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Ladies' Circle is a social networking organisation for young women aged between 18 and 45, founded in 1932. It aims to promote friendship through social contact at local, national and international level and to be of service to the community. For many years Circlers were the wives or partners of members of Round Table, but in 1993 the rules were changed and Ladies' Circle is now open to any woman in the age range 18 - 45, and whilst Ladies' Circle work very closely with Round Table on many issues, both business and social, they are a totally independent organisation. ==History== Bournemouth No. 1 circle was created in 1932, by Round Tablers' wives who had helped to organise the 1932 Round Table National Conference. By 1936 eight circles had formed with the addition of Manchester, Hastings, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Wolverhampton, Doncaster and Southampton. At this point the decision was made to form a national organisation, and the National Association of Ladies' Circles of Great Britain & Ireland (NALC) was created. The founder National President was Win Hussey. During the war activities and growth were drastically curtailed, but after the war Ladies' Circle expanded rapidly. The first circle formed in Wales was Cardiff in 1955; Scotland's first circle was Dumfries in 1956, and in Ireland Enniskillen circle was formed in 1959. By 1949 it was found that Ladies' Circle was too large an organisation to be managed centrally, so in 1950 a network of 10 Areas was set up. These rapidly split out into more areas until eventually 55 Areas were formed. There are currently 39 as some have merged. In the 1950s Imperial Cancer (now Cancer Research UK) was adopted as the National Charity. By the 1990s NALC had raised over £1.4 million for Cancer Research UK. In 1959 Ladies' Circle International (LCI) was formed by the founder countries Great Britain & Ireland, Sweden and Denmark.〔(Ladies' Circle International website )〕 Today LCI is an international service organisation represented by approximately 13,000 members, in 36 countries across continents Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ladies' Circle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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