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
What we’ve been up to recently
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