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Police Action in Wiltshire: VAWG

We welcomed DS Jen Jeffcoat-Marsh to talk to us about how Wiltshire Police are dealing with VAWG and Rape And Serious Sexual Assault (RASSO). She began by explaining about Op Soteria, the first National Operating Model (NOM) for the investigation of rape and serious sexual

IWD talk at Cathedral

Club members celebrated International Women’s Day by going to the cathedral to listen to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in conversation with the Bishop of Sherborne. Nazanin took us through the story of her arrest and imprisonment and talked about the long term consequences of the experience. Her

Eating well

Our January meeting focused on good nutrition to keep us healthy. Our speaker, Amber Cotton is a Registered Nutritional Therapist who enjoys working with people to build a food program suitable to their age, lifestyle and health. Her topic for the evening was Mastering Midlife

16 Days of Activism 2024

Salisbury Soroptimists splashed orange around the city during 16 Days of Activism, part of the United Nations Orange the World initiative to eliminate violence against women. Postboxes were topped with orange crocheted flowers and shoes to represent women killed by partners – a shocking average

Quiz 2024

We held our annual Charity Quiz Night at the Harnham Parish Hall on October 12. Eight teams exercised their brains to answer six rounds of questions and the two table rounds. While many questions were about women and their achievements, there was plenty of variety

5th Birthday Celebration

On Saturday 17th August, 2024, Salisbury Soroptimists and invited guests met to celebrate the club's 5th birthday. Dressing for a 'summer day by the river' everyone gathered on the patio of the Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel in Harnham, for pre-brunch drinks. We were delighted

Autism Awareness

The main part of our July meeting was a presentation by two of our members who are autistic. Cath and Louise explained that autism is a type of neurodiversity, which means their brains operate in different ways to those of us who are neurotypical, and

ABRAcadaBRA! CeleBRAting new record!

One fine evening and some willing counters were all we needed to complete our annual bra collection. Fortunately, after several days of rain, we picked the right evening to gather in Helen's beautiful, riverside garden to celeBRAte the end of this year's collection and to

Her Salisbury Footprint Revisited

For our June meeting we planned to take advantage of the warm summer weather and long evenings to revisit Her Salisbury Footprint, the walking trail developed through Her Salisbury Story. The weather was sunny and the evening light. A group of us met in front

Cooking in Africa

Following the late cancellation of the speaker from the Nelson Trust, Julia gave a presentation about the problems of cooking in Africa. Julia lived in three different Sub-Saharan African countries for ten years and encountered the numerous problems associated with 'dirty cooking'; four out of