Our President’s message
Welcome to our website!
I’m Jackie - President of Southend-on-Sea and District Soroptimist Club.
Although our club is based in Southend-on-Sea it covers a wide area and our members come from all over the surrounding districts.
We meet at the Essex Golf Club, Garon Park, Eastern Avenue, Thorpe Bay on the third Monday of each month at 7.15pm. We have a meal, followed by our business meeting and then we usually have a speaker about something important to Soroptimists.
Each year the club President nominates a local charity to benefit from our club’s fundraising. This year my chosen charity is The Southend Sunflower Trust, which aims to make a difference to the quality of life for children with special needs in the Southend area.
We also support the things that are important to Soroptimists nationally, like our Violence Against Women – STOP IT NOW project, our regional project to support a school in Malawi and our international project in Sierra Leone, Project SIerra. We all know that if you want something done, you ask a busy woman!
We are a lively, friendly group of women with full lives, who come together to give what time we can to promote the rights of women and girls throughout the world.
Of course there is a lighter side to our programme, and many of our social fund-raising events are where we just have fun and enjoy the chance to develop our friendships.
If you would like to join us we would be pleased to welcome you to our meetings to give you the opportunity to get to know us.
Jackie Daniels
President S I Southend-on-Sea and District