SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District Projects
Each Soroptimist International club identifies the needs of its community, then establishes specific projects to address these needs. All our projects relate to one or more of the six Programme Focus Areas: Economic and Social Development, Education, Environment, Health, Human Rights and the Status of Women, and International Goodwill and Understanding.
More information is available in the Our Work pages, where you can read more about the current Programme Focus aims and the Quadrennial Project, supported by all clubs in the Federation.
The projects listed below include some of the local and international issues we research and support in SI Runcorn, Frodsham and District:
Project SIerra a Family and a Future
This is the name of the Soroptimist International Quadrennial Appeal which was launched in 2007 and will run until 2011.This project aims to help the children in Sierra Leone who were orphaned as a result of war.
To find out more about this project please click on the link above.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
The club provides a bursary that helps to fund the provision of equipment for the young people who take part in the scheme.
Halton Women’s Aid
The club supports Halton Women’s Refuge by donating new towels and toiletries. “It is so nice to have my own brand new towels and toiletries for me and the children.” This remark was passed by one of the women when she arrived at the centre.
A club member is chairman the management committee of the Refuge.
Halton Child Contact Centre.
There are two centres in Halton; one is based in Widnes and one in Runcorn. Members of the club are regular volunteers at the Runcorn Centre. Halton Contact Centre is a member of the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC).
One member of the club is on the management committee of the centre and others are team leaders.
To find out more about Child contact Centres please go to ‘Links’
Sunshine Nursery
The Sunshine Nursery on Windmill Hill in Runcorn is a small community nursery that receives very little funding. During this year the club are supporting the nursery with funding to provide basic supplies such as paint and paper.