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SI Wigan and Wigan Rotary have raised money and donated sleeping bags to the Brick Centre for the homeless in Wigan for the last four years. This year a total of 70 sleeping bags were donated jointly (35 by each organisation ) and given to

On October 27th 2014 a Speaker Meeting and meal was held at Haigh Hall in support of the Poppy Appeal. Christine Bradford from the Royal British Legion gave a presentation about the history of their fundraising and the support that is given to people of all

Friendship is a key component of Soroptimism and on October 21st 2014 a Friendship Meal was held at the Wheel Restaurant Wigan for club members, partners and friends. The theme was French to celebrate the clubs close links with Toulon, six club members attended the

Wigan Borough Archivist Alex Miller spoke to the club in July 2014 about the Edward Hall Diary Collection. This contains diaries dating back to 1698 and are a hidden social history of people’s lives. It also includes some diaries of women, which are rare as

SI Wigan has been very successful in welcoming new members into the club in recent months. To celebrate the fact on 29th September 2014 a New Members Evening was held. Everyone was made very welcome by the Club President and members of the Executive Committee and

On September 22nd the annual Awards Evening was held at Haigh Hall to celebrate the on going support given to local, national and international charities by SI Wigan. The evening was a great success and representatives of eleven charities attended to receive cheques for money