{"id":5603,"date":"2026-02-04T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:43:38","slug":"saying-pants-to-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/2026\/02\/04\/saying-pants-to-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying &#8216;pants&#8217; to poverty!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Bridgend Soroptimists and friends collected over one hundred gently worn and new bras for the charity Smalls for All. This charity works across the UK collecting and distributing collected items to those women and girls in Africa and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The bras were sorted, counted and packaged up and sent to Smalls for All in Scotland who distribute them in Africa and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>This is a worthwhile project in so many ways &#8211; all members are able to participate and contribute, it\u00a0 provides us with an opportunity to chat to friends and family about Soroptimists and involves a number of different partners. We were also delighted to receive a thank you from Smalls for All and to know our small contribution is appreciated.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2026\/03\/260203-Smalls-for-all-thank-you.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5604 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2026\/03\/260203-Smalls-for-all-thank-you.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2026\/03\/260203-Smalls-for-all-thank-you.png 925w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2026\/03\/260203-Smalls-for-all-thank-you-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Bridgend Soroptimists and friends collected over one hundred gently worn and new bras&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":802,"featured_media":5604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,297],"tags":[169,17,13,64],"class_list":["post-5603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-news-2025-2026","tag-bridgend-soroptimists","tag-programme-action","tag-si-bridgend","tag-smalls-for-all"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saying &#039;pants&#039; to poverty! | News | Blog | Events | SI Bridgend and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bridgend and District : Blog &amp; News : Saying &#039;pants&#039; to poverty! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bridgend and District . 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