{"id":4799,"date":"2022-02-23T21:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2022-05-12T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:37:08","slug":"support-from-local-councillor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/2022\/02\/23\/support-from-local-councillor\/","title":{"rendered":"Support from Local Councillor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bridgend Soroptimists had a very informative talk from Tom Gifford MS, a Member of the Senedd for South West Wales and a Bridgend Councillor. Members found him to be passionate and committed to being able to make a positive difference.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4800\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2022\/04\/220223-Gaynor-Tom-Gifford.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4800\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2022\/04\/220223-Gaynor-Tom-Gifford.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Gaynor with Tom Gifford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Gifford has given up his salary as a Bridgend Councillor to set up a Community Action Fund to support local charities and organisations. He very kindly donated \u00a3250 to support Bridgend Soroptimist Charities &#8211; a gesture that was very much appreciated. He has also offered assistance on any issues in the future, including tree planting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridgend Soroptimists had a very informative talk from Tom Gifford MS, a Member of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":802,"featured_media":4800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,230],"tags":[55,221,169,222],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-news-2021-2022","tag-awareness","tag-bridgend","tag-bridgend-soroptimists","tag-tom-gifford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Support from Local Councillor | News | Blog | Events | SI Bridgend and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bridgend and District : Blog &amp; News : Support from Local Councillor : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bridgend and District . 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