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April 2022 – New Woking – New Soroptimist year – Debates – Witches – Soroptimist International – Action4Women – Horsell Scrubbers

April 2022 – New Woking – New Soroptimist year – Debates – Witches – Soroptimist International – Action4Women – Horsell Scrubbers

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New Woking – New Soroptimist Year The new Woking is emerging with the opening of Victoria Place.  The atrium with its shops and bowling alley is an exciting addition to the shopping centre. New beginnings are definitely in the air, with the new town development, the start of Spring and a new Soroptimist year on the horizon. Horsell Scrubbers If you want to meet an inspiring bunch of people, get in touch with Woking’s Horsell Scrubbers !  Leader Claire Ingham – just elevated to ‘Eminent Citizen of Woking for her work – started the group during the Covid-19 pandemic when NHS staff needed scrubs and kit.  Now that there is less need for those items, Horsell Scrubbers has turned to community sewing and help with sewing and repairs.  Check out their great programme of workshops. Action4Women A timely topic and session! A virtual event with

February 2021 – 100 years – Female Genital Mutilation – Phoenix Cultural Centre – De Lara – Body image – Polio

February 2021 – 100 years – Female Genital Mutilation – Phoenix Cultural Centre – De Lara – Body image – Polio

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Then and Now – 100 years of Soroptimism 1931-1941 Soroptimist Movement “I do not think I am being over optimistic when I predict that in a few years’ time there will be a Soroptimist Club in every town and city of importance in Europe and America” .  Mrs Pitt-Rivers said this in the first edition of ‘The London Soroptimist’ Newsletter in 1926. She was right! The first UK Soroptimist Club published the ‘London Soroptimist’ magazine for the first time in September 1926.  It was followed by The British Soroptimist magazine, launched in 1930, and filled the need to circulate information, ideas and news to all members in the country.  Initially in black and white, the magazine evolved into a full-colour edition, called ‘Soroptimist News’ from 1991, and then ‘The Soroptimist’.  Today, the Soroptimist magazine is entirely electronic, easily downloadable with the app.  In every guise,