{"id":6950,"date":"2026-03-08T12:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:05:26","slug":"fund-raising-for-water-aid-and-celebrating-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/2026\/03\/08\/fund-raising-for-water-aid-and-celebrating-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund Raising for Water Aid and Celebrating International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cirencester Soroptimists held a fund raising event for Wateraid and to celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6961\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00016.2jpg-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00016.2jpg-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00016.2jpg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event &#8220;Second Helpings&#8221; was a wonderful evening of enjoying a delicious array of puddings, great company and a worthy cause. Supported by members, who made the mouth watering delights and friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6952\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/1000011924-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/1000011924-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/1000011924.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6960\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00014.2jpg-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00014.2jpg-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00014.2jpg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6962\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00017.2jpg-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00017.2jpg-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00017.2jpg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone was welcomed to the evening, and while the savoury course was being served we had a quiz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6957\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00002.2jpg-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00002.2jpg-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00002.2jpg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then came the wonderful puddings!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6958\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00003.2jpg-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00003.2jpg-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00003.2jpg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6954\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/1000011912-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/1000011912-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/1000011912.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The evening ended with a raffle, the first prize of Sunday Lunch for 4 was kindly donated by The Kings Head Hotel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kingsheadcotswold.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/kingsheadcotswold.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6959\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00007.2jpg-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00007.2jpg-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cirencester\/files\/2026\/03\/image00007.2jpg.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Counting up at the end of the evening, we will be sending <strong>Wateraid \u00a31,400<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cirencester Soroptimists held a fund raising event for Wateraid and to celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day&#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-6950","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>Fund Raising for Water Aid and Celebrating International Women&#039;s Day | News | Blog | Events | SI Cirencester and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cirencester and District : Blog &amp; News : Fund Raising for Water Aid and Celebrating International Women&#039;s Day : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cirencester and District . 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