Were you at our March RCM? wearing odd shoes to highlight persistent gender inequality? If so you, at least your feet!, may appear in Pat Thornes’ lovely collage of photos taken that day which is SIGBI’s photo of the month for May. It was posted on the hub yesterday so should arrive in everyone’s mailbox any day now. Congratulations SI Yorkshire and especially photostar Pat Thornes. Scroll down the front page of our website to find more photos of the odd shoes worn at the RCM.

  Because I wasn’t in this country for 11 days in July, my report will be somewhat short. I did start on the 1st with an Officers Meeting where I was delighted to include Sam Lawson for the first time since her accident and subsequent surgery. The 6th was my Planning Meeting where it became abundantly clear that my year as Yorkshire President is rapidly coming to its twilight. How is that possible? The Soroptimist International Convention in Dublin then followed a family holiday.   The above shows most of the Yorkshire members arriving at the Gala Dinner. Having now been home almost 24 hours, I have yet to sit quietly and really reflect on the content of the presentations. What I can say is that I was rightfully proud of the two posters designed and displayed by our Region. Both generated interest and many

Online safety bookmarks It was agreed in 2021 that bookmarks were needed for 10 to 14 year old, and that young people should be involved in their design. An invitation was put out to all clubs who had involvement with local schools, to work with a group of students on developing a bookmark. A member of SI Dewsbury & District, who is a teacher at Heckmondwike Grammar School, took this up with her students, and following training on online safety, they were asked to design a bookmark as a house competition. The entries were assessed at the school, and the four winning hand-drawn designs were forwarded to SIYAMS. After much discussion, two were chosen. These were then taken to a printer, and we subsequently had 2,500 of each printed.  They were officially launched at the school, where all four students were awarded a certificate, and