Programme Action
International Women's Day 2011
One woman can change anything
Many women can change everything
We celebrated the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day on Tuesday 8th March 20ll with "It's a Woman's World" at Leigh Sports Village with nearly 300 ladies enjoying a catwalk show, stalls selling handbags, jewellery, lingerie, skincare, honey products, chocolates, instant manicures, optical wear, marquee hire. In partnership with Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust the Active living team and Heritage Services local history team, information on women's health issues, Well Woman Centre, National Osteoporosis Society, Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
We raised an amazing £1700 for charity while we
"Bridged the World" with famous bridges linked with our bra collection
Bra Collection: This on-going campaign which has proved very successful will be continued during 2011/12 with the aim of collecting as many old Bras as possible to raise cash for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, based in the Northwest at the Christie Hospital.
Due to the generosity of the ladies across the area, including people from Culcheth, Wigan and even across the Pennine's in Halifax we have collected around 8700 bras this year and with the generosity of local shoppers in the Spinning Gate Shopping Centre we raised £755 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
We are hoping to collect even more bras in 2012!!!
This is a great way to fund raise as it doesn't cost anyone to donate an old bra that they no longer use. It is good for the environment as the bras will go for recycling and then the money raised from this will go to charity.
Compassion in Action
Cheque presentation for £800 to furnish the new reception area of the Health and Wellbeing Centre in Golborne. Programme Action Officer Margaret Molyneux with President 2010/11 Lynda Parkinson with food collected for Compassion in Action. 
Heritage Weekend
since the introduction of Heritage weekend, a number of Leigh & District Soroptimists have volunteered to give guided tours of Leigh Town Hall. The tours start in the foyer alongside the Spinning Jenny Plaque, which was rescued and restored by S.I. Leigh and is now on display in the T
own Hall.
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Every year we carry out bulb planting
around the local area in places that need brightening up
FAIR TRADE FORTNIGHT FEBRUARY 2009
Fair trade is not just about Tea 
and Coffee
Sue Cox, Chief Designer and Co-ordinator of Vocational Training
of Oasis International, gave the Leigh Club a very informative and entertaining presentation about the work of Oasis in India, enabling women to earn money by learning needlework and tailoring skills, making children's clothing and bags.
President Phyllis presents a cheque
for £50
After the presentation members could purchase hand-made items, produced by the women and sold under
the Jacobs Well label. All proceeds from the sale of products is reinvested into the training fund to support the training of more women. With the £50 donation a total of £212 was raised for Oasis.
Anne MacDonald Federation Liaison Officer
for Project Sierra, the Soroptimist International
Quadrennial Project, came to the Leigh Club to
receive a cheque for £500 and to give us an
insight into this major international project,
which the Leigh club will support throughout the
Members of S.I. Leigh hold regular book sales to raise money and awareness of World Book Day.
Having previously collected books to send to Coops Foyer in Wigan to help start their library.
We also sent wool and knitting needles for the residents so that they could knit hats for babies in Africa.
Exhibition in Leigh Library to raise awareness of Landmines and Cluster Bombs
South Lancashire Region of Soroptimist International organised an event to raise money for Water Aid, this was called the Ripple Effect Concert and featured Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra and Haydock Male Voice Choir. Members of Leigh Club acted as stewards for the evening.