There was warmth in the air and warmth in the hearts of the booklovers who came to St Andrew’s Coffee Shop in Goldsworth Park, Woking last week to find some summer reading and generously support White Lodge Centre for Disability … Continued
What we’ve been up to recently
Four cities, one moment, all women 10 June 2018
The Processions: they took place in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London, A celebration of the decision to give women the vote one hundred years ago. And on Sunday, 10 June 208, we were there! From the air, a river of … Continued
Tea & Temptations!
The ABC of fundraising for the Meru Women’s Garden Project: Awesome cakes, Beautiful outfits and Cooperation between SI Weybridge and SI Woking! The result: our ‘Tea & Temptations!’ fashion show with afternoon tea made £1,760 for the women gardeners of … Continued
Quiz Night for Home-Start Runnymede and Woking
The ‘final flourish’ of our Soroptimist year was a well-supported and very successful Quiz Night which £735 was raised for Home-Start Runnymede & Woking. 2017-18 President Carolyn chose Home-Start RAW as her special charity for the year which has just … Continued
2017-18 STEM Challenge Finals and Prize-Giving Ceremony – 8 March 2018
We celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March this year by holding the Finals and Prize-giving Ceremony of the STEM Challenge we organised for schoolgirls aged 12-14 years. This was the culmination of six months of hard work by the … Continued
Baby Bundle Project Book Sale
Our mid-November book sale at St Andrew’s Coffee Shop in Goldsworth Park raised £120 (from sales and donations) to buy essential items for newborn babies and their mothers. The money will be used by the Woking branch of the National … Continued
Cards and Cakes for Home-Start Runneymede & Woking
After deduction of expenses, the Charity Bridge Afternoon we organised together with SI Weybridge in October 2017 raised £713! Our members turned into waitresses and cooks for the day, looked splendid in their pink aprons, and served a magnificent afternoon … Continued
Tricked, Trafficked, Traded – the fate of Modern Slaves
Our club is keen to contribute to community efforts to eliminate modern slavery. and is now represented on the Clewer Initiative, a 3-year project to enable Church of England dioceses and wider Church networks to develop strategies to detect modern … Continued
40th Charter Anniversary Lunch
Members of SI Woking & District, together with members from SI Epsom, Gosport & Fareham, Guildford, Weybridge and Yeovil), came together to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the chartering of the club. It was particularly pleasing to see Diana Porter … Continued