{"id":2579,"date":"2015-11-16T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T20:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2015-11-18T21:36:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T20:36:57","slug":"glasgow2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2015\/glasgow2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimist Conference Glasgow 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowPrincessAnne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2583 size-medium\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowPrincessAnne-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"GlasgowPrincessAnne\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowPrincessAnne-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowPrincessAnne.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>5 members of the world-wide women\u2019s organisation from the St Albans area were among \u00a01200\u00a0delegates at the annual Soroptimist conference in Glasgow being attended by HRH Princess Anne and Dame Stella Rimington \u2013 among other luminaries!<\/p>\n<p>These intrepid 5 \u00a0belong to Soroptimist International which has more than 80\u00a0thousand\u00a0members volunteering in 130 countries.\u00a0 They also help shape policies advancing the\u00a0progress of women at the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The elimination of all kinds of violence to women, the education of women and girls and the provision of clean water and sanitation are among the organisation\u2019s chief concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2580\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowStellaRimington-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"GlasgowStellaRimington\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowStellaRimington-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowStellaRimington.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Princess Anne received a \u00a34,000 cheque towards the work of Save the Children\u00a0which is currently appealing for funds to support refugee children in camps around Syria.\u00a0 Soroptimist clubs around the UK have donated food parcels and toiletries to families fleeing into Europe and some are preparing welcome packs of clothes and toys for women and children who will be arriving in Britain in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>At the three day conference, Soroptimists heard from the first woman to head MI5, Dame Stella Rimington; one of the UK\u2019s leading entrepreneurs, Jo Fairley who launched the internationally successful Green and Black\u2019s Organic chocolate, and BBC broadcaster and journalist Sarah Montague who presents Radio 4\u2019s breakfast programme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHilaryRatcliffe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2582\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHilaryRatcliffe-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"GlasgowHilaryRatcliffe\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHilaryRatcliffe-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHilaryRatcliffe.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All 5 of the Members had active roles in the Conference&#8217;s success \u2013 Hilary Ratcliffe from Harpenden (pictured right) was the Chief Steward, Denise Powell and Jennie Redford from Harpenden were event stewards along with Helen Byrne from St Albans. Jane Slatter from Watford is the current Director of Communications and had to be on the stage at the General Meeting. Helen is pictured below asking a question at the General Meeting. \u00a0For more info about the conference please see <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/glasgow2015\">www.sigbi.org\/glasgow2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2581\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHelenByrne-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"GlasgowHelenByrne\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHelenByrne-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/GlasgowHelenByrne.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>The news item appeared in the St Albans and Harpenden Review:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stalbansreview.co.uk\/news\/14039181.Soroptimist_International_St_Albans_members_attend_conference_in_Glasgow_with_Princess_Anne\/\">www.stalbansreview.co.uk\/news\/14039181.Soroptimist_International_St_Albans_members_attend_conference_in_Glasgow_with_Princess_Anne\/<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 members of the world-wide women\u2019s organisation from the St Albans area were among \u00a01200\u00a0delegates&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[138,192,190,189,12,60,11,191,13,99],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-conference","tag-glasgow","tag-princess-anne","tag-save-the-children","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-stella-rimington","tag-women","tag-womens-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimist Conference Glasgow 2015 | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : Soroptimist Conference Glasgow 2015 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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