Vice President: Jackie Mosedale

When I was invited to attend a Soroptimist Club meeting as a prospective member, I was impressed by the volume of service members gave to local and global communities. In accepting membership and having been encouraged to attend a Federation Conference, there was no mistaking that this was a great organisation where women of many cultures, Faiths and traditions, could join forces to strive for a more peaceful world in which the human rights for women and girls are achieved.

Now, having been a member for 29 years, I have witnessed first hand the successes of Programme Action in my own locality and have been privileged to see firsthand the difference that our overseas members are making to the lives of women and girls within their countries and cultures. I have during this time, seen our organisation develop credible partnerships with national and international organisations, all based on what we are good at, delivering quality service.

As a former nurse and Health Visitor, as a volunteer working with victims of serious crime and latterly owner of a country house hotel, besides being a wife and mother, I bring to Soroptimism my own set of personal skills based on my career and life experiences, as do all members. Our diversity is one of our strengths.

As we develop and evolve to keep pace with a rapidly changing world, I feel confident that Soroptimism has a positive and vital future.

Jackie Mosedale
Federation Vice President