{"id":1606,"date":"2018-03-10T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T17:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2018-03-16T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T19:36:16","slug":"yarlswood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2018\/03\/10\/yarlswood\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarl&#8217;s Wood Befrienders News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>To understand more about Yarl&#8217;s Wood and the immigration detention of women in the UK, please read this short article:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/i-befriend-women-detained-at-yarls-wood-their-life-in-immigration-limbo-is-excruciating-92905\">\u00a0https:\/\/theconversation.com\/i-befriend-women-detained-at-yarls-wood-their-life-in-immigration-limbo-is-excruciating-92905<\/a>\u00a0It was written by Jo Vincett, a PhD Student, Faculty of Business and Law with The Open University and it sends a strong statement as to why people should care.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2018\/03\/48-Yarlswood-Befrienders-Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1610\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2018\/03\/48-Yarlswood-Befrienders-Award-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2018\/03\/48-Yarlswood-Befrienders-Award-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2018\/03\/48-Yarlswood-Befrienders-Award-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2018\/03\/48-Yarlswood-Befrienders-Award-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2018\/03\/48-Yarlswood-Befrienders-Award.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ywbefrienders.org\/\">Yarl&#8217;s Wood Befrienders<\/a><\/strong> were winners of The High Sheriff of Bedfordshire&#8217;s Citizenship awards in February.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The lady on the left of the High Sheriff is Jo Vincent a befriender and trustee. Jo became involved with the centre following her being detained in the centre herself. Our Regional Councillor Pauline Panter is also a volunteer The lady holding the shield is Caroline Clarke the Director of Yarl&#8217;s Wood Befrienders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Soroptimists attending the Regional Human Rights Day meeting and celebration last December has the opportunity to hear all about Yarl&#8217;s Wood Befrienders from two of the Trustees. Yarl\u2019s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in North\u00a0Bedfordshire is the main long-term detention facility specifically for women in the UK. Yarl&#8217;s Wood Befrienders provide emotional and practical support for the people\u00a0held in Yarl\u2019s Wood IRC, helping them cope with the challenges of detention. For more following that event please see\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2017\/12\/09\/hrday17\/\">www.sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2017\/12\/09\/hrday17\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To understand more about Yarl&#8217;s Wood and the immigration detention of women in the UK,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[113,111,112,14,8,9,11,12,98,97],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-caroline-clarke","tag-high-sheriff-award","tag-jo-vincent","tag-region","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation","tag-yalswood-befrienders","tag-yarls-wood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yarl&#039;s Wood Befrienders News | News | Blog | Events | SI London Chilterns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI London Chilterns : Blog &amp; News : Yarl&#039;s Wood Befrienders News : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI London Chilterns . 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