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Quiet Room in Barry Hospital

Quiet Room in Barry Hospital

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The Official Opening of the Hafan A dedicated room for peace, calm and prayer was recently opened at Barry Hospital on June 1st 2023. The room, called Hafan – Haven, is to be used by staff, patients and family members to take some time out to pause and reflect. The room was dedicated and commissioned with a series of readings, reflections and prayers in the company of the hospital Chaplains and representatives from Soroptimist International of Barry and District. Rev. Jason Tugwell, Chaplain at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) said: “We have dedicated spaces for prayer and reflection in most of our hospital sites and we’d had a request from staff and patients to have a similar room at Barry Hospital. With the kind and generous help from the Soroptimist International of Barry and District, we were able to make this wish a

New Road to Equality project – The International President’s Appeal – Making Facemasks.

New Road to Equality project – The International President’s Appeal – Making Facemasks.

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Masks around the World. During this last year, "the Soroptimist Sewing Sisters" from SI Barry & District have been kept very busy making masks. They have been supported in their efforts by a grant from Barry Town Council. To date almost £1,200 has been raised in donations for Dinas Powys Community Library and £3,160 for local health care charities.   Our Facemasks have been distributed not only to most parts of Great Britain but also to Singapore,Switzerland, Italy, Doha. German TV and ITV have also featured our masks on news items. In keeping with International President's Appeal - New Road to Equality Project - Making Masks, SI Barry & District have indeed gone global in 2020/21 and will continue for as long as the demand exists.