{"id":7211,"date":"2021-04-07T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:54:34","slug":"refuge21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2021\/refuge21\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee, Chat and a Virtual Cheque handover &#8211; with Liz and Sara from St Albans and Hertsmere Women\u2019s Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6887\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2-300x186.png\" alt=\"St Albans and Hertsmere Womens Refuge\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/SAHWR-new-2.png 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On 7 Apr Liz and Sara, Managers of the St Albans and Hertsmere Women&#8217;s Refuge <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sahwr.org.uk\/\">SAHWR<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0joined us for our monthly coffee morning on Zoom. They were delighted that the Club has been able to send the Refuge \u00a31000 from this year\u2019s fundraising and generous donations. The Club has supported SAHWR for many years &#8211; it is a charity which provides specialist domestic abuse services in the St Albans, Hertsmere, Three Rivers, Watford and Dacorum areas.<\/p>\n<p>Liz told us that they use the money from our Club specifically to benefit residents. This year with home-schooling of children they were able to use the money we sent last year to buy Wi-Fi Access SIM cards for the iPads that had been provided by BBC Children in Need. The money also funded Easter egg hunts in the Refuges and gifts for the Mums from the children for Mothers\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n<p>Liz and Sara told us how amazing local community groups are in our area \u2013 when they had an outbreak of COVID in one of the houses they got an immediate response from organisations like Sopwell Community Trust and the Vineyard. The virus had a significant impact on them financially \u2013 housing benefit didn\u2019t cover the time rooms had to be left empty after cleaning between clients under COVID sanitising rules. Most residents stay with them for about 4 months and it can be extended to 6 months. Community workers support those who cannot flee for 3 months. All of the work is reported to Safer Places, who are responsible for managing the contract overall, and they then report to Herts County Council. Liz and Sara have seen written feedback from clients that the Community Workers have literally saved their lives. They think that the \u201cvirtual\u201d legal process put in place during COVID is working well \u2013 e.g. non-molestation orders can be worked out by telephone which is much less of an ordeal for the clients.<\/p>\n<p>COVID has taken its toll on staff and they are all feeling very tired so Liz and Sara are doing what they can to manage the burnout.<\/p>\n<p>The bid\/tender process for Refuge services is due again in 2022 so the work on the bid will start in August this year. precise arrangements are still unclear at present<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/34-AGM0411-ChequeWREdit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7215 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/34-AGM0411-ChequeWREdit-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/34-AGM0411-ChequeWREdit-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/34-AGM0411-ChequeWREdit.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Liz and Sara thanked us again for the money raised and donated by Members of our Club in the last year. They repeated how lovely it is to receive our support over the many years and how grateful they are, not just for the money but also for the tea and coffee we send, household items and generally knowing that we\u2019ve got their backs if they need us. We all feel comfortable chatting together like old friends. They promised to let us know when the Refuge needs our help and we will continue to support them in any way we can.<\/p>\n<p>How times have changed &#8211; Liz and Sara used to visit the Club for a cheque handover &#8211; see the pic here\u00a0 from\u00a0 2011\u00a0 (l to r Janet Tansley, Liz\u00a0 Perry,\u00a0 Sara\u00a0 Jackson,\u00a0 Jane\u00a0 Slatter). Nowadays it&#8217;s an electronic bank transfer and a Zoom meeting! Mind you we are looking forward to a time &#8220;post-COVID&#8221; when we can all see one another face to face again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 7 Apr Liz and Sara, Managers of the St Albans and Hertsmere Women&#8217;s Refuge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[26,221,12,60,11,206,194,13,111,99,119],"class_list":["post-7211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-projects","tag-refuge","tag-sahwr","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-st-albans-and-district","tag-st-albans-and-hertsmere-womens-refuge","tag-women","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation","tag-womens-refuge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coffee, Chat and a Virtual Cheque handover - with Liz and Sara from St Albans and Hertsmere Women\u2019s Refuge | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : Coffee, Chat and a Virtual Cheque handover - with Liz and Sara from St Albans and Hertsmere Women\u2019s Refuge : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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