Shake Rattle and Sing! Soroptimist local women’s group with friends (including some members of local choirs), sang festive songs at St Albans City Station raising a much needed £261 for SAHWR Women’s Refuge.
Singers were wearing orange to continue with our campaign to #OrangetheWorldHerts ! https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2023/orange23/
One commuter who stopped to made a donation said “you’re too good to walk through!” 
– praise indeed. Soroptimist Jane Slatter said “we all had a great time – donations were less than last year, but that’s not really surprising with the financial situation and rail strikes too!”
Funding cuts and increased demand mean that Refuges really need money from our fundraising so we were grateful to everyone who donated on the night. If anyone wants to make a donation after the event please email us at sistalbans@hotmail.com
This event is timed on the closest Monday to Human Rights Day when Soroptimists all around the world take action and is part of the “Orange the World Campaign” – 16 Days of Activism from 25 Nov to 10 Dec to end gender-based violence.
For more about our campaign to Orange the World for the 16 Days of Activism and how you can join in click here https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2023/orange23/
Afterwards we retired to the White Hart Tap hostelry in St Albans for a well-earned supper!
This news item appeared in the St Albans Times on p 11: https://issuu.com/stalbanstimes/docs/st_albans_times_issue_46_2_
and in the Herts Advertiser:
www.hertsad.co.uk/news/23985752.st-albans-soroptimists-sing-station-womens-refuge