{"id":5522,"date":"2022-03-31T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:43:42","slug":"marching-on-celebrating-our-support-for-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2022\/03\/31\/marching-on-celebrating-our-support-for-women-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Marching On Celebrating our Support for Women and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read on to see how we’ve Marched this month!\u00a0 \u00a0#westandupforwomen#openingdoorsforabrighttomorrow<\/h1>\n

Back in the days of total Zoom, we had a presentation from Elaine of the Parenting Project.<\/h2>\n

Happily now we could enjoy meeting Elaine Johnston in person to present her with a fabulous cheque for a magnificent \u00a31500.<\/p>\n

\"TwoElaine gave members an update on the work of the charity<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0These include providing a pathway of services to parents, including counselling, family wellbeing support, mentoring, and group therapy work. Their policy is not to turn anyone away<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0However legislation prevents them from providing their services to adoptors\/adoptees, so they have recently established a partnership with Barnardos to give this service. Our \u00a31500 funds raised this year will enable the charity to fund training for one counsellor (at a cost of \u00a31080).\u00a0 And therefore begin to provide the support through this link with Barnardos.
\nElaine thanked\u00a0 Club members for their fundraising work on behalf of The Parenting Project<\/strong><\/em><\/a> that has enabled this recent addition to their service provision.<\/p>\n

We even had a screen shot of the club\u2019s bank account enabling Gill to show a live BACS
\npayment transfer of \u00a31500 to The Parenting Project\u2019s bank account.\u00a0 \u00a0We are sooooo IT literate now!!!!<\/p>\n

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Ukraine update\"Heart<\/h2>\n

As a result of Club members rallying round in super quick time to send money to our Sister Club in Krakow, Poland we got this response from SI Krakow’s to Gill, our treasurer –<\/p>\n

Subject:<\/strong>\u00a0Donation<\/p>\n

Thank you very much dear Gill. The money has safely arrived!!!\u00a0 \u00a0It is so much needed, yesterday there was a family arriving from hell of Mariupol, the city damaged in 90% with no electricity, heating, fresh water, food and medical supplies. There still are 200 000 inhabitants there. They were lucky, their daughter is a Soroptimist. A chain of people of good will allowed for the flee.\u00a0 \u00a0Please thank all Club members! We are really grateful!<\/p>\n

Anna<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And what about other refugees?<\/h2>\n

Well you may ask.\u00a0 \u00a0Amanda, our President Elect extraordinaire managed to find a website \u00a0www.emmas diary.co.uk<\/a> from which we could obtain three packs of free mother and baby items. These were mostly samples but some were full size, such as a pack of nappies and toothpaste.\u00a0 \u00a0Together with donations from Club members and our friends, Amanda was able to send an amazing selection via Becky at\u00a0 Compassionate Kenilworth<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to give to the women and children refugees staying at the local Riverside Hotel.\u00a0 \u00a0Because there was so much, Amanda was able to take some to a collection point for Ukraine.<\/p>\n