{"id":607,"date":"2012-09-25T00:31:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=607"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:59:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:59:25","slug":"advice-action-and-awards-in-the-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2012\/09\/25\/advice-action-and-awards-in-the-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice, Action and Awards in the Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u201cNo one is beyond our help!\u201d \u2013 this is the strapline of the Debt Advice Network. Introduced by Margaret Molyneux (Regional Programme Action Officer) Rita Walsh, one of the charity\u2019s founders, opened SI South Lancashire\u2019s autumn meeting.<a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Speakers-at-Soroptimist-meeting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-609\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Speakers-at-Soroptimist-meeting.jpg\" alt=\"speakers at soroptimist regional meeting\" width=\"288\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Speakers-at-Soroptimist-meeting.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Speakers-at-Soroptimist-meeting-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">In a powerful presentation, Rita demolished some commonly-held beliefs about debt, before outlining the network\u2019s aims and achievements. Debt strikes at all levels of society, so the network helps anybody, regardless of their income, without charge. Specialist advice, money-management courses, and much more \u2013 all achieved by the <a title=\"link to debt advice network\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedebtadvicenetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Debt Advice Network <\/a>without government funding.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">The second speaker at the regional Programme Action meeting was Joan Lunt (SI Southport) who reported on developments following the resolution on ovarian cancer passed at the Brighton Conference. Confirmation has been received from the Department of Health that ovarian cancer will be included in its symptoms awareness programme \u2018Be Clear on Cancer\u2019. In addition the charity Target Ovarian Cancer is acknowledging the support of Soroptimists.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-bowls-team-award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-614\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-bowls-team-award.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist regional bowls team award\" width=\"146\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-bowls-team-award.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-bowls-team-award-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/span>Margaret\u2019s third guest speaker was Sue Biggs, Federation Programme Director. Focussing on our pledge to educate, empower and enable women and girls, Sue reported on the SIGBI partnership with the medical charity Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) in the Gambia.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-617 alignleft\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-programme-award.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist regional programme award\" width=\"180\" height=\"125\" \/>At the Regional Council meeting, President Denise Baldwin presented a clutch of annual awards: to SI Crosby, winners of the team bowls competition; to <a title=\"link to widnes bangalore project\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2012\/11\/04\/celebrating-success-widnes-and-bangalore\/\">SI Widnes for Programme Action<\/a>; to SI Bury for the President\u2019s Rosebowl Challenge.<a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-challenge-award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-620\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-challenge-award.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist regional presidents challenge award\" width=\"162\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">In addition Yvonne Atkinson (President, SI Crosby) presented the Tricia Fahey Cup (individual bowls competition) to Dot Massey.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">At the conclusion of the meeting, President Denise was delighted to welcome a representative of the <a title=\"link to north west air ambulance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestairambulance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North West Air Ambulance<\/a>, and to hand over a cheque for \u00a3826, the proceeds of her ladies\u2019 lunch in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-cheque-to-North-West-Air-Ambulance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641 alignleft\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-cheque-to-North-West-Air-Ambulance.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist cheque to north west air ambulance\" width=\"202\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-cheque-to-North-West-Air-Ambulance.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2012\/09\/Soroptimist-cheque-to-North-West-Air-Ambulance-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo one is beyond our help!\u201d \u2013 this is the strapline of the Debt Advice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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>Advice, Action and Awards in the Autumn | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Advice, Action and Awards in the Autumn : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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