We hope we gave the St Albans commuters a bit of Christmas cheer with our annual Soroptimist carol singing on Mon 3 Dec at St Albans City Station. We collected a much-needed £380 for the St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge and the Welwyn Hatfield Women’s Refuge. 
We were joined again this year by a very festive Jules the dog who encouraged donations by making sure he got lots of strokes as people went by!
One commuter said “thanks for what you’re doing to support the refuges – you sound great!” This year we were recorded on quite a few smart phones and some children just had to join in by singing and dancing with us which was great fun!
Funding cuts and increased demand mean that Refuges need additional funding now more than ever before.
Thanks to the Herts Advertiser for covering our story www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st-albans-soroptimists-carol-singing-1-5813657
This event is timed on the closest Monday to Human Rights Day when Soroptimists all around the world take action www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday
Afterwards we headed to the nearby Ayos Turkish Restaurant for a well earned meal. Merry Christmas everyone!