{"id":6348,"date":"2025-12-23T21:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:06:48","slug":"spreading-cheer-again-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2025\/12\/23\/spreading-cheer-again-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading cheer again this Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As in previous years, our programme\u00a0 action was focussed on supporting\u00a0 the Joseph Cowen Centre for homeless women and local food banks: &#8211; the Felling Food Bank: \u00a3 50 and West End Food Bank: \u00a3500.\u00a0 By donating funds, it allows the organisations to respond to the needs of their clients, more appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2025\/12\/joseph-cowan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6349\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2025\/12\/joseph-cowan-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2025\/12\/joseph-cowan-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2025\/12\/joseph-cowan.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>We donated 25 Christmas Bags to Joseph Cowen Centre for homeless women.\u00a0 Each bag contained a case of make up, shower gel, tissues, chocolate selection box, biscuits, and\u00a0 tea and were very warmly received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As in previous years, our programme\u00a0 action was focussed on supporting\u00a0 the Joseph Cowen Centre&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":6349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spreading cheer again this Christmas! | News | Blog | Events | SI Newcastle upon Tyne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Newcastle upon Tyne : Blog &amp; News : Spreading cheer again this Christmas! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Newcastle upon Tyne . 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