{"id":7024,"date":"2025-12-01T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=7024"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:27:04","slug":"day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-a-candlelit-vigil-27th-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2025\/12\/01\/day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women-a-candlelit-vigil-27th-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: A Candlelit Vigil 27th November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Very Moving Candlelit Vigil: 27th November 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-Vic-Rooms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7020\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-Vic-Rooms-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-Vic-Rooms-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-Vic-Rooms.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nine Soroptimist Bristol members joined Next Link\u2019s Candlelit Vigil walk from Queen\u2019s Road to College Green yesterday evening to mark the UN\u2019s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SI Bristol members met at the Victoria Rooms which was illuminated in orange for a photoshoot and were pleased to be joined by some QEH students. We marched from there to Next Link to join a large number of participants.<\/p>\n<p>At Next Link Domestic Abuse Services\u2019 office in Queen\u2019s Avenue we were offered a cup of hot chocolate and collected a candle to take on the walk.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the drizzle which accompanied us, we estimate that approximately 200 people took part on the Candlelit Walk from Queen\u2019s Road holding placards and a lit candle. \u00a0It was good to see many male allies at the vigil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-C-Green.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7021\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-C-Green-161x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-C-Green-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/12\/27th-Nov-2025-C-Green.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a>At College Green, there were powerful readings given by Sarah O\u2019Leary and Bristol Cllr Carole Johnson. Two candles were lit by young survivors in honour of victims of domestic abuse. Cllr Kerry Bailes and two survivors read very moving poems based on their experiences of abuse. And we were very moved by a beautiful, poignant song, played on the guitar by a singer-songwriter, herself a survivor too.. It was inspirational.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards the crowd moved to Bristol City Hall to see an art exhibition created by survivors and Hartcliffe &amp; Withywood Community Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was a truly moving occasion which raised awareness of the ever increasing issue of abuse against women and girls and the Soroptimist Bristol Club was honoured to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Very Moving Candlelit Vigil: 27th November 2025 Nine Soroptimist Bristol members joined Next Link\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":7020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programme-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: A Candlelit Vigil 27th November 2025 | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: A Candlelit Vigil 27th November 2025 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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