{"id":4552,"date":"2021-03-01T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T12:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/?page_id=4552"},"modified":"2024-03-24T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:16:10","slug":"christmas-boxes-donated-for-5th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/2021\/03\/01\/christmas-boxes-donated-for-5th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Boxes 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again Swindon Soroptimists have presented Christmas gift shoe boxes to the Swindon Nelson Trust Women\u2019s Centre.\u00a0 The 25 boxes go to the vulnerable women who use the Centre, many of whom have difficult lives and often don\u2019t get any Christmas gifts. The Club also donated clothes and household items well as Christmas chocolates for the hardworking, dedicated staff!<\/p>\n<p>The Club have few members but have had great support from Marlborough Ladies Who Latte and Live Laugh Love clubs and all are inventive in finding unwanted and freebie items that can be included!\u00a0 Member Gillian Reed generously hosted our wrapping and filling event, joined by members Lydia Cardew and Valerie Nuttall. Each box contained over 25 different items collected over the year by members and friends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4526\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-members.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4526 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-members-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-members-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-members.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members Valerie, Lydia &amp; Gillian with the 25 Xmas boxes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Lydia Cardew, PA Officer says \u201c<em>These women have often difficult lives. We want them to know that people do care. We try to make the boxes useful and fun, with items such as scarves, toiletries, and pads \/ pens as well as a Christmas gift, crackers and chocolate\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4528\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-w-Lydia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4528 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-w-Lydia-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-w-Lydia-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-w-Lydia.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Club Project Officer Lydia showing the contents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The centre, set up in 2014 provides a lifeline for women who are homeless, addicted or at risk of involvement with the criminal justice system.\u00a0 The service has greatly expanded recently and now has many more permanent staff, due to the recognition and funding received for the work they do.<\/p>\n<p>The staff offer a wide range of services, ranging from Lunch Club, practical help, support in dealing with other agencies, to one to one counselling, group activities and peer support. \u00a0The Nelson Trust\u2019s ultimate goal is to reduce re-offending and help women to become safe, confident and free from abuse, addiction and other dependencies.<\/p>\n<p>The boxes were handed over the following day to the staff at the Nelson Trust Women\u2019s Centre, in time for their Festive lunch on Tues 17<sup>th<\/sup> Dec 2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4527\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-to-Womens-Centre-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4527 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-to-Womens-Centre-2019-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-to-Womens-Centre-2019-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2020\/08\/Swindon-Soroptimists-Xmas-boxes-to-Womens-Centre-2019.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members Lydia &amp; Jackie presenting the boxes to the Nelson Trust Women&#8217;s Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again Swindon Soroptimists have presented Christmas gift shoe boxes to the Swindon Nelson Trust&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":4527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,3],"tags":[121,119],"class_list":["post-4552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-113","category-club-news","tag-christmas","tag-nelson-trust"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christmas Boxes 2019 | News | Blog | Events | SI Swindon and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Swindon and District : Blog &amp; News : Christmas Boxes 2019 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Swindon and District . 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