Soroptimist International - Thames Valley

Programme 2011 - 2012

Business meetings are held at Bourne End Community Centre (BECC), SL8 5SX, in The Target Room, on the third Tuesday of each month, starting at 7.30 pm, unless otherwise stated. These are normally followed by talks and demonstrations which begin after the business part of the evening

19 April 2011 AGM followed by Business Meeting and Report from Regional Meeting
17 May 2011 Business Meeting and Speaker: Tabitha Allum - Stagetext
21 June 2011 Business Meeting and Workshop: Eileen Shaw - "Are we proud to be Soroptimists?"
19 July 2011 Business Meeting and Report from London Chilterns Region Meeting at Mount Vernon
August 2011 A visit to Odney Park, Cookham
20 September 2011 Business Meeting and Presentation from Girlguiding UK
18 October 2011 Business Meeting - Planning for the Brighton Conference, Report from Regional AGM, and Present Wrapping for the Women's Refuge
15 November 2011 Business Meeting, Report from SIGBI Conference, and Presentation by Hilary Ratcliffe: Programme Director SIGBI
Saturday 10th December 2011 Human Rights Day - Lewisham
17 January 2012 Business Meeting - New Year Celebration
21 February 2012 Business Meeting and Presentation by Johanna Raffan - "How Do We Learn?"
20 March 2012 Business Meeting and Presentation by Irene Cockroft - The Suffrage Movement 
17 April 2012 AGM, Business Meeting, Election of Officers and Change of President


Business meetings are at Bourne End Community Centre (BECC), on the third Tuesday of each month, starting at 7.30 pm, unless otherwise stated.

Additional Diary Dates:

11 June 2011 Regional Meeting at Mount Vernon
10 - 14 July 2011 International Convention, Montreal
15 October 2011 Regional AGM at Lancaster Hall
Thursday 27th October to Saturday 29th October 2011 Federation Conference - Brighton

2012 Regional Meeting Dates:

Saturday 10th March 2012 Lancaster Hall Hotel, London
Saturday 9th June 2012 Wodson Park, Ware
Saturday 13th October 2012 AGM and Open Council Meeting, Lancaster Hall Hotel, London

See this page for when we donated unwanted hospital consumables to Rosie Simbo, a midwife from Sierrra Leone

See this page for when we brought a touch of Christmas to the Women's Refuge.

See this page for our meeting with Boots girls, also helping with our Women's Refuge work.

See this page when Vina showed us how to wear a sari.


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