{"id":1338,"date":"2018-03-26T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/?page_id=1338"},"modified":"2021-08-02T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T09:18:11","slug":"90-years-of-si-sheffield-1928-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/90-years-of-si-sheffield-1928-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"How we&#8217;re working towards SI&#8217;s Sustainable Development Goals &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Celebrating 100 Years of Soroptimism 1921-2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>SDGs<\/h3>\n<p>STOP PRESS! &#8211; The first two sets of\u00a0 Healthy Hampers have been sent out to Snowdrop clients &#8211; July 2021!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/90-years-of-si-sheffield-1928-2018\/pasty\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4751\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/08\/pasty-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/08\/pasty-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/08\/pasty-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/08\/pasty.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The Veggie Pasties look amazing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning<\/li>\n<li>Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/2021\/07\/03\/healthy-hampers\/healthyhamper\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4726\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4726\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/07\/Healthyhamper-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/07\/Healthyhamper-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/07\/Healthyhamper-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2021\/07\/Healthyhamper.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Projects<\/h3>\n<p>\u2013 We are now in our 4<sup>th<\/sup> year of the Share our Skills project with local Sixth Former students.\u00a0 They have assisted in the organisation our Fashion Show, taken a very active part in the successful Toilet Twinning project, and we are now working together to produce recipe cards and food boxes which will be donated to the Snowdrop Project &#8211; a local charity which supports refugees.\u00a0 The girls are also working within their school to raise awareness of Period Poverty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/what-do-we-do\/friendship-link-300x225\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4524 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2020\/04\/friendship-link-300x225-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SI Karachi\" width=\"219\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We continue to offer support to SI Karachi, enabling them to give women the skills and funding to become independent.\u00a0 Fundraising for this project includes an annual Curry Night and we are currently looking at ways of holding this event, under the Covid restrictions.\u00a0 Watch this space!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/what-sort-of-woman-is-a-soroptomist\/image1-300x225\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4517\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4517 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2020\/04\/image1-300x225-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Sustainable Environment and Health<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>SDGs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Working towards a world where there is no poverty, zero hunger, good health and wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Living with clean water and sanitation in sustainable cities and communities and recognising the need for climate action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We organsied a successful Speaker Meeting &#8211;\u00a0 Sylvia from the Dianne Oxberry Trust encouraged SI Sheffield members and their guests, which included the Yorkshire Region\u2019s President Linda, to spread the word about the symptoms of ovarian cancer.\u00a0 The Trust was formed in memory of Dianne Oxberry, a BBC presenter, who died in 2019 only ten weeks after her diagnosis with this disease.\u00a0 By raising awareness of the symptoms, it is hoped that women will have an earlier diagnosis, thus saving lives.\u00a0 You can find out more on https:\/\/dianneoxberrytrust.org<\/p>\n<h3>Projects<\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Health awareness particularly working with Breast Cancer Now to run a pink party raising awareness of the issues particularly in response to the covid pandemic. We ran an online auction to raise much needed money for the charity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tree planting \u2013to support SIGBI`s project to plant trees in celebration of our centenary and a talk from the community forestry officer.<\/p>\n<p>-We plan to work with ECOSIA and to research a project about sustainable toilet paper and support for women\u2019s communities in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/2018\/10\/19\/breast-cancer-care-creating-awareness-in-october\/img_3071\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1433 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_3071-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_3071-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sheffield\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_3071.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Action against Gender Based Violence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>SDGs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Projects<\/h3>\n<p>-Supporting two of Sheffield women\u2019s refuges by regular donations of toiletries, house-hold items, non-perishable food items, children\u2019s clothing,\u00a0 toys and gift parcels at Christmas and Easter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Supporting the Snowdrop Project, which supports survivors of human trafficking through regular donations of children\u2019s toys and clothes, furniture and house hold items.<\/p>\n<p>-Campaigning against the sexual exploitation of women through actions such as organising a successful campaign against the relicensing of a sexual \u201centertainment\u201d venue in the city or by collecting signatures for the &#8220;Stop Sex for Sale&#8221; Action, initiated by the Purple Teardrop Campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a 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