{"id":3510,"date":"2016-10-09T23:35:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:52:10","slug":"soroptimists-lunch-with-owled-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2016\/10\/09\/soroptimists-lunch-with-owled-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimists Lunch with &#8216;Owled&#8217; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Former regional presidents of SI South Lancashire were in for a surprise when a trio of owls joined them after their annual reunion lunch. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">The Soroptimists were introduced to Idris, Mango and Murray\u00a0by their \u2018minder\u2019 Anita Morris, a psychologist and the founder\/director of Hack Back. Anita did the talking; the owls did the rest.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Star performer was Murray, a burrowing owl, who seemed to delight in exploring the lunch table.<a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Murray-the-owl-on-table.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3514\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Murray-the-owl-on-table-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Murray the owl on table\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Murray-the-owl-on-table-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Murray-the-owl-on-table.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Hack Back is a Community Interest Company (CIC) which aims to<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\"> improve the mental health and well-being of people of all ages through interaction with birds of prey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Clients include children and adults who have experienced domestic abuse, or who have learning difficulties. People with dementia, Down\u2019s Syndrome or autism react positively to the birds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Funding has enabled Anita and the team to develop programmes for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and for women in the criminal justice system. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Work with vulnerable children can help to boost their self-esteem and\u00a0highlight their unique talents. Anita\u2019s book \u2018Murray, the Smallest Owl\u2019 addresses the topic of bullying and enables children to explore their feelings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hack-back.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hack Back CIC<\/a> works in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheshirefalconry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheshire Falconry<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Regional President Sandy Taylor, who had invited the owls (and Anita) said, \u201cI am delighted to have been able to introduce the work of Hack Back to my fellow Soroptimists. The company makes a significant difference to the mental health of so many people. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u201cHack Back\u2019s impact deserves wide publicity. Thankfully, Murray\u2019s Twitter account (@burrowingbolt) is very successful at spreading the word.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">\u201dSo, on this occasion,\u00a0our annual lunch with old friends also included &#8216;owled&#8217; friends. It was a hoot.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Carol-Dot-Dot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3516\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Carol-Dot-Dot-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Past regional presidents Carol, Dot, Dot\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Carol-Dot-Dot-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Carol-Dot-Dot.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Regional-president-Sandy-Anita-Morris-Murray-the-owl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3517\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Regional-president-Sandy-Anita-Morris-Murray-the-owl-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Regional president Sandy, Anita Morris, Murray the owl\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Regional-president-Sandy-Anita-Morris-Murray-the-owl-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Regional-president-Sandy-Anita-Morris-Murray-the-owl.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Sriya-Pauline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3518\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Sriya-Pauline-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Past regional presidents Sriya, Pauline\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Sriya-Pauline-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Past-regional-presidents-Sriya-Pauline.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Mango-barn-owl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3522\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Mango-barn-owl-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mango, barn owl\" width=\"140\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Mango-barn-owl-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Mango-barn-owl.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Idris-African-spotted-eagle-owl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3523\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Idris-African-spotted-eagle-owl-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Idris, African spotted eagle owl\" width=\"187\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Idris-African-spotted-eagle-owl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Idris-African-spotted-eagle-owl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2016\/10\/Idris-African-spotted-eagle-owl.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Former regional presidents of SI South Lancashire were in for a surprise when a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":3513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimists Lunch with &#039;Owled&#039; Friends | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Soroptimists Lunch with &#039;Owled&#039; Friends : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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