{"id":4541,"date":"2020-11-04T14:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T13:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2023-04-23T21:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T20:34:05","slug":"covid-19-response-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/2020\/11\/04\/covid-19-response-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Response 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The global pandemic of 2020 brought many challenges for people. \u00a0In response to this Leigh Soroptimists wanted to maintain our commitment to help where we can to support the women, girls and families in our community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easter eggs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In partnership with The Bridge at Leigh we collected and delivered a car boot full of Easter Eggs<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4674 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1588-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1588-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1588.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> for the children in a local Women&#8217;s Refuge. We were able to ensure that they were able to enjoy and celebrate Easter in the traditional way that children do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting the women&#8217;s refuge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our long standing link with the Refuge to provide &#8216;Dignity Bags&#8217; for the women when they arrive has also been maintained throughout the pandemic, and through our Kindness Project we have provided extra toiletries and period products.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Basic Kindness Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4552 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/04\/70198966_191040998561670_7487779338838867968_o-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/04\/70198966_191040998561670_7487779338838867968_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/04\/70198966_191040998561670_7487779338838867968_o-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/04\/70198966_191040998561670_7487779338838867968_o.jpg 1753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our support for local women and families through the local Start Well Centres, to provide basic hygiene essentials was compromised at the start of the pandemic when, for safety reasons, we had to stop collecting donations, however we made a very large delivery to keep them going until normal service could be resumed. \u00a0With the relaxation of restrictions we have been able to set up our regular donation point in Morrison&#8217;s supermarket in Leigh which has been overwhelmed with kindness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environmental Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4682\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4682\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/102386053_558865251438848_7415253120919273472_n-300x191.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/102386053_558865251438848_7415253120919273472_n-300x191.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/102386053_558865251438848_7415253120919273472_n.jpeg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environmental Goals!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">With social distancing in place, we responded to World Environment Day by organising a litter pick at a local beauty spot,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pennington Flash Country Park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about the care home workers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were all standing on our doorsteps each Thursday evening to clap and bang our pans for &#8216;Key Workers&#8217; but we wanted to do more. \u00a0Many of our members responded to the call for scrub bags and mask extenders for staff on the frontline. \u00a0We thought of the staff working tirelessly in care homes and decided to provide a thank you treat in the form of pamper hampers <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4675 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_4062-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_4062-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_4062.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>containing a selection of toiletries and biscuits or chocolates. \u00a0A list was made and 16 care homes were found to be in our locality and each one received a hamper from Leigh Soroptimists to thank them for their unstinting efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carers Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the success and appreciation for the pamper hampers in the care homes we <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4676 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1642-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1642-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leigh\/files\/2020\/11\/IMG_1642.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>looked next to recognise &#8216;Carers Week&#8217;. \u00a0Our focus was on young carers and again in partnership with The Bridge we put together treat bags containing a selection of craft items, puzzles, games, sweets etc. \u00a0These were given to the Wigan and Leigh Young Carers group for them to distribute to their 6 &#8211; 11 year old group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pictures of many happy faces were seen on their Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Leigh Soroptimist Club would like to recognise the contribution of The Bridge at Leigh in helping us, by providing items and facilities to enable these projects to be undertaken. 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