{"id":3655,"date":"2016-12-22T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2016-12-22T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:10:07","slug":"hrday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2016\/hrday\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Day Celebration in Beaconsfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists fr<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/02-SILC-HR-Day-Candles-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1217\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/02-SILC-HR-Day-Candles-web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"02-SILC HR Day Candles web\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>om Clubs in the London Chilterns Region, including 8 Members of SI St Albans and District, gathered in Beaconsfield to mark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/humanrightsday\/\">Human Rights Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four candles were lit \u2013 one\u00a0to remember those in the world who are denied their human rights, the second to celebrate the work of women across the world, the third to celebrate the work of Soroptimists across<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/\">Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland<\/a>\u00a0(follow this link to find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bilston-and-district\/day-of-memory-for-britains-lost-women-14th-july-2015\/\">Spoon Project <\/a>)and the fourth to celebrate the work of Soroptimists across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Our first speaker was Janie Grover from<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/high-wycombe-and-district\/\"> SI High Wycombe\u00a0&amp; District<\/a>\u00a0w<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/04-Janie-Grover-Jen-iProjects-Web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1218\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/04-Janie-Grover-Jen-iProjects-Web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"04-Janie Grover, Jen iProjects Web\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>ho told us about her life-changing trip to Peru with the charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaiahprojects.com\/\">iPr<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaiahprojects.com\/\">ojects<\/a>\u00a0working on a construction project in Lima to improve the lives of a community. Poverty, crime and violence are rife in Lima which is home to 12 million people. Janie is now fundraising for the charity to continue its work. Janie is pictured here (l) with Regional President Jen Simpson (r).<\/p>\n<p>After lunch we heard from Laura Kell from the Imperial College Healthcare Charity who spoke about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moresmiles.org.uk\/\"><strong>More Smiles Appeal<\/strong><\/a> that President Jen would like Clubs to support this year.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/11\/mslogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1160 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/11\/mslogo.jpg\" alt=\"mslogo\" width=\"175\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Every year around 400 children are admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care unit at St Mary\u2019s Hospital, but hundreds more critically ill children have to be turned away because of a lack of beds. In 2014, the unit turned away 233 children, over half of the number admitted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/05-Laura-Kell-Jen-more-smiles-Web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1215 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/05-Laura-Kell-Jen-more-smiles-Web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"05-Laura Kell, Jen more smiles Web\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Laura explained that they need to raise \u00a32 million, and that although they have already raised \u00a31.2 million there is still a long way to go. The money raised from this appeal will help expand and renovate the current facility into a new modern unit, increasing the number of beds from 8 to 15, allowing more than 200 extra children to be treated each year.\u00a0 This new unit will be modern and fit for purpose, with increased space around each bed, a dedicated fully equipped parents\u2019 room and a bereavement room.\u00a0 No longer will difficult conversations take place at a crowded bedside or in a small parents\u2019 kitchen with a lack of privacy. Laura Kell is pictured above (l) with Regional President Jen Simpson (r) \u2013 they were delighted to hear that a fabulous \u00a3223 had been raised on the day by generous Soroptimists donating to a spontaneous collection.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving for the day President Jen reminded us that her theme for the year is being\u00a0<strong>ACTIVE<\/strong> (<strong>Aspirational, Collaborative, Tenacious, Inspiring, Vocal <\/strong>and<strong> Empowering<\/strong>) as role models for women and girls across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/01-SILC-HR-Day-wave-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1216\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/files\/2016\/12\/01-SILC-HR-Day-wave-web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"01-SILC HR Day wave web\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This photo shows what a lively group of women from around the Region attended this meeting and Human Rights Day celebration that we all look forward to every year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists from Clubs in the London Chilterns Region, including 8 Members of SI St Albans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,195,297,196,298,12,60,11,13,111,99],"class_list":["post-3655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-club","tag-human-rights-day","tag-jen-simpson","tag-london-chilterns-region","tag-more-smiles","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-women","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Human Rights Day Celebration in Beaconsfield | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : Human Rights Day Celebration in Beaconsfield : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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