{"id":151,"date":"2011-05-23T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=151"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:52:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:52:24","slug":"joint-regional-conference-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2011\/05\/23\/joint-regional-conference-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Regional Conference 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2011\/05\/joint-regional-conference-speaker-liz-morgan-lewis.jpg\" alt=\"joint regional conference speaker liz morgan-lewis\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-153\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2011\/05\/joint-regional-conference-exercises.jpg\" alt=\"joint regional conference exercises\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-152\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2011\/05\/joint-regional-conference-jenny-stanistreet-liz-morgan-lewis-judith-grocott-in-hats.jpg\" alt=\"joint regional conference jenny stanistreet liz morgan-lewis judith grocott in hats\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/>Soroptimists from all over Lancashire &#8211; and beyond &#8211; recently converged on Blackpool for their 74<sup>th<\/sup> Joint Regional Conference. Delegates came from the two neighbouring regions &#8211; South Lancashire and North West England &amp; the Isle of Man.<\/p>\n<p>The conference took as its theme &#8220;Equality &#8211; are we there yet?&#8221; &#8211; an examination of SI&#8217;s \u2018grass-roots&#8217; principle. Speakers looked at equality from a variety of angles, challenging delegates to abandon preconceptions and think again about what exactly &#8220;equality&#8221; means to them.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Pat Thane, Emeritus Professor of the University of London gave the keynote address. Other distinguished speakers included Marie Staunton, Chief Executive of the charity Plan UK, solicitor Ellie Foster, and university lecturers Dr Steven Dempster (Lancaster) and Jo Grady (Leicester). Susan Biggs (Chair, UKPAC) outlined plans for the forthcoming long-term project on education and leadership, and involved delegates in workshops. Federation President, Liz Morgan-Lewis, was principal guest. Jo Darbyshire, a member of SI Blackpool &amp; District, and a former Federation President, chaired the two-day conference.<\/p>\n<p>An innovation was a short set of\u00a0simple exercises. Causing much amusement, these ensured that delegates were ready and alert for the post-lunch conference session. Even delegates staffing clubs&#8217; sales&#8217; stalls entered into the spirit of the session!<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, an entertaining after-dinner session from Sarah Rhodes of &#8220;Get Ahead Hats&#8221; gave everyone &#8211; including the Federation President &#8211; the chance to indulge in elegant (and expensive) millinery. On Saturday, the Mayor and Mayoress of Blackpool, Councillor Don Clapham\u00a0and Mrs Gill Clapham, attended the conference&#8217;s black-and-white-themed gala dinner, and enjoyed a performance by Blackpool&#8217;s all-women close-harmony singing group &#8220;Soundwaves&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists from all over Lancashire &#8211; and beyond &#8211; recently converged on Blackpool for their&#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-151","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 2011 | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Joint Regional Conference 2011 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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