{"id":8,"date":"2026-04-04T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/guildford-and-district\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:20:16","slug":"club-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/surrey-hills\/club-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Club News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Kids for Kids &#8211; November 2024 &#8211; October 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the completion of our 5 year project to raise funds for Toilet Twinning (8 latrines and a toilet block!), we will now be supporting Kids for Kids, a charity based in Dorking and supporting rural villages in North Darfur, Sudan.\u00a0 We will be using a \u00a31,000 prize won by the Club together with funds raised by members using purchases via Easy Fundraising.\u00a0 We have committed to helping 5 children each year at a cost of \u00a3500 per year.\u00a0 This will pay for school uniform, shoes and education for a year for each child.\u00a0 \u00a0 [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1720174199787-0b2d222b-5a5a-9&#8243; include=&#8221;4958&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>Godalming Town Show May 2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SI Surrey Hills <\/strong>will be hosting a tombola stall at the\u00a0<strong>Godalming Town Show &amp; Carnival on Saturday 30 May.\u00a0 <\/strong>We will be raising funds to support our projects but are also happy to chat about the work of the Club and Soroptimism.\u00a0 We&#8217;re more than happy to receive donations for our many projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>mini size toiletries and new flannels<\/strong> that we will use for our packs for the Palliative Care Unit at the Royal Surrey County Hospital;<\/li>\n<li><strong>donate <\/strong>to the purchase of cleaning products which we use to create a welcome pack for those joining YourSanctuary, the Surrey refuge<\/li>\n<li><strong>donate 5ps<\/strong> to support the interns training with the help of South African Soroptimists<\/li>\n<li><strong>gently used bras<\/strong> and new knickers to Smalls for All<\/li>\n<li>and most of all by <strong>playing our tombola<\/strong>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday 4 November 2023 \u2013 Member Ruth elected as SIGBI President<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SI Surrey Hills is delighted that our member Ruth, has been recently elected as President of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland. She will now head the Federation with its 8,000 members, spread across 350 clubs in 29 countries for the next 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth, has been a Soroptimist since 2003 and has played an active role in local club projects such as Smalls for All and supporting the local women\u2019s refuge, as well as serving as Regional President of Southern England from 2015-17. \u00a0She used her skills to organise and run the annual conference of the organisation in Brighton in 2011, and has since delivered the role of Finance Director for the Federation\u2019s Conference in Cardiff in 2017.\u00a0 In 2018, she was elected as Finance Director and in 2022 became President Elect.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth says, \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be able to use my business skills and experience to help this organisation, which works so hard to transform the lives of women and girls worldwide. \u00a0I am particularly excited to be able to help the Federation address the challenges associated with the recent granting of charitable status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ruth\u2019s grandmother, mother and aunts were all members of Soroptimist International in South Wales and her cousin is a member of Soroptimist International of Swansea.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;470&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>SI Surrey Hills reaches 65!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SI Surrey Hills was delighted to celebrate our 65th birthday in 2024. To commemorate the occasion we held a lunch party in April at Myrtle&#8217;s Courtyard, deep in the heart of the Surrey countryside. The lunch was attended by Soroptimists, both local and visiting, family members and friends. A display of photographs, newspaper cuttings and minutes from meetings held decades ago disclosed a wealth of forgotten insights into the club&#8217;s previous activities and provided food for discussion and reminiscences.<\/p>\n<p>We were honoured to have as our guest speaker Fiamma Pather, CEO of Your Sanctuary the Surrey refuge.\u00a0 The owner of Hampton Estate and former Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey, Bridget Biddell also joined us.\u00a0 And our very own SIGBI President Ruth gave an overview of our 65 years of Soroptimist action.\u00a0 We all enjoyed the delicious buffet and fizz, with the celebrations continuing long after the final guests had left![\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1720174199790-2a02fa00-8b2b-0&#8243; include=&#8221;4613,4614&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; 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