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Members of SI Wigan virtually attended the International Women's Day Live debate on March 12th. This year's theme was #ChoosetoChallenge. Where there was discussion on gender stereotypes within the workplace and looking at how we can best tackle the barriers that many women and girls

Blue plaque for SI Wigan's founding member SI Wigan have successfully applied for a blue plaque to commemorate our founding member and 1st President in 1941. ( Yes we are 80 years old this year). Dr Muriel Haigh was the first women GP in Wigan

Zoom Coffee Morning SI Wigan members fun quiz and coffee morning SI Wigan members are embracing lockdown with online Executive , Business and fun meetings with coffee mornings and a virtual  quiz on line. The Zoom meetings are proving very popular and several new members

Miss Katherine Mary Fussell Kate was born in Bristol on 13th April 1929, as an only child. She atended several schools, finally a Grammer School for boys, because"the science teaching was better" and she wanted to study Medicine. This she did at Birmingham University ,

Soroptimist International celebrates it’s 100th Birthday in 2021. Soroptimist International Leigh and Soroptimist International Wigan Clubs are planning to jointly plant 100 trees within the Borough, in partnership with Wigan based Lancashire Wildlife Trust. The tree planting will take place in late Autumn in Bickershaw