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January 2024 News

January 2024 News

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We had an Orange Cafe in our local department store in January. The aim of the cafe was to highlight the problems women face with domestic violence. Members wore the colour orange and we gave out bookmarks which highlighted what is a normal relationship against one that is controlling and can result in physical violence. This was part of the 16 days of activism that all Soroptimist members took part in worldwide.  We had lots of interest from the other people in the cafe and we enjoyed the opportunity to get together as a Soroptimist group. We are planning to hold another next month.  

October News

October News

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In October we held our Beetle Drive at St James’ Church Hall. Our thanks to everyone who attended. We had a most successful evening and raised nearly £500 for our chosen charities. This has become an annual event on our soroptimist calendar and we look forward to running this Beetle Drive evening again next year. Our next club meeting (Wednesday 13th October) will be held at Tiverton Golf Club. Our November meeting will be held on Zoom.

September News

September News

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We were delighted to be at the Unite Carers in Mid Devon AGM and 20th Anniversary celebrations at The Hartnoll Hotel on 21st September. We heard some very moving speeches with personal recollections. We were all connected by our caring experiences. Thank you very much to our friends at Unite for inviting us. SIGBI Communications & Membership Soroptimist International SWCI Region  

#OrangeTheWorld Initiative

#OrangeTheWorld Initiative

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Orange The World Campaign Soroptimists are committed to ending all forms of violence. Gender based violence is a violation of human rights and affects the ability of women and girls to reach their full potential and participate in society. 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, governments, and UN partners 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 month. On the 25th day of every month, UNiTE mobilizes people around the world to support

Visit to SI Guernsey’s friendship weekend by April Club President Daphne Dowsing

Visit to SI Guernsey’s friendship weekend by April Club President Daphne Dowsing

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SI Guernsey club’s friendship weekend involved lots of interesting and enjoyable events around the islands.  Daphne said “I was made very welcome and this is my fifth trip to represent our club on the island.” In March Daphne and new member Bridget joined 50 other Soroptimists from all around South West and Channel Island for the quarterly Regional Meeting in Taunton. Members enjoyed a delicious lunch and excellent speakers. They reflected the aims of the clubs to educate, enable and empower women and girls globally to have better lives We are looking forward to monthly meetings to be held at our new venue at the Tiverton Golf Club, starting on the 13th April 2022 at 7 pm. Photo shows: Daphne, Mary Mcnaughton from SI Plymouth Janine from SI Stockport, Regional President Jackie and SI Guernsey member Kate.

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day

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Tiverton Soroptimists joined with other clubs globally on the 8th of March to celebrate International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate the social, economic and cultural differences of women.  International Women’s Day was first celebrated over a century ago. The first international gathering was supported by a million people. Daphne Dowsing club President for March commented. “ As a club we have normally, held a street collection on the Loman Bridge in Tiverton for one of our chosen charities”.” This year we felt that it was not possible to do this, so members gathered at the Tiverton Golf Club and others celebrated on line using zoom”. “It is about making a positive difference for women world wide”. The theme for 2022 is to collectively Break the Bias displaying the crossing of arms. Showing support to free woman of any bias. Soroptimists, feel that we

Back at The Tiverton Hotel

Back at The Tiverton Hotel

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It was wonderful to be together at The Best Western Hotel again. Honorary member, Mayor Sue Griggs, joined us for an evening learning how to dress to advantage with Colour Me Beautiful expert Erica Carrick https://www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk/consultants/devon/tiverton/ Welcoming Sue Griggs: Sue at our meeting: Two of our members being shown “their” colours:   This month’s president, Daphne, thanking Erica:

Welcome to our new honorary member

Welcome to our new honorary member

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We were pleased to welcome Tiverton Mayor Susie Griggs to our July meeting, and are delighted that she has agreed to be an honorary member of our club over the next year. Our mayor, Susie Griggs, gave us an interesting talk on her role as Mayor during our Zoom meeting in July. The very first mayor, John Diamond, was elected in 1620 but the Town Hall wasn’t built until 1864. Mayor  Susie chairs the monthly council meetings which are open to everyone, which was news to some of our members. If a resident is unable to attend an email would suffice and would be read and responded to as appropriate. Another piece of fascinating news was that Tiverton gave Freedom of the Town to HMS Enterprise. Susie has been aboard, even experiencing a very short time at the helm (without incident!). There is much Susie