{"id":5275,"date":"2026-04-13T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:19:40","slug":"a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/","title":{"rendered":"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI"},"content":{"rendered":"

At our AGM in April, President Lisette Muddiman presented Long Service Award certificates to 5 members of SI Southport, who between them have dedicated 215 years of continuous service to SIGBI. Congratulations to:
\nArlene Allan<\/strong>, who joined SI Southport in 1991 – 35 years as a Soroptimist
\nJoan Lunt<\/strong>, who joined SI Bootle in 1986 and then transferred to other clubs, re-joining SI Southport recently – 40 years as a Soroptimist
\nGhislaine Fletcher<\/strong>, who joined SI Southport in 1986 – 40 years as a Soroptimist<\/p>\n

And our two ‘Golden Girls\u2019:
\nAnn Bryan<\/strong>, who has given 50 years of service, joining SI Southport in 1976
\nJean Tweddell, <\/strong>who joined SI Carshalton in 1976 and transferred to SI Southport in 1980<\/p>\n

Many congratulations to these awesome ladies, who have contributed so much to the work of Soroptimist International locally, nationally and internationally – and still do!
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At our AGM in April, President Lisette Muddiman presented Long Service Award certificates to 5…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":5276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"\nA combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI | News | Blog | Events | SI Southport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Southport : Blog & News : A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Southport . Read more about A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI | News | Blog | Events | SI Southport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Southport : Blog & News : A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Southport . Read more about A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Southport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-13T15:50:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T16:19:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"823\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"southport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"southport\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/\",\"name\":\"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI | News | Blog | Events | SI Southport\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T15:50:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-13T16:19:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#\/schema\/person\/990f04ab504d44e9f30ec73e28942e2a\"},\"description\":\"SI Southport : Blog & News : A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Southport . Read more about A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":823},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/\",\"name\":\"SI Southport\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#\/schema\/person\/990f04ab504d44e9f30ec73e28942e2a\",\"name\":\"southport\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5acead69b832170244c765551ab40ed49b4aa147054a68449240bded810fc22a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5acead69b832170244c765551ab40ed49b4aa147054a68449240bded810fc22a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"southport\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/author\/southport\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI | News | Blog | Events | SI Southport","description":"SI Southport : Blog & News : A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Southport . Read more about A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI | News | Blog | Events | SI Southport","og_description":"SI Southport : Blog & News : A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Southport . Read more about A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/","og_site_name":"SI Southport","article_published_time":"2026-04-13T15:50:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-13T16:19:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":823,"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"southport","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"southport","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/","name":"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI | News | Blog | Events | SI Southport","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-13T15:50:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-13T16:19:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#\/schema\/person\/990f04ab504d44e9f30ec73e28942e2a"},"description":"SI Southport : Blog & News : A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Southport . Read more about A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/files\/2026\/07\/SI-Southport-Long-Service-Awards-.jpg","width":1024,"height":823},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/2026\/04\/13\/a-combined-215-years-of-service-to-sigbi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A combined 215 Years of Service to SIGBI"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/","name":"SI Southport","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#\/schema\/person\/990f04ab504d44e9f30ec73e28942e2a","name":"southport","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5acead69b832170244c765551ab40ed49b4aa147054a68449240bded810fc22a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5acead69b832170244c765551ab40ed49b4aa147054a68449240bded810fc22a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"southport"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/author\/southport\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/516"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5277,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions\/5277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/southport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}