Invitations

During the pandemic, many Clubs are holding webinars with expert guest speakers, to which non-Soroptimists are welcome as well as members from other clubs. These webinars, plus others being run by SIGBI, are listed below, with details of how to access the webinar.

The times of all webinars are shown in GMT. To see what they are in your local time use this easy-to-use time converter: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/

SI South Kolkata,SI Pune Metro East,SI Chennai Downtown are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting on WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Topic: Ecosystem Restoration

Time: Jun 5, 2021 04:00 PM Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/4243187728?pwd=dFRvNmZuQjRsZW1sd3oranZaM0p6QT09

Meeting ID: 424 318 7728

Passcode: 803819

The platform will be open half an hour before the event starts.

SI Lichfield and District – Online Planet Conference – 5 June 2021 @ 9.30 am BST

SI Lichfield and District invite you to take part in their Online Planet Conference, entitled “Global Challenges, Local Action” on 5 June 2021 (World Environment Day) at 9.30 am.

There are speakers from:

Greenpeace
The Carbon Buddy Project
The Woodland Trust
Woodhouse Farm & Garden CIC
Transforming the Trent Valley
WASUP World Against Single
Use Plastic

For full details and how to register, see the flyer below:

SI Lichfield and District Online Planet Conference flyer

SI Thames Valley – meetings with guest speakers – all welcome

If you would like to attend any of the SI Thames Valley meetings below then please contact sithamesvalleysecretary@gmail.com, specifying which meeting you are interested in.

Tuesday 15th June 2021 – 7pm for 7.15 BST (Zoom)

Guest speaker from Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Sunday 21 November 2021 – 12 noon (12.30 lunch) BST (an actual meeting with sit down meal)

SI Thames Valley invite you to join us to celebrate Thirty [one] years of services to women locally, nationally, and internationally.

Like many celebrations, this event was postponed in 2020 with the date moving a couple of times. Hopefully, we will be able to celebrate this November!

Our Charter lunch will be at the River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, on Sunday 21^st November 2021.

Reception time 12 noon, for 12.30pm lunch.

The cost per head is £50.00 to include a welcome drink and a glass of something special for the toast, a prize draw ticket, a small donation to charity

SI Europe, Open Heart – Open Door

Are you looking for Soroptimist contacts worldwide?

Then sign up and participate in the Exchange Program Open Heart – Open Door, an initiative of SI Europe.

This exchange program established in 1995 by Heidrun Konrad , president of SI of Europe 2003-2005 has proved to be successful. Today Soroptimists from all over the world are involved in this program.

Open Heart – Open Door (OHOD) programme offers five options:

Home Hospitality: to one or two Soroptimists or a couple
Contact Person: guide in one’s own town
Exchange Visit: on a professional level
Home-Exchange: You and your exchange partner will stay at each other’s homes for a certain period by mutual agreement
Youth Exchange Programme for Young Relatives, e.g. daughter/son, niece/nephew, grandchild.

OHOD has 500 Soroptimist participants since 1995. For registration or information about Open Heart – Open Door please contact Liaison Officer Henny Knap-Go, SI Club Hilversum-NL hkhknapgo@upcmail.nl.

Find out more.