At our recent (Oct 2024) Charter Lunch we were very pleased to welcome Jan Flynn, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Stockport Without Abuse. SWA is a domestic abuse charity that operates a refuge in Stockport and two dispersed properties, along side extensive victim
SI Stockport are delighted to support Lendwithcare – an initiative of the poverty fighting charity, CARE International UK. CARE have innovative projects that enable people access to financial tools and training needed to lift themselves out of poverty. Loans are made to ‘entrepreneurs’ in developing
At our October 2024 Charter Lunch we were delighted to welcome CEO of Arc Jacqui Wood. Arc is an amazing organisation that has become SI Stockport’s 2024 charity. Arc works across Stockport and Greater Manchester to provide arts programmes and services to improve people’s mental
Stockport Soroptimists are delighted to have made a financial contribution to the work of CLAPA – http://www.clapa.com – given that every day in the UK three babies are born with a cleft. Much needed support with all aspects of cleft management are given by this
Sue Wagstaff Sue joined Stockport and District in 1990 and was Club President from 2005/6 and again in 2012/13. She served as Club Secretary between her time as President and became PAC Officer in 2019 – a position she held at the time of her
Well, who does not love a pudding. In moderation, of course! SI Stockport and our Friendship Link neighbour Buxton jointly held a fund raising Pudding Night. Monies raised were sent to the Hearing Dogs charity. Who can resist this?:
The recent Cop 26 Climate Conference in Glasgow really concentrated minds on the dire state that we, as human beings, have placed our planet and its future for life as we know it. It would be easy to despair in the face of what our
Time goes sooooo quickly, doesn’t it?! October 2024 saw us all back at the Alma Lodge Hotel here in Stockport for our annual Charter Lunch. This year we were delighted to welcome Mayor Cllr Suzanne Wyatt and representatives of the local projects that SI Stockport
On September 24th (2021) Club President Sue was delighted to attend the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) for the unveiling of a sculpture marking the Centenary of Soroptimist International. SIGBI has had a plot at the NMA since 2002. At Club level and at the
Spring 2022 saw members of SI Stockport return to Guernsey for the Friendship Link weekend. The tree planted as a symbol of that friendship grows apace and is now surrounded by beautiful flowers. Friendship with SI Guernsey and island as a whole continue to thrive
