Club Programme of Events
The Soroptimist Club of St Albans and District holds Club Meetings on the 2nd Monday of most months at Chiswell Green United Reformed Church Hall, Watford Road, St Albans, AL2 3HG. Doors open at 7.45pm for 8pm start, coffee break during the meeting and end at 10pm. Club Members also meet on 4th Mondays – either at the URC Church Hall (as above) – or out and about at other venues. Coffee mornings are usually a morning in the 1st week of the month from 10.30am to 12.30pm and are held at different venues. In addition there are social and fundraising events. Details of the programme are included here.
If you would like to attend an event, be a speaker, or are considering membership, please click on “Contact Us” on this website, or email sistalbans@hotmail.com Guests are always given a warm welcome so please come and meet us.
Our Club’s Executive Officers meet on the first Tuesday of most months – the schedule is on this website www,sigbi.org/st-albans/club-programme/exec/. We are an open and transparent Club and Members’ are welcome to attend and participate in these meetings .
Programme of events for the Club’s 63rd Year 2019-2020
Mon 22 Jul – Summer Potluck Supper Social Event – 7pm to 9pm at the URC Church Hall where we normally meet – please note earlier time! Please bring a dish to share and let Kat know what you are bringing to make sure we get a really good spread. Guests are very welcome.
Wed 31 Jul – Coffee Morning at Jean Eaton’s – just drop in anytime between 10.30am and 12.30pm – all are welcome – if you need Jean’s address please ask by clicking on “Contact Us” on this website, or email sistalbans@hotmail.com
Wed 21 Aug – Club Outing – art at the New Maynard Gallery in Welwyn Garden City (President Katherine Clark is a Trustee) followed by lunch
Fri 30 Aug to Sun 1 Sep – Friendship Link visit to Muenster – please let Jean know if you are interested – partners also welcome
Mon 9 Sep – Club Meeting – catch up at first meeting after the summer break + review the resolutions for the SIGBI General Meeting 25 Oct at the SIGBI Conference (if they are available)
Mon 23 Sep – Club Meeting – Irma Mullins, the Development Manager for New Leaf Wellbeing College will come and tell us about about the college www.newleafcollege.co.uk “New Leaf Wellbeing College offers a range of free short educational courses which give you the skills and knowledge to help you better manage your wellbeing. Attending the college also gives you the opportunity to reflect upon your own situation and consider how you can build on your strengths to achieve better wellbeing. The college is available free of charge to all Hertfordshire residents aged 18 and over. ” Plus after coffee activity (watch this space for details)
Mon 7 Oct – Speaker Meeting – hear about the Club’s new charity for this year from a Trustee of the Herts Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre www.hertsrapecrisis.org.uk and after coffee some mindfulness with Ruth Farenga from Mindful Pathway www.mindfulpathway.co.uk
Sat 12 Oct AGM and Region Meeting/Conference at Lancaster Hall Hotel London
Fri 18 Oct to Mon 21 Oct – TBC – Visit to the UK by Members of our Friendship Link SI Warsaw
Mon 21 Oct – Social Event + prep for Conference
Thur 24 to Sat 26 Oct – Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference in Bournemouth – see the website for more information www.sigbi.org/bournemouth2019/ all are welcome to come along with the group from St Albans !
Mon 11 Nov – Club Meeting – we will hear about OWCH Older Womens Co-housing for over 50’s www.owch.org.uk and the Club’s Learning Opportunities Team will help the Club to mark WorldToilet Day with a bottle sale in aid of Toilet Twinning so please bring a bottle or jar of anything you no longer need/want that you think someone else might like to buy, or just bring money to buy a bottle for sale! On the evening there will also be reports back from the Soroptimist Region’s AGM www.sigbi.org/london-chilterns and from the Federation Conference www.sigbi.org/bournemouth2019/
Fri 15 Nov – SI Hertford Club Quiz
Mon 25 Nov – Speaker Meeting (Violence Against Women Team)
Sat 30 Nov – Region Human Rights Day Meeting/Conference/Celebration
Mon 9 Dec – Carol Singing at St Albans City Station followed by a pot-luck supper at Sarah’s
2020
Mon 13 Jan – Club Meeting + report back from Regional Meeting + catch up after Christmas
Mon 27 Jan – Speaker Meeting (Learning Opportunities Team) Earthworks St Albans, providing “Horticultural training for those with learning disabilities” and so much more… www.earthworksstalbans.co.uk The Club has supported this local charity/enterprise for many years so it will great to have an update first-hand. Check out their website of you’d like to visit. We will have another speaker too TBC
Mon 10 Feb – Club Meeting
Mon 24 Feb – Social Evening
Tue 25 Feb – Pancake Day
Mon 9 March – Club Meeting or International Women’s Day event
Sat 14 March – Region International Women’s Day Meeting/Conference/Celebration
Sat 21 March – Quiz Night – our ever popular quiz at Homewood Rd URC
Mon 23 March – Club Meeting or International Women’s Day event + report back from Regional Meeting
Mon 27 April – AGM transept at St Mary’s Redbourn from 7pm. Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourn AL3 7DU https://stmarysredbourn.org/location-2/ – a review of the year just gone, a look forward to the year ahead – we will celebrate together with a light buffet and refreshments.
May 12 2020 SI Osaka Anniversary (SI Osaka has a Friendship Link with SI St Albans)
Sat June TBD – Charity Bookstall St Albans Market
Women Serving the St Albans Community Since 1957