{"id":6711,"date":"2024-08-25T23:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T22:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2024-11-13T23:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T23:47:42","slug":"what-did-the-soroptimists-spend-the-proceeds-from-the-fashion-show-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2024\/08\/25\/what-did-the-soroptimists-spend-the-proceeds-from-the-fashion-show-on\/","title":{"rendered":"What did the Soroptimists spend the proceeds from the Fashion Show on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May, Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists held a Charity Fashion that raised \u00a3410 with the proceeds going to the local Hygiene Banks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As Soroptimists we are aware that in 2024, Hygiene poverty affects 4.2 million adults in the UK. In the past 12 months, 68% of those affected by hygiene poverty say it has affected their mental health with 60% feeling depressed and embarrassed because they are being pulled into hygiene poverty.<\/p>\n<p>We had planned to donate the proceeds equally between the Maidstone and Medway Hygiene Banks. Unfortunately, the Maidstone Hygiene Bank is no longer operational and so the full \u00a3410 has been donated to Hygiene Bank Medway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/08\/26683354-4d0a-4433-955c-1c630b603348.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6715 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/08\/26683354-4d0a-4433-955c-1c630b603348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/08\/26683354-4d0a-4433-955c-1c630b603348.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/08\/26683354-4d0a-4433-955c-1c630b603348-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emma Thomas at the Hygiene Bank Medway is extremely grateful for the donation.\u00a0 They plan to spend it on ladies\u2019 self-care kits.\u00a0 These contain 11 or 12 items to equip women and girls to keep themselves clean.\u00a0 They cost around \u00a312 each but the Hygiene Bank is able to subsidise the cost so, along with our donation, they will be able to put together around 50 kits to support woman and girls in the area.\u00a0 The partners of the Hygiene Bank (schools, day centres, etc.) like the kits because they are easy to hand out discreetly thus minimising any unnecessary embarrassment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May, Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists held a Charity Fashion that raised \u00a3410 with the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":6714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[528,527,529],"class_list":["post-6711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-hygiene-bank-medway","tag-hygiene-poverty","tag-self-care-kits"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What did the Soroptimists spend the proceeds from the Fashion Show on? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog &amp; News : What did the Soroptimists spend the proceeds from the Fashion Show on? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . 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