{"id":4,"date":"2009-11-02T09:58:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T09:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/weston-super-mare\/about-our-club\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:07:06","slug":"about-our-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weston-super-mare\/","title":{"rendered":"About our Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to SI Weston Super Mare and District<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1585044574076{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”806″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Welcome to SI Weston-Super-Mare and District, situated in a seaside resort, fashionable in Victorian times for its balmy sea air but now revived with a new pier and a modern promenade overlooking the Islands of Flat Holm and Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel. Situated in the SW of England we are part of the SW and CI region of the national organisation of SIGBI.<\/p>\n

Our club was founded in 1939 by\u00a0its sister club, SI Bristol. The objectives of our organisation remain the same with the modern\u00a0vision of educating empowering and enabling<\/em><\/a> women and girls alike. One of our key projects locally is the award winning Skirting Science <\/a>initiative aimed at inspiring school girls to appreciate the opportunities in science orientated careers and consider their education options accordingly.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1585044574076{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Our members come from many different walks of life; their interests and expertise cover a large spectrum of our society. We meet on the first and third Tuesdays of the month to discuss SI business and listen to speakers on varied topics<\/a>. In common with all Soroptimist clubs we care first and foremost for the wellbeing of women and girls at home and abroad; our global activities are varied some of which are reported on our main web site<\/a>. \u00a0As a global organisation have our own Charities<\/a>\u00a0to help\u00a0support these objectives.\u00a0We participate and involve ourselves\u00a0\u00a0in a number of local projects in the community<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0support\u00a0international endeavours<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as well enjoy having fun with a varied social programme. As part of a world wide organisation\u00a0we\u00a0petition for many causes<\/a> , have\u00a0a voice with UN and other NGOs and on a lighter note,\u00a0 have our own hotel facilities in London<\/a>. \u00a0Come and join us<\/a> to find out more!<\/p>\n

Our web site is aimed at promoting our club, Soroptimists of Weston-s-Mare,\u00a0 and to facilitate our club activities. Should we collect any information from visitors to our web site and during the course of our club activities, any data collected is only used in accordance with our privacy notice: see-SI WsM Privacy Notice<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”782″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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