{"id":5938,"date":"2025-01-13T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:47:58","slug":"oct-to-dec-2024-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct to Dec 2024 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What have we been doing these last 3 months.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/oct-2024-stamps-for-breast-cancer\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5939 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2024-Stamps-for-Breast-Cancer-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In October, we achieved another 90 Challenge, or to be more accurate 4 x 90 challenges.\u00a0 360 grams of used stamps were collected from members and friends and donated between the \u201cAgainst Breast Cancer\u201d charity and the \u201cMacmillan Charity\u201d.\u00a0 And another bag of stamps has already been started, up to 200 grams which hopefully will grow with all the Chrstmas cards we will receive and we can then in the new year send that off to these two charities who help with vital research and much needed services that benefit women\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/oct-2025-hangers-for-works-for-us\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5942 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2025-Hangers-for-Works-For-Us-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2025-Hangers-for-Works-For-Us-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2025-Hangers-for-Works-For-Us-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2025-Hangers-for-Works-For-Us.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/oct-2024-green-bear-for-mk-act\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5940\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5940 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2024-Green-Bear-for-MK-Act--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/oct-2024-clothes-for-works-for-us\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5941\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5941  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Oct-2024-Clothes-for-Works-For-Us-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also in October we donated to MK Act a sister bear to our Orange Bear, kindly made by Scottie for them to use on their stall when promoting their services.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Another black sack of clothes and 50 velvet coat hangers were donated to Works For Us to help them better store and display the works clothes they provide to people to help them when they go for job interviews.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/17-oct-ymca-soupfest-lunch-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5943 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/17-Oct-YMCA-Soupfest-lunch-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/17-oct-ymca-soupfest-lunch-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5944\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5944 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/17-Oct-YMCA-Soupfest-lunch-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a delight to sponsor the YMCA Community Lunch this October and we helped serve out the delicious soup.\u00a0 October was the month for YMCA MK to launch their 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Soupfest booklet.\u00a0 \u00a0We provided a soup recipe for their first edition and hoepfully we will provide another recipe for their next edition in 2025.\u00a0 You can see us above handing over a cheque for sponsoring the event and it was lovely to be introduced to Anna Chestnut from the Co-op, who very kindly provided some Co-op goodies we were able to make into hampers to use on our raffle tables for both the Ukraine event on 9 Nov and our raffle table at our Christmas Music event.\u00a0 Thank you, Anna and the Co-op, your donations helped us, raise much needed funds for our charities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/17-oct-chicago-theatre-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5945\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5945 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/17-Oct-Chicago-Theatre-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>But it wasn\u2019t all work, we did get to enjoy ourselves.\u00a0 It was lovely to have an evening out at Milton Keynes Theatre to enjoy the wonderful Chicago musical first performed back in 1975 and based on a 1926 play.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Great music and very toe tapping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/1-3-nov-sigbi-edinburgh-conference\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5946\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5946 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/1-3-Nov-SIGBI-Edinburgh-Conference-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/1-3-nov-edinburgh-conf-90-challenges\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5947\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5947 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/1-3-Nov-Edinburgh-Conf-90-Challenges-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>What a way to kickstart November off, but with a jolly good SIGBI Conference in Edinburgh.<\/strong>\u00a0 President Ruth Healey set clubs the \u201c90 Challenge\u201d to celebrate our Federations 90<sup>th<\/sup> birthday and our projects got mentioned on the big screen and were included in the regional booklet.\u00a0 You can see Lynne and myself standing next to the banner illustrating what the London and Chiltern Region contributed.\u00a0 It was inspiring to see the variety and number of clubs who had found many different ways to celebrate and help others, one club even came up with the idea of trying out 90 different cocktails.\u00a0 But we did learn from other clubs projects and have shared one relating to violence against women to one of our charities it can help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/7-nov-bridge-academy-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5948\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5948 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/7-Nov-Bridge-academy-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>On our return from Edinburgh, one of the first projects, we completed was the delivery of 50 bags of toiletries to Bridge Academy.\u00a0 They contacted us because they had heard about our sanitary and toiletries donations to our charities and asked if we could help them.\u00a0 They work with many young people who don\u2019t have access to basic hygiene supplies and whilst the academy has access to sanitary packs, they often need more basic items like toothbrushes, deodorant, shower gel etc to help those children taken into care or when a family is being moved.\u00a0 Members made donations and we were able to drop these bags off to the academy in the first week of November.\u00a0 MK Act, YMCA and Unity MK each received a box of toiletries this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/9-nov-ukraine-concert-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5949 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/9-Nov-Ukraine-Concert-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/9-nov-ukraine-concert-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5950 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/9-Nov-Ukraine-Concert-8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>On the 9 November the Ukraine Appeal held a Fundraising Concert with Musica Charity Choir to support the work of its Sunshine school providing additional educational support to the Ukrainian children and we agreed to run the raffle table and provide the raffle prizes. \u00a0It was an amazing evening and thank you to the Co-op fo their raffle donations and to Jutta Evans for her painting donaton.\u00a0 \u00a3268 was raised on the night.\u00a0 One of our best ever raffle contributions.\u00a0 And it was lovely to chat to both Kurshida Mirza, the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and our Mayor, Cllr Marie Bradburn at the event.\u00a0 We were also treated to some beautiful food made by one of the Ukraininan women, the food was out of this world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/11-nov-remembrance-day-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5951 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/11-Nov-Remembrance-day-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Soroptimists Milton Keynes attended the 11 November Remembrance wreath laying ceremony at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/miltonkeynesrose?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXiC-74O2ZXZ1zs8qdS7i1MSwAvKjBwUE79ZkJiCvDE_JGm5ZnK9ITVbFLzj1u0mGcypnw5dws2LKRo-avxxxV6IW4tfVxbVLV_8w1_IegOXlmXPZgLFf4yb41meZCQ1eLSuTsZG07UKAoEGj4CVrQgCHs2RDSwIoufdQJ0gTU_rA&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\">Milton Keynes Rose<\/a> and we feel this is an important annual event for us.\u00a0This Remembrance day, and every day for those women who served and died in war and those women killed in conflicts we shall not forget you, we will always remember.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you to the learners at MK SNAP (Special Needs \u00a0Advancement Project) for the beautiful biodegradable wreath they made for us again. They have set a trend.\u00a0 This year the High Sheriff had a biodegradable wreath too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/30-nov-newport-xmas-craft-stall-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5952\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5952 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/30-Nov-Newport-Xmas-craft-stall-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>November is the month for Xmas Fayres, with our first one taking place on 23 November at MK Snap and our second at the Mead Centre on 30 November in\u00a0 Newport Pagnell for the Christmas light switch on.\u00a0 \u00a0Thank you everyone who helped out and all our crafters for making the beautiful items for sale.\u00a0 We raised \u00a3200 over the 2 events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/25-nov-90-hearts-vigil\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5953 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/25-Nov-90-Hearts-Vigil-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/25-nov-civic-offices-16-days-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5954\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5954 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/25-Nov-Civic-Offices-16-Days-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/25-nov-annual-vigil-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5955 size-thumbnail alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/25-Nov-Annual-Vigil-8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/25-nov-annual-vigil-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5956 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/25-Nov-Annual-Vigil-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November is important to Soroptimists because 16 Days of Activism, also known as the UN\u2019s Orange the World Campaign starts on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls and concludes on 10 December, Human Rights Day.\u00a0 Soroptimists have a voice on the UN and work to support, raise awareness and take action around this issue &#8211; empowering communities with the knowledge needed to help prevent violence before it starts.\u00a0 SIGIB\u2019s social media theme this year was #PreventionFirst highlighting strategies and key messages to work towards prevention.\u00a0 As in previous year\u2019s we have used our social media platforms to raise awareness through promoting the SIGBI #PreventionFirst social media campaign and \u201cVoices for Women\u201d, MK Act and the MK Fawcett society shared our social media posts to widen the audience here in Milton Keynes.<\/p>\n<p>This year, again, we supported two important events as well as our monthly Orange Cafe at Dobbies.\u00a0 On Monday 25 November, during the day we set up our Orange the World stall at Milton Keynes City Council offices at an event to raise awareness with staff about the campaign, the issue of violence against women and to highlight the services that are available.\u00a0 We were there alongside other agencies including Thames Valley Police, MK Act and SASSMK and we even got the Mayor to give our Orange Bear a hug and wear orange show laces for the rest of the day. \u00a0\u00a0We then took part in the Annual Vigil, we helped to organise.\u00a0 To learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/mkrose-vigil\/home\">click here<\/a>\u00a0 The event started at MK Gallery and this year\u2019s speakers were Men, encouraging them to recognise the issues and help to change attitudes and it included one speaker giving a personal account of knowing someone in an abusive relationship and the difficulties of how to help.\u00a0 It was great to see the sky room full, there were over 100 people there wanting to know more and they walked down to MK Rose and the International Women\u2019s Day Column for a moments contemplation and to make a pledge to do what they can.\u00a0 \u00a0The 90 Orange hearts we made were handed out to people as they came into the gallery and at our stall set up to highlight the issues we were able to raise \u00a335 in donations for MK Act.\u00a0 And we must thank Hotel LaTour, who were lit up in Orange.\u00a0 The colour orange is used to symbolise a brighter future, free from violence against women and girls. Soroptimists around the world want to get more buildings lit up Orange to raise awareness so thank you Hotel LaTour and we hope you will light up again in orange next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/29-nov-stony-radio-interview\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5957\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5957 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/29-Nov-Stony-Radio-interview-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>November finished with Scottie and I appearing on Stony Radio on Thia\u2019s Friday Community Show at lunch time.\u00a0 Thank you, Thia, for inviting us.\u00a0 We had a great time, a few giggles and were able to let people know what our club had been up to this year in supporting our community. Thia also gave us the opportunity to promote our December Music concert.\u00a0\u00a0And the following week, with the help of Viktoryia from Ukraine Appeal Charity\u00a0 I was interviewed over the phone on the Caz Tricks morning show.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/dec-3-2024-90-coat-hangers-works-for-us\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5958\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5958 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-3-2024-90-coat-hangers-Works-for-us-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/dec-2024-bras-for-smalls-for-us\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5959 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Bras-for-Smalls-for-Us-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>December started with a donation of 90 more velvet hangers to Works for Us.\u00a0 Another 90-challenge completed.\u00a0 \u00a0And courtesy of a friend more bras were sent off to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallsforall.org\/\">Small for Us charity<\/a> helping people here and in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/musica-charity-choir-mk-event\/dec-14-2024-musica-concert-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5932\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5932 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-14-2024-Musica-Concert-1-e1736774313708-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-14-2024-Musica-Concert-1-e1736774313708-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-14-2024-Musica-Concert-1-e1736774313708-470x470.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-14-2024-Musica-Concert-1-e1736774313708-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-14-2024-Musica-Concert-1-e1736774313708-160x160.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>What a great time we had on Saturday 14 December at the Mead Center and our Charity Concert with the wonderful Musica Charity Choir MK performing a beautiful selection of festive songs. \u00a0Musica was formed in 2018 and sings in many different styles and genres.\u00a0 This year one of their highlights was to sing at Stowe Gardens in support of the D Day memorial installation \u201cStanding with Giants\u201d. And I have to say, my personal favorite of the evening was the singing of silent night in German and English.<\/p>\n<p>This was our fourth music event.\u00a0 And in terms of money raised our best yet.\u00a0 At our first back in 2021 \u00a3450 was donated to the Welfare Team at Unity MK for their homeless residents.\u00a0 In 2022, over \u00a3600 was split between the Ukraine Appeal charity helping Ukrainian refugees just arriving in MK and to our sister club in Krakow who were helping Ukraine refugees arriving there.\u00a0 Last year Hearts and Music singers performed and raised \u00a3700 spilt between the five charities we support.\u00a0 \u00a0For 2024 it was our first time of holding the concert in December and we have to say a big thank you to everyone who came, thank you Musica Charity Choir you made the evening a wonderful festive evening and the total raised on the night was \u00a3996.50.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say enough thank you on behalf of our charities.<\/p>\n<p>And we finish 2024 with our Xmas projects.\u00a0 Firstly, a big than you to our business friend, who wants to remain anonymous but has again donated sweets which we have given out to the charities as part of our Xmas projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/dec-2024-seets-for-mk-act\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5960\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5960 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Seets-for-MK-Act-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>8 tubs of sweet shop sweets went to MK Act alongside Food vouchers provided to each of the families.\u00a0 A massive thank you goes to Sally and her team who organized a Breakfast club and raised \u00a3700 which has paid for the Food vouchers and extra towards MK Acts summer projects.\u00a0 Thank you, Sally and your great team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/dec-2024-swets-fro-ukraine-appeal\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5961 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Swets-fro-Ukraine-Appeal-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Swets-fro-Ukraine-Appeal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Swets-fro-Ukraine-Appeal-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Swets-fro-Ukraine-Appeal.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/dec-2024-xmas-bags-for-ymca\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5962\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5962 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Xmas-bags-for-YMCA-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>On top of the money we raised at the 9 Nov concert, sweets were delivered to the Ukraine Appeal charity and will be used for the children\u2019s educational camp planned for next year.\u00a0 For the YMCA supported living residents we made up 30 bags of goodies including food, toiletries, cleaning items and a pack each of the Quality street pouches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2025\/01\/13\/oct-to-dec-2024-update\/dec-2024-unity-mk-buffet-sweets-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5963 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2025\/01\/Dec-2024-Unity-MK-Buffet-sweets-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>On 17 December, our Xmas present to Unity MK was to provide a buffet for their Xmas disco.\u00a0 Members provided food donations and we also took along 200 bars of chocolate and another 5\u00a0 sweet boxes and Haribo sweets.\u00a0 It was a lovely day, although I realise I am getting old when I did not know half of the songs in the disco bingo, Hey Ho.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And last but not least, we are purchasing 3 clothes rails for Works For Us in order that they can display better the works cloths they have donated to them tht they then give to people to help them wehn applying for jobs.<\/p>\n<p>We have worked hard again this year and we look forward to 2025 and what we can do to further help our community.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing friendship and all the best for 2025.\u00a0\u00a0As you can see always busy helping out.\u00a0 If you like what we do why not join us.\u00a0 We would love to have more members helping us help our charities and our community.\u00a0 Just get in contact via\u00a0<a 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