{"id":877,"date":"2026-10-22T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans\/?page_id=877"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:45:07","slug":"club-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans\/club-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
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Club Year 2026-2027<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Club had a really successful 69th year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will be the Club\u2019s 70th anniversary on April 27th 2027, so we will start to mark this special birthday during the Club Year 2026-27.<\/p>\n

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We have face to face meetings in most months as well as a monthly online meeting. This provides\u00a0 opportunities for speakers and fundraising and has transformed Team and Planning meetings making them more accessible for many members. Please click on the Club Programme<\/a> to see upcoming events <\/strong>and visit Club News<\/a> on the website to see detail of future and past events.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Club Members are split into three teams around the Soroptimist International Programme Objectives to provide focus for the Club\u2019s projects which Soroptimists call \u201cProgramme Action<\/strong>\u201c. The three teams are Peace, People and Planet.<\/p>\n

As well as Programme Action Teams, the Club has a\u00a0 \u201cPlanning Team<\/strong>\u201d, which is how the Club\u2019s Executive is now known because that is what it does in the main.\u00a0 To see who is on the Club Planning Team<\/strong> for the year click here\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans\/planning-team<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>The Planning Team are all in the lovely photo (for a change) with a few other members marking International Women’s Day 2023 with the theme “Embrace Equity”.<\/p>\n

There is always so much we want to do, meeting as a Club, having some fun and working together on with projects which will benefit the charities we support in our local Community and internationally with Soroptimists worldwide.<\/p>\n

Soroptimist International, the worldwide organisation of which we are a part, was founded to make a difference to Women and Girls worldwide. Our Club has teams working on projects<\/a> and activities linked to 3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development areas \u2013<\/p>\n

People<\/strong> Team<\/strong> \u2013 projects covering learning opportunities\/education and wellbeing\/health<\/p>\n

Planet Team \u2013 <\/strong>projects relating to sustainability and the environment<\/p>\n

Peace Team \u2013<\/strong> projects to end violence against women and provide support.<\/p>\n

During the year Club Members across the three teams will continue to support the\u00a0St Albans and Hertsmere Women\u2019s Refuge<\/strong>, the\u00a0Steve Sinnott Foundation Period Poverty Project<\/strong> and many other charities.<\/p>\n

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Our Club prides itself on being friendly and welcoming, so if you have come to this page as a non-Member we encourage you to join us at one of our meetings and find out what we are all about \u2013 we would love to see you \u2013 simply \u2013<\/p>\n