Welcome
Start with a coffee morning. No performance and no pressure, just women who remember what the first months in a new city feel like.
Come as a guest
Monthly Coffee Mornings welcome guests
Plan a first visit
The Annual Charity Bazaar is traditionally held in December
Explore the bazaar
Sofia, Bulgaria / A club since 1989
Friendship, local knowledge and charitable grants for communities across Bulgaria.
International Women's Club Sofia
A place to belong.
A way to give back.
We bring together women from many countries, make room for newcomers, and turn friendship into practical support for communities across Bulgaria.
On this page
01 / Welcome
The club, in four movements
A newcomer can arrive for a coffee and stay for the friendships, the discoveries and the chance to make a difference.
Connect
Join lunches, book groups, language tables, walks and family meet ups. The calendar grows from what members want to share.
See the wider calendarDiscover
Learn Bulgaria through talks, visits and the local knowledge that guidebooks leave out, from traditions to practical services.
Start with the newcomer guideGive
Turn friendship into funding. The club's charity foundation supports Bulgarian organisations working with people who need a fair chance.
Meet the foundation03 / The bazaar
One day. Many countries. One purpose.
National stalls fill a hall with cooking, crafts, music, clothing, books and local traditions. Embassies, businesses and volunteers make the day happen, and the funds raised become grants for local projects.
1995First Christmas Bazaar and concert
56Countries represented at the 2017 bazaar
86Stalls at the 2017 bazaar
04 / The grants
Where the money goes
Grants go to Bulgarian groups and institutions working with people who are too often left at the edge of support.
Read each focus area- 01
Emergency help
Food, hygiene and essentials for people facing an immediate crisis.
- 02
Disability support
Practical help for people with physical or mental disabilities and their families.
- 03
Children in care
Integration and opportunity for orphans and children without parental care.
- 04
Education
Access to learning, training and the tools that make school possible.
- 05
Women's issues
Support for women's safety, confidence and economic participation.
05 / From the archive
Recent stories
Reports from the club, the bazaar and the foundation. The news archive keeps the record while the next chapter is written.
From our partners
What a grant makes possible
Partner organisations tell us that the most useful support is often practical and sustained: food and hygiene supplies, a place at a summer camp, a social worker who can stay in post. Those are the outcomes the foundation listens for.
Read the partner perspectivesTake part
Your first coffee could be the start of something useful.
Join as a member, come once as a guest, or support the charity foundation. Each route begins with a conversation.
Come as a guestSupport
Turn a donation into a local grant.
The foundation reviews proposals from Bulgarian organisations and turns charitable income into practical projects.
Support a grant