{"id":6397,"date":"2025-07-26T11:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/?p=6397"},"modified":"2025-07-26T11:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:57:53","slug":"welcomed-at-the-long-table-on-25th-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/2025\/07\/26\/welcomed-at-the-long-table-on-25th-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcomed at The Long Table on 25th July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cirencester Soroptimists enjoyed coffee and cake at the Long Table<\/strong> as part of our regular &#8220;Orange the World&#8221; get together to support the United Nations initiative\u00a0 to stop violence towards women and girls on 25th of each month<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6398\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/Soroptimists-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/Soroptimists-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/Soroptimists.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>Later that day members attended a Reception at The Old Department Store, home of the Long Table. It was to celebrate being named one of the <strong>UK&#8217;s top 100 Social Enterprises<\/strong> <strong>in the SE100 Index 2025<\/strong>. Tom was quick to declare that since opening their doors on 8th November 2024, this recognition was only possible because of the strength, support and generosity of the community. The Reception was a &#8216;thank you&#8217; to everyone who has walked the journey with them and that includes the Soroptimists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6402\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-25-at-22.52.41_d6cd7591-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-25-at-22.52.41_d6cd7591-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-25-at-22.52.41_d6cd7591.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6403\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-25-at-22.52.42_3f8582c8-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-25-at-22.52.42_3f8582c8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-25-at-22.52.42_3f8582c8.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cirencester Soroptimists enjoyed coffee and cake at the Long Table as part of our regular&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-we-have-been-up-to"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcomed at The Long Table on 25th July | News | Blog | Events | SI Cirencester and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cirencester and District : Blog &amp; News : Welcomed at The Long Table on 25th July : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cirencester and District . 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