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Soroptimist International - Stafford

Soroptimist International of Stafford is part of a worldwide organisation of women, which is linked to the United Nations.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to SI Stafford!

Do you care about issues that affect women and girls?

Are you a woman who wants to make a difference?

Would you like to join a women’s organisation that offers friendship and fun – but with a serious purpose?

You may find the Soroptimist International Club of Stafford is just what you are looking for. 

 

Find out more about SI Stafford and what we do by browsing through our website. We warmly welcome new members, so if you are interested in what you see, please go to the section ‘Thinking of joining us?’

 

Winning the Delegates’ Award at SIGBI Annual Conference

We were incredibly proud to win the Delegates’ Award at the recent SIGBI Conference in London for our work with Drake Hall Women’s Prison. Thank you to all those who voted for us!

Recent Posts

At a Friends of Victoria Park event

Going green for good mental health

Poor mental health is something that many of us live with, in this complicated and stressful world. It can have a multitude of affects upon us, our interactions with others and our abilities to function at our best. Green is the colour of mental health awareness and in Mental Health Awareness Week our members went green, and had great fun too, laughter is a positive vibe, it's contagious.

Friendship across the miles

Soroptimist Clubs don't just have members who are friends within their locality, we're an international organisation and sometimes we have the opportunity to get together with friends from further afield. SI Stafford has a number of Friendship Links in the UK and more widely. Recently some of our friendship links members from Kirkcaldy in Scotland joined us for a few days, to celebrate the 85th anniversary of our club beginning and receiving its Charter. There's often food involved with friendship!

Orange the World

It’s 25th of the month, so it’s Orange Cafe. Raising awareness of gender based abuse in a very colourful way in Stafford. #soroptimistinternational #StopVAWG #StopGenderBasedViolence #equalityforall

Orange Cafe

SI Stafford members meet in a local cafe on 25th at 11 a.m. Why? The UNiTE campaign has proclaimed the 25th of each month as “Orange Day”, a day to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. As a bright and optimistic colour, orange represents a future free from violence against women and girls. Orange Day calls upon activists, to mobilize people and highlight issues relevant to preventing and ending violence against women and girls, not only once a year on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but every...

Practical support for other women

SI Stafford members have donated 450 bras to Kids Club Kampala, a charity supporting over 300,000 people in Kampala, Uganda. Not wearing a bra can lead to increased risks of sexual harassment and rape. These bras will go to women and girls throughout 12 slum communities across Kampala.

Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts – How special were they in 2022?

For every professional who supports survivors of domestic abuse, please read the Soroptimist report. Soroptimists stand up as advocates for all women, especially for those who have no voice. We have volunteered as independent observers to give the public confidence in our courts, but we also want to drive improvement and our recommendations seek to help build public trust in our justice system. Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts – How Special Are They? #advocacy #OrangeTheWorld #Soroptimist