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 67th Year 2023-2024
August break
From September we will be meeting at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre – please click here for more information https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2023/cccc/ There is ample car parking and a clear signpost to the carpark, but you will need to use your satnav or google maps to start with. The full address is: Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre, Old Oak, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans AL1 2EF
Mon 11 Sep – Club Meeting 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre -– post-summer catch up, feedback from Dublin International Convention and more…
Mon 25 Sep – Speaker Meeting on Zoom 7.30pm – 9pm with Sarah Mitcherson Head of Ridgeway Academy in Welwyn Garden City – Can Everyone Achieve? What are the Challenges facing Secondary Education leaders today? Click here for more information https://sigbi.org/st-albans/education If you’d like to attend please please click on “Contact Us” on this website, or email sistalbans@hotmail.com . Guests are always given a warm welcome.
Sat 7 Oct – SI London Chilterns Region AGM/Conference – 10am to 1pm on Zoom
Mon 9 Oct – Club Meeting 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre
Mon 16 Oct Planet Team have organised a day out in London and a vegan meal – more details to follow.
Mon 23 Oct – Club Social evening TBC
Fri 3 – Sat 4 Nov – SIGBI Conference London https://sigbi.org/london2023/ Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 https://www.friendshouse.co.uk/
Mon 13 Nov – Club Meeting 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre – feedback from Region and SIGBI Conference
Sat 25 Nov – Sun 10 Dec – Orange the World – 16 Days of Action to end gender based violence
Mon 27 Nov – Orange The World Campaign Launch #OrangeTheWorldHerts at St Albans Museum and Gallery – 4pm in the Courtroom for refreshments, networking and photos and 5pm outside for more photos of the lights switching on. Club Members and supporters are encouraged to come along to the Museum. Please email sistalbans@hotmail.com
Mon 4 Dec – from 5.30pm “Shake Rattle and Sing” – Soroptimists and friends (2 and 4 legged!) will be singing festive songs at St Albans City Station from 5.30pm to 7pm in aid of the local Women’s Refuge www.sahwr.org.uk marking Human Rights Day. We will then retire to a local pub for a well-earned supper. Come and join in the fun – wear orange if you can – exercise your vocal cords, shake a bucket or just come and socialise with us in the pub! For more details email: sistalbans@hotmail.com
Sat 9 Dec – SI London Chilterns Region Human Rights Day event 10am to 1pm on Zoom
2024
Mon 8 Jan – Club Meeting 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre – feedback from Region
TBC Jan – Big Interview Day at St Albans Girls’ School
Mon 22 Jan – Judith Leary-Joyce, author of the “Beginner’s Guide to Eco-Renovation” on Zoom 7.30pm – 9pm
on Thursday 29TH FEBRUARY 2024 .
Mon 12 Feb – Club Meeting 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre
Tue 13 Feb – St Albans Pancake Race in support of Home-Start Hertfordshire – stewards needed 11am to 2pm
Mon 26 Feb – Speaker about the Land Army on Zoom
Thu 29 Feb – Abbey Theatre Charity Night STEEL MAGNOLIAS adapted by Robert Harling on the main stage. Abbey Theatre, Westminster Lodge, Holywell Hill St Albans AL1 2DL. Ticket information will be posted here.
Mon 11 Mar – 7.30pm – 9.30pm Club Meeting in Person at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre TBC NB 8 Mar is International Women’s Day
Sat 16 Mar – SI London Chilterns Region Meeting/Conference and Celebration of International Women’s Day
Sat 23 Mar – Charity Quiz Night at St Albans URC Homewood Rd – this ever popular event is not to be missed!
Mon 25 Mar – Social or Speaker Evening
Mon 8 Apr – TBC
Mon 22 Apr – Club AGM Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre
The Soroptimist Club of St Albans and District holds Club Meetings on the 2nd Monday of most months either on Zoom or from September 2023 at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre, Old Oak, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans AL1 2EF – please click here for more information about the venue https://sigbi.org/st-albans/where-we-meet. Zoom meetings are usually 7.30pm to 9pm. In person meetings are usually 7.15pm for 7.30pm start, coffee break during the meeting and end at 9.30pm. Club Members also meet on 4th Mondays – either at the URC Church Hall (as above), on Zoom or out and about at other venues. Coffee mornings are usually held once a month from 10.30am to 12.30pm and are held at different venues. In addition there are social and fundraising events.
Our Club holds a Planning/Executive meeting at the beginning of the first week 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 encouraged 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
Women Serving the St Albans Community Since 1957