. Thirty two Soroptimists and guests gathered to enjoy great food and great company. President Alison Driver welcomed everyone to the event, highlighting that although SI Rossendale was celebrating it’s 20th Charter, there had been a Soroptimist presence in the Valley for 79 years. The Guest of Honour, The Worshipful The Mayor of Rossendale, Councillor Granville Morris thanked the members of SI Rossendale on behalf of Rossendale Council for the work that they did in the Rossendale Valley helping women and girls, he said that “their tireless efforts are received with the thanks of the Borough”. The club’s hard work over the years was also recognised by the President of the North West and Isle of Man Soroptimist International,