{"id":6564,"date":"2025-08-26T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:38:48","slug":"the-phoenix-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/2025\/08\/26\/the-phoenix-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Festival 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cirencester Soroptimists had a stand at the wonderful Phoenix Festival this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6555\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000133-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000133-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000133.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6558\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000226-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000226-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000226-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We raised awareness of the United Nations initiative to &#8220;<strong>Orange the World<\/strong>&#8221; a campaign<strong> to eliminate violence towards women and girls.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people enjoyed the festival<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6559\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000202-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000202-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000202.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6557\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000174-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000174-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000174.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The festival began with a procession of puppets to celebrate the 200th\u00a0 anniversary\u00a0 of the finding of the Orpheus mosaic in the town.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6556\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000189.1jpg-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000189.1jpg-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000189.1jpg.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also promoted the uptake of the HVP vaccinations to help eliminate cervical cancer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6554\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000179-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000179-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2025\/08\/1000000179.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cirencester Soroptimists support the Festival from their Charitable Trust, <strong>The Dorothy Minnis Trust<\/strong>. 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