{"id":4592,"date":"2026-02-22T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cambridge\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:19:53","slug":"sewing-machines-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cambridge\/2026\/02\/22\/sewing-machines-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection of sewing machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the summer the club had a speaker from Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign, a charity set up to help refugees settle into their new environment. They are currently supporting 144 families from Ukraine, Afghan, Eritrea, Syria, Sudan &#8211; many are single parents.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the refugees had previously made clothes for their family and the speaker highlighted the need for sewing machines so they could continue to do so.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 11 sewing machines, plus material and haberdashery items were donated by members and friends.<\/p>\n<p>For further information about the charity and details of how to donate visit CRRC&#8217;s website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgerefugees.org\/\">https:\/\/www.cambridgerefugees.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cambridge\/files\/2026\/02\/sewing-machines-Oct-2025-002-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4590\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cambridge\/files\/2026\/02\/sewing-machines-Oct-2025-002-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cambridge\/files\/2026\/02\/sewing-machines-Oct-2025-002-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cambridge\/files\/2026\/02\/sewing-machines-Oct-2025-002-rotated.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the summer the club had a speaker from Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign, a charity&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":775,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-messages"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Collection of sewing machines | News | Blog | Events | SI Cambridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cambridge : Blog &amp; News : Collection of sewing machines : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cambridge . 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