PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello and welcome to the Woking Soroptimist website!

We are coming to the end of the Soroptimist year.  In April, we will review the last twelve months at our Annual General Meeting.

It has been a roller-coaster year with so many global events.  They have all impacted what we do, locally, nationally and internationally.

The Club’s Programme Action groups report good progress in their work to combat violence against women, modern slavery and climate action.  You can find out more about what they do  on this website:  violence against women,  climate action and modern slavery.

 

You will find 2023-4 details on the Club meetings and events page .

To find out more about our initiatives and projects, get in touch via  the Contact Us page on this website or via Twitter @WokingSorop and Facebook. 

SI Woking & District President Rozanne Rose, on behalf of Co-Presidents Anne Ansell and Barbara Roddy

If you want to get involved or contribute – by joining our Club, or attending our events,  we will be delighted to hear from you – With you, we can do so much more!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo acknowledgements: Prawny, Alexas, Niederwimmer, Wixin Lubhon, Gordon Johnson (Pixabay), Ciker-Free-Vector, Woking News & Mail

SI Woking has been very active since the new Soroptimist year started in May.   We, in partnership with SI Weybridge, raised just over £1,700 for the Barbara Watts VIP Project  on 25 June 2022.  The ‘Tea & Temptations’ fashion show with afternoon tea proved as popular as ever!  And we will hold another of our popular events in October 2022.  This will be a ‘Pig-racing’ evening in aid of Your Sanctuary.

On the campaigning side, the Club’s Programme Action groups report good progress in their work to combat violence against women, modern slavery and climate action.  You can find out more about what they do  on this website:  violence against women,  climate action and modern slavery.

We are very pleased to have Soroptimist news from Moldova and South Africa.  Earlier this year, SI Woking contributed to the Southern Region’s donation to SI Chisinau to help Ukrainian refugees .  The SI Chisinau Soroptimists have told us that the money was spent on practical support (basic provisions), mental health support (stress management sessions) and gifts.

 

 

 

We have also received a first report about Thobile, the young woman in South Africa sponsored by Soroptimist Southern Region. Thobile started in her role as a counselling psychologist on 1^st April 2022.  Find out more about how she is doing here.

The Club has an exciting new programme of speakers around the theme ‘Pushing the Boundaries’.  Please go to our Club meetings and events page to learn more.

To find out more about our initiatives and projects, get in touch via  the Contact Us page on this website or via Twitter @WokingSorop and Facebook. 

SI Woking & District President Barbara Roddy, on behalf of Co-Presidents Anne Ansell and Rozanne Rose

If you want to get involved or contribute – by joining our Club, or attending our events,  we will be delighted to hear from you – With you, we can do so much more!-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo acknowledgements: Prawny, Alexas, Niederwimmer, Wixin Lubhon, G Johnson (Pixabay), Ciker-Free-Vector, Woking News & Mail, Niki_Emmert (Pixabay)