{"id":4599,"date":"2018-11-26T23:56:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T22:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:19:38","slug":"updates-and-congratulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2018\/11\/26\/updates-and-congratulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates and Congratulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Guest speaker at SI South Lancashire\u2019s autumn Programme Action meeting was George Thomas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4600\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/George-Thomas-Life-NoW-with-Margaret-Davies-and-Yvonne-Gibbon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4600\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/George-Thomas-Life-NoW-with-Margaret-Davies-and-Yvonne-Gibbon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/George-Thomas-Life-NoW-with-Margaret-Davies-and-Yvonne-Gibbon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2018\/11\/George-Thomas-Life-NoW-with-Margaret-Davies-and-Yvonne-Gibbon.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Thomas flanked by IPP Margaret Davies and Region PA Officer Yvonne Gibbon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">No stranger to Soroptimists, George gave an update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenow.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life NoW<\/a>. This is a north-west-based charity focussing on young adults who have life-limiting conditions. The charity\u2019s work is evolving but the core mission is to enable the young adults and their families to live life <em>now<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations were in order for Yvonne Gibbon, the Region&#8217;s Programme Action Officer. At the recent Federation Conference in Liverpool Yvonne was elected the Assistant Programme Director (Education) for Soroptimist International, GB &amp; Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, too, to SI Manchester who scooped the Best Practice Award (Economic Empowerment) at the Conference for the Club&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/90th-anniversary-project-heal-malawi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEAL Malawi<\/a> project.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">At the Regional Council meeting, newly-installed President Sue Underwood thanked her predecessor, Margaret Davies, for such a busy and productive year. President Sue then outlined her theme: why? when? where? can Soroptimists make a difference? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/regional-rose-bowl-challenge\/\">President&#8217;s Rose Bowl Challenge<\/a> will focus on enhancing the mutual advantages of partnership working. We help others \u2013 but what will we get from this?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Plus, President Sue emphasised that she is looking forward to meeting as many Soroptimists as possible in their clubs whether taking part in service projects, holding routine meetings or enjoying social events. Distance no object!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest speaker at SI South Lancashire\u2019s autumn Programme Action meeting was George Thomas. 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