SI Weybridge & District (SIW&D) 2023 Meeting & Events Calendar

 

Club Meetings are held 10 months of the year at 7pm at The Fairmile in Esher –   2 course supper inc. service: £21 

SI Southern England (SISE) Region consists 9 clubs in Hampshire and Surrey. The Southern England (SISE) Region meet 4 times a year at a central location. SI Global Conventions are held every 4 years, SIGBI Annual Conferences and Meetings, Social Events & Fundraisers are open to members and guests, though sometimes as observers.

The clubs form part of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) which has 6000 Members in 270 Clubs in 18 countries including Great Britain, Ireland and countries in Asia, the Caribbean and Malta. All clubs work at a local, national and international level to educate, empower and enable opportunities for women and girls. 

2023 Diary

Monthly Supper Meetings take place on the third Thursday of each month. Agenda is circulated a week ahead. The Club AGM is held in April. A social event including guests is held in August and December. Southern England Regional (SISE) group club meetings are held each quarter in a central location and open to all club members.

• Jan 19  Business Meeting – Virtual/No Speaker
• Jan 20 Presentation Cheque to North Surrey DA Service, Walton
• Feb 16 Business Meeting – Speaker Hasina Safi , Afghan Evacuee, prior Afghanistan Minister for Education
• March 5 SISE Meeting at Brendon Care Home, Hants. Speaker Meeting & on site Community Action
• March 8 #IWD Community Awareness Action
• Mar 14 Business Meeting – Political Speaker on status of UK legal reforms impacting women 
• April 20 Business Meeting and 2022-2023 AGM
• May 18 Business Meeting and Speaker Prof. Susan Edwards
• June 15 Business Meeting 
• July 20 – Club Reflection Session 
• July 27-29 – SI Convention- 27th-29th July- Dublin Convention Centre, Dublin
• Aug 20 Summer Social, Weybridge
• September 21 Business Meeting
• October 19 Business Meeting with speaker
• November 3-4  SIGBI Federation Annual Conference, London
• November 16 Business Meeting with Speaker
• November #16 days of Action, #orangetheworld
• December 15 Festive Social

Last Years Diary for information

• Thurs 21 April Business Meeting and 2022 AGM
  Speaker – National Arboretum on Zoom, Guest: Rosie May Foundation
• Sat 14 May Oatlands Village Fayre (Exhibitor)
• Thurs 17 May Business Meeting – Speaker – Pervin Ahmad of Saheliya via Zoom
• Friday June 3 Platinum Jubilee Tea in Weybridge
• Thurs 16 June Business Meeting – No Speaker
• Sat 18 June SISE Regional Meeting (All members welcome), Alton
• Sat 25 June – Tea and Temptations Fashion Show – Joint Fundraiser 
• Thurs July 21st Business Meeting and Cheque Presentation to  Rosie May Foundation for our Tuk Tuk ‘Dorothy’
• Sun Aug 14th Summer Social
• Thurs 15 Sept Business Meeting 
• Sat 17th Sept SISE Regional Meeting & AGM, Alton
• Thurs 20 Oct Business Meeting 
• 25-27 Oct SIGBI Annual Conference, ICC Belfast
• Sun 13 Nov Remembrance Sunday –  SI Wreath Laying 
• Thurs 17 Nov Business Meeting
• November 25th to December 10th – #16 days of Activism & #OrangetheWorld club events
• Sat 19 Nov SISE Regional Meeting on Zoom
• Fri 16 Dec Christmas Lunch – Burwood Golf Club

We welcome registered charities and organisations enabling women and girls through education, poverty alleviation, training and refuge to get in touch about speaking at our meetings. We invite women to join us for informal and business meetings to explore interest.