On Sunday 27 November members of the Club stood alongside members of  the Mothers’ Union, Diocese of Salisbury as part of the UN’s annual #Orangetheworld 16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women.  United by a common desire to see an end to violence against women – they were there to raise awareness of domestic abuse and the many other manifestations of violence against women and girls. There was a lot of interest from Festive Market goers; young visitors were particularly keen on the orange and purple balloons handed out and the fresh fruit handed out to both adults and children were ice breakers to a series of conversations about domestic abuse and what we can all do to spot it in relationships and to stop it. “We are particularly grateful to local fruit sellers Central Fruits and Simply Fruit who supported us with fresh

SI San Fernando are celebrating their 60th anniversary! They asked clubs around the world to contribute to a peace patchwork by creating a 12 inch square patch. Our member Annie Hotton stepped up to create this patch. The martisor represents our link to sisters in SI Chisnau, Moldova. SI Salisbury members Bernie and Eleanor handed over our club peace patch to Renata and Sandra from SI San Fernando at the SIGBI conference in Belfast.

At our October meeting President Jenny Hair, congratulated Eleanor Evans on her election as SIGBI Assistant Programme Director People for 2022-2024. She presented her with a bouquet of flowers as recognition of this important role. Jenny also congratulated Lisa Scandling, who, next year, will become Regional President-Elect of SI Southern England. Jenny commented that both Eleanor and Lisa brought recognition and honour to the Club, as well as themselves, by stepping up to wider public responsibilities in Soroptimism. We hope that they both enjoy their roles. Jenny inducted Karen Gadd and Edwina Berkeley as new Soroptimist members, presented their badges and welcomed them to the Club.