Soroptimist International of Salisbury is the local Club of the international women's organisation which has 70,000 members across more than 100 countries of the world.
Soroptimist International of Salisbury (SI Salisbury) meets at 6.30 for 7pm on the fourth Thursday of the month, at the Baptist Church Hall in Brown Street Salisbury
Club members work in project teams to deliver a variety of different activities and we encourage every member to get involved in at least one of them. Examples include:
We have a women's safety project where we carry out night time street audits and Ask for Angela audits of licensed premises, to seek to make the Salisbury night time economy and streets safer for women after dark.
We hold an annual quiz in support of our local Women’s Refuge – funds raised last year were used to repair and upgrade one of the bathrooms at the refuge. This event also allows to continue our sponsorship of a girl’s club at a Tanzanian school through local charity EdUKaid. The club has been set up as part of the Heshima Project menstrual health programme with the aim of educating and empowering girls to improving their life chances.
Each year we collect pre-loved bras for distribution to women in Africa through Afreebra They tell us that wearing a bra gives a woman dignity and can protect her from rape and sexual assault. We sort, fold and pack the bras we collect for transportation to the charity at a fun summer ‘Bras and Bubbly’ event.