Please scroll down for the full programme and keep checking because it is updated regularly… you will also find more details about where and how we meet at the bottom of this page.
Programme of events for the Club’s 65th Year 2021-2022 and the Centenary of Soroptimist International
- Last Minute Registration: 15 September – 2 October, 2021 / $75.00 (about £54)
Sat 9 Oct – 9.30am to 1pm on Zoom – SI London Chilterns Region AGM/Conference. Speaker: Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, on Career and Gender. Dame Sarah will share her personal experience of rising to senior roles in two professions with the exact opposite gender mix – in nursing she was England’s Chief Nursing Officer and now she is a Bishop in the Church of England. We will continue our Soroptimist International 100th Anniversary celebration by recognising more of the top #WhoIsShe Soroptimists from our Region. We will also spend time remembering our dear Member, Johanna Raffan MBE SIGBI President and Member of SI Thames Valley, who sadly died in June. More details will be available soon. Click here to view updated information about the event www.sigbi.org/london-chilterns/agm2021 For those who want to be participate in the AGM/Conference in the company of other St Albans Soroptimists we will co-ordinate when we know who is attending.
Mon 11 Oct – Club Meeting – feedback from Region meeting + prep for SIGBI Conference – 11 Oct is International Day of the Girl Child, 10 Oct is World Mental Health Day
Mon 25 Oct – Social event
Fri 29 Oct and Sat 30 Oct 12-6pm – Online SIGBI Conference Llandudno www.sigbi.org/llandudno2021 with workshops and speakers 12 to 6pm both days and a celebration of our 100th Anniversary. Book now – the price is per person:
- Normal Registration: 17th August – 30 September 2021 – £70
- Late Registration: 1st October – 22 October 2021 – £80
Please note that the 1 hour workshops are £5 for each day – if you don’t attend the workshops the Conference opens at 1.15pm please click here to see the Programme timings www.sigbi.org/llandudno2021/conference-programme-and-timings/
For those who want to be participate in the Conference in the company of other St Albans Soroptimists we will co-ordinate when we know who is attending.
It is planned that after Conference closes Club Members will continue celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Soroptimist International.
Thur 4 Nov – Abbey Theatre Charity Night Private Lives by Noel Coward. Main Stage 8pm £13/ticket. Please click here for full information including how to book www.sigbi.org/st-albans/private-lives
Mon 8 Nov – Club Meeting – feedback from Conference
Fri 19 Nov is World Toilet Day
Mon 22 Nov – Speaker Meeting on Zoom – hosted by the Club’s Peace Team
25 Nov-10 Dec “Orange the World” – 16 days of action to end gender based violence ending on Human Rights Day. Click here www.sigbi.org/st-albans/orange21 to find out how you can turn St Albans and neighbouring towns and villages orange.
Mon 6 Dec – Carol singing and social event
Sat 11 Dec – SI London Chilterns Region Meeting/Conference and Celebration of Human Rights Day
2022
Mon 10 Jan – Club Meeting – catch up after the Christmas break + feedback from Region meeting
Mon 24 Jan – Speaker Meeting – COP26 The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference. It is scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1 to 12 November 2021 under the presidency of the United Kingdom. We will hear about outcomes and plans for the future.
Sat ?(TBD) Feb – Virtual Quiz
Mon 14 Feb – Club Meeting – 11 Feb is International day for women and girls in science
Mon 28 Feb – Social Event
Tue 1 March – Pancake Day – Home-Start pancake race in St Albans?
Sat 5 March – SILC Region Meeting/Conference and Celebration of International Women’s Day
Mon 14 Mar – Refugees Event – Club Meeting – feedback from Region meeting, 8 March is International Women’s Day
Mon 28 Mar – Speaker Meeting – 22 March is World Water Day, and 28 March is International Day of Forests
Mon 11 Apr – Club Meeting – 7 Apr is World Health Day
Mon 25 Apr – AGM
Quiz?
2023
27-29 July 2023 Soroptimist International Convention Dublin “Challenge the Future” sidublin2023.com
The Soroptimist Club of St Albans and District holds Club Meetings on the 2nd Monday of most months either on Zoom or at Chiswell Green United Reformed Church Hall, Watford Road, St Albans, AL2 3HG. Zoom meetings are usually 7.30pm to 9pm. In person meetings are usually 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 on Zoom 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.
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.
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.
For more details about where and how we meet please scroll down to the bottom of this page.
For guidance on joining a Club meeting on Zoom please click on this web page www.sigbi.org/st-albans/zoom
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