{"id":4602,"date":"2021-04-24T14:23:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/?page_id=4602"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:15:07","slug":"presidents-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 &#8211; 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Towards 2027<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5546 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After several years without a president, Chris Fryer handed the chain to Maureen Scott at our AGM in April. 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Maureen would like to encourage all members to be involved in club activities, to share ideas and to continue to help and support the vulnerable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our Vision \u2013 Soroptimist International \u00a0is committed to a World \u00a0where Women and Girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Recent Activity<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;5546,5545,5537,5530,5528,5520,5515,5509&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Towards 2027 After several years without a president, Chris Fryer handed the chain to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>April 2026 - 2027 | SI Stockton-on-Tees | SIGBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI Stockton-on-Tees : April 2026 - 2027 : SI Stockton-on-Tees is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the April 2026 - 2027 here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"April 2026 - 2027 | SI Stockton-on-Tees | SIGBI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI Stockton-on-Tees : April 2026 - 2027 : SI Stockton-on-Tees is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the April 2026 - 2027 here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Stockton-on-Tees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T10:15:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/\",\"name\":\"April 2026 - 2027 | SI Stockton-on-Tees | SIGBI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26-225x300.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-24T14:23:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-21T10:15:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"SIGBI : SI Stockton-on-Tees : April 2026 - 2027 : SI Stockton-on-Tees is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the April 2026 - 2027 here.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/files\/PHOTO-2026-04-14-21-33-26.jpeg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/presidents-message\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stockton-on-tees\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"April 2026 &#8211; 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