{"id":653,"date":"2016-05-16T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=653"},"modified":"2016-05-16T18:54:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T17:54:25","slug":"a-letter-to-a-duchess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2016\/05\/16\/a-letter-to-a-duchess\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter to a Duchess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/Duchess-of-Cornwall-in-Manchester1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-665 size-medium\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/Duchess-of-Cornwall-in-Manchester1-300x199.png\" alt=\"Duchess-of-Cornwall-in-Manchester1\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/Duchess-of-Cornwall-in-Manchester1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/Duchess-of-Cornwall-in-Manchester1.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In Autumn 2015, the members of Soroptimist International of Manchester were interested to read\u00a0an article in a newspaper about the Duchess of Cornwall visiting a rape crisis centre in London.\u00a0She expressed the idea that giving a small gift of toiletries to survivors of such crimes could make\u00a0a great difference to them, by bringing them the &#8220;human touch&#8221; after their trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Thisstuck a chord with members of SI Manchester who have been donating toiletries to St Mary&#8217;s\u00a0Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) here in our city since it opened in 1986, and they asked\u00a0Val Moss, their Programme Action Officer, to write to the Duchess about it. In the letter Val\u00a0informed the Duchess that St Mary&#8217;s SARC would be marking their 30th Anniversary year in 2016\u00a0and expressed the hope that she would visit them if she were able.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes Soroptimist dreams do come true, and on April 26th the Duchess of Cornwall did\u00a0indeed come to see for herself. Her Royal Highness was greeted and given a tour of the Centre by\u00a0Dr Cathy White, the Clinical Director, and Val and President Molly were privileged to be amongst\u00a0those introduced to her.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the tour the Duchess unveiled a plaque on the occasion of the centre&#8217;s 30-10\u00a0Anniversary, which marks 30 years since they opened and 10 years since their specialised\u00a0paediatric service began.<a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/pa-26168671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-666 size-medium\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/pa-26168671-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"pa-26168671\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/pa-26168671-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/pa-26168671.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr White thanked the Duchess for visiting the centre and raising awareness. The Duchess said\u00a0that she had learned that St Mary&#8217;s was the first of its kind in this country, had been told that it was\u00a0the best and expressed the wish that we all keep talking about such issues.<\/p>\n<p>President Molly had only been in office for a few weeks, so this was the first engagement of her\u00a0year. She is American and married to a Mancunian, and says that her Mum back home was very\u00a0proud to hear how her Presidential year had begun.<\/p>\n<p>The photographs show the Duchess meeting a survivor and unveiling the plaque. President Molly\u00a0and PAO Val are pictured with Dr. White(Clinical Director) and Bernie Ryan (Centre Manager) after\u00a0the unveiling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-654\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0266-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0266\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0266-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0266.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-657\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0264-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0264\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0264-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0264.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0266.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Autumn 2015, the members of Soroptimist International of Manchester were interested to read\u00a0an article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[88,82,54],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-charity","tag-duchess-of-cornwall","tag-st-marys-sarc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Letter to a Duchess | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; News : A Letter to a Duchess : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Manchester . 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