The annual Federation Conference was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow Nov 5th to 7th. This was a very stimulating and rewarding Conference. The standard of the speakers was excellent and thanks to the hard work of the organising committee the event ran very smoothly. The Princess Royal was guest of honour.
This conference marked the end of the two year Modern Day Slavery Resolution. APD Janet Hodgson presented a review of the of work carried out by Soroptimists during this time which ranged from educating our communities to lobbying our parliamentarians. The conclusion was that this had been a successful resolution but there was still much to do in the fight against modern slavery both in the UK and abroad.
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Exhibition Centre
Among the exhibitors were two charities with links to Scotland North.
The Tartan Ribbon Fund.
The Free to Live Trust
– exhibited Seema’s Project.
Trustees and friends enjoyed informing delegates of Seema’s Project.
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Conference – a chance to meet friends from near and far.
SN President Pam , Nisha, and SI SS President Bernadette
NIsha Gosh from SI Pune Metro East visited friends in Scotland before the conference. Nish, who is the Federation Friendship Link Co-ordinator is pictured with the Scottish Regional Presidents, Pam and Bernadette.
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Change of Insignia
The conference closed with the annual change of insignia. President Pam passed the Scotland North chain of office to new Federation President Margaret Emsley who then installed Jean Campbell as Scotland North Regional President 2015-16.
Congratulations to Jean.