{"id":104,"date":"2010-05-27T14:44:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T13:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=104"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:49:39","slug":"joint-regional-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2010\/05\/27\/joint-regional-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Regional Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2010\/05\/dscn2921-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>President Sharon Greenhow from North West England and Isle of Man, hosted this year&#8217;s Joint Reginal Conference together with our own President Dr Sriya Kulupana and Federation President Jackie Mosedale was a very welcome VIP.<\/p>\n<p>The Theme of the Conference which was\u00a0held at The Daresbury Park Hotel was &#8220;Victory over Adversity&#8221; and the Conference opened with a Sri Lankan lamp lighting ceremony on the Saturday morning, which was followed by an inspiriational address by Federation President Jackie Mosedale.<\/p>\n<p>During the day<strong> Judge Bernstein<\/strong> told of her childhood in Vienna prior to 1939 and her subsequent escape to Britain from the Nazi regime. <strong>Anushya Kulupana<\/strong>, President Sriya&#8217;s daughter, spoke of her work with TARA (Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance) in Glasgow, follwed by <strong>Eleanor Maddocks<\/strong> who went from being a victim of domestic abuse to running a women&#8217;s refuge. The final speaker of the day bein <strong>Carolyn Wolstenholme<\/strong> who work with the charity &#8220;Friends of Chernobyl&#8217;s Children&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-108\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2010\/05\/dscn2929-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2010\/05\/dscn2929-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2010\/05\/dscn2929-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2010\/05\/dscn2929.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/>On Saturday Evening, a Gala Dinner was held with everyone in their finery, with many chosing the optional extra of wearing a Sari. A prize was given the to the best sari wearer after a fashion parade.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning <strong>Dr Alex McMinn<\/strong> gave and entertaining talk on the well being in later life, followed by Programme Action Presentations from both regions.<br \/>\nAt the close of the conference Sriya gave a prctical demonstration of Mindfulness techinque that can help ease the stresses odf modern life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Sharon Greenhow from North West England and Isle of Man, hosted this year&#8217;s Joint&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joint Regional Conference | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Joint Regional Conference : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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