Once again the Club has collected much needed Christmas gifts for I Choose Freedom a women’s refuge in Reigate and Crawley Open House, a residential and drop-in centre for the homeless. As in previous years members delivered their gifts to a Christmas grotto (above), this time located at President Jane Griffiths’ home. Having handed over their presents, members enjoyed a time of fellowship with coffee, cake and chat. Handmade Christmas goodies provided by one of our members were also on sale raising money for Club charities. The colour orange was very evident in the grotto and some members wore orange accessories in support of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. As shown by the number of bags in the accompanying photographs, members have once again been very generous in supporting these two very worthy causes. Of course, their needs are ongoing throughout the year and, as part of our Programme Action activities, we are always happy to help them in whatever way we can.
