Bayside Inc

About Bayside Inc

Vision

Soroptimist International is a vibrant, dynamic organisation for today’s professional and business women. We are committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong communities worldwide

Mission

Soroptimists inspire action and create opportunities to transform the lives of women and girls through a global network of members and international partnerships.

Values

- Human rights for all

- Global peace and international goodwill

- Advancing women’s potential

- Integrity and democratic decision making

- Volunteering, diversity and friendship

Soroptimist International Bayside Inc

We are Bayside women of all ages, with a shared interest in the strength of our local community and the rights of women and girls everywhere.  We have our own unique campaigns, plus we collaborate with many existing not-for-profit organisations who are doing wonderful work to improve the lives of others. Our current Programme work focuses on:

• addressing educational disadvantage - scholarships, provision of educational materials to the disadvantaged, mentoring
• education on health issues affecting women - a public forum "Demystifying Menopause"
• environment - with a serious focus on effective and efficient recycling
• prevention of violence against women - rallies and vigils (Walk the Talk) and support for victims

Our annual events include an "International Women's Day Breakfast" (March) and our "Women's Voices Dinner" (October).  Both events celebrate women's achievements and explore the challenges that many women still face. 

We also value advocacy as a powerful way to create positive change.  We are proud to use our collective voice to call for a fair and just society. Club members work closely with local indigenous Elders (through COOEE Indigenous Family and Community Education Centre) to address educational disadvantage and youth justice issues as well as supporting the rights of our First Nations peoples to self-determination. Our Bayside club will continue to support campaigns aimed at policy change, improved services and appropriate resourcing, especially where those changes are aligned with the Soroptimist International objectives.

We have a regular dinner meeting (4th Monday of each month) that is open to the public (RSVP required).  Guest speakers present on a wide range of topics connected to our vision/mission - these sessions are both informative and inspirational, and help us convert our sense of purpose into meaningful action.

We are involved in various other events throughout the year - visit our facebook page to follow our activities - https://www.facebook.com/SoroptimistInternationalBaysideInc/

Please contact us if you have any enquiries or if you would like to meet  us - we would love to hear from you -  sibayside@siswp.org.

To read more about our "Lighting the Way" project in PNG, please visit this webpage - http://soroptimists-lighting-the-way.org/

Our Supporters

Thank you to the businesses who have supported our recent events.

Grandma's Pantry

Shop 27 Bayside Shopping Village, 194-200 Old Clevenand Road, Capalaba Queensland 4157

Ph: 07 3823 2100 | sales@grandmaspantryonline.com.au | http://www.grandmaspantryonline.com.au

Chemist Warehouse

109 Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba Queensland, 4157

Ph: 07 3245 3939 | info@chemistwarehouse.com.au | https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/