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Soroptimist International
of Ashton under Lyne

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Welcome
Welcome to the home page of Soroptimist International of Ashton under Lyne in the North West of England, UK. Our Club is situated within the Borough of Tameside and is part of the Greater Manchester conurbation. We are a Daughter Club of SI Manchester who celebrated the 80th anniversary of their Charter in 2006.

We are the Ashton branch of Soroptimist International - the leading worldwide, women's service organisation which undertakes programmes world-wide in such areas as education, social, environmental, health and human rights issues and to advance the status of women throughout the world.

Soroptimist International has about 90,000 members throughout the world and there are clubs in at least 120 countries. Soroptimist membership connects women - to each other, to their local communities, nationally and globally.

New members are always warmly welcomed at our meetings. For details of our activities please see the "About Us" page.


The word: Soroptimist is derived from the Latin 'Soror' meaning sister and 'Optima' meaning best - We interpret Soroptimist as "the best of women".

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