JCI Sheffield are pleased to announce that the Annual Dinner on Friday 10th October at Baldwins Omega has now sold out.  A waiting list has been set up for anyone wishing to attend should there be any cancellations.  Please contact Lisa Price (nee Cooke) on lisa.price@ashtonmortonslack.co.uk if you would like further details.  Thank you!

Preparations are underway for JCI Sheffield’s 81st Annual Dinner which will be held on 10th October 2008 at  one of Sheffield’s most respected venues; Baldwin’s Omega.

And this year will certainly be one to remember as JCI Sheffield have secured high-profile speakers including the Right Honourable Nick Clegg.  Nick Clegg is the MP for Sheffield Hallam and Leader of the Liberal Democrats.  Following his studies at Cambridge, Minnesota and College D’Europe he trained as a journalist before lecturing at Sheffield and Cambridge Universities… Read more [scci]

Lucinda White, recently appointed President of JCI Sheffield has been working on new plans for 2008 with her new team.

JCI Sheffield has ambitious plans to grow and develop its members as well as supporting local community projects. A diverse programme of events includes a Goal Setting workshop, How to Manage People training session, the annual Easter Egg Appeal, as well as a day volunteering at Whirlow Hall Farm Trust.

As well as this there will be the normal social and networking programme including regular Pub of The Month events ,a tour of the Lyceum Theatre and their successful annual dinner on Friday 10 October at Baldwins Omega.

Lucinda said, “We are very excited about our programme and are looking forward to encouraging newer members to work with my team to deliver it and help them with their personal development. JCI Sheffield is about getting involved, learning skills outside your area of expertise and giving back to the community, so we are always looking for people to come and join in, share ideas and challenge us to new heights.”

The full JCI Sheffield team for 2008 is:

Lucinda White - President
Lisa Cooke - Deputy President
Vanessa Mitchinson - Treasurer
Emma Grint and Lisa Cooke - Community
Louisa Harrison and Amy Tingle - Personal Development
Jane Livingstone and Peter Wright - Business
Jim Lafferty and Richard Jewitt - Membership Director
Liz Pickering and Phil Turner - Social Director
Andrew Baxter - Immediate Past President

They join an impressive list of famous JCI alumni including US Presidents, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon; Bob Hawk, former Prime Minister of Australia; Jacques Chirac, President of France; Poul Schluter ex-Prime Minister of Denmark; Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Prime Minister of Japan and now Founder and Honorary President of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum; Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland; Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General and Prince Albert of Monaco.

For more details about JCI Sheffield and this year’s event calendar please contact: Lucinda on 07900 571189 or by email JCI@pure-event.co.uk