{"id":444,"date":"2013-04-24T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:04:21","slug":"presidents-message-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/presidents-message-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT\u2019S MESSAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello and welcome to the Woking Soroptimist website!<\/p>\n<p>Following our Annual General Meeting in April, I am pleased to present the new presidential team for SI Woking and District.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for our work during the next twelve months is &#8216;Community and Communication&#8217;.\u00a0 Woking Soroptimists, in our VAWG, Climate Action, Education and Microfinance Groups, will be communicating with various communities in many different ways during 2025-6.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the Club programme includes fund-raising, service activities by members, and &#8211; of course &#8211; informative speakers and social events.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow SI Woking&#8217;s activities in our monthly reports and register to receive our newsletter.\u00a0 Details of the work of the Club&#8217;s Programme Action groups are on these pages:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/our-projects\/your-sanctuary\/\">violence against women<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/our-projects\/national-childbirth-trust-nct-woking__trashed\/shine-surrey-2019-20\/\">climate action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SI Woking &amp; District President Fiona Collett, on behalf of Co-Presidents Jenny Cracknell and Sylvia Schafer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/05\/CoPres-MG-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6901 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/05\/CoPres-MG-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/05\/CoPres-MG-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2025\/05\/CoPres-MG-2.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You will find 2023-4 details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/future-meetings\/\">Club meetings and events page<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about our initiatives and projects, and for a copy of our Privacy Notice, get in touch via\u00a0 the <a style=\"font-size: 0.9em\" title=\"Contact us\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us <\/a>page on this website or via Twitter <a style=\"font-size: 0.9em\" title=\"SIWD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@WokingSorop\">@WokingSorop<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">\u00a0and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 0.9em\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WokingSoroptimists\">Facebook<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you want to get involved or contribute &#8211; by joining our Club, or attending our events,\u00a0 we will be delighted to hear from you &#8211; With you, we can do so much more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo acknowledgements: Prawny, Alexas, Niederwimmer, Wixin Lubhon, Gordon Johnson (Pixabay), Ciker-Free-Vector, Woking News &amp; Mail[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello and welcome to the Woking Soroptimist website! 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