Walk the Walk – helping breast cancer victims
In November 2020, we helped local reast Cancer charity ‘ Walk the Walk’ to raise £6,000 by taking part in a virtual balloon race across the Serengeti. Look out for our ‘Soroptimist Woking’ balloons flying high over the Serengeti.
Surrey Young Carers
In May, Woking Lions told us that young carers desperately needed laptops to help them with schooling at home during the Covid-19 crisis, so we made a donation. We were delighted that the money helped two brave youngsters to keep up their schoolwork despite the extra burdens they now have. At the time, Natallie Hoare, Fundraising Manager of Action for Carers Surrey, told us “The laptops you helped us to provide have made doing school work at home easier – they also let them take part in some Zoom social events.”
Update
Natallie joined our Soroptimist Action meeting in July to tell us more about Action for Carers Surrey and the laptop campaign. The charity has been given 40 laptops so far. They are being given to young carers (some are as young as 5!) because the restrictions have made their lives carers even more difficult. They now give extra help and care at home and keep up with lessons. So they get little social contact outside the home. Having a laptop breaks the isolation and lets young carers join in activities, like the videoconferencing get-togethers organised by Action for Carers Surrey.
How does Action for Carers Surrey help?
They are ‘a friendly voice at the end of the line’ but also offer a wide range of support for registered unpaid adult and young carers in Surrey. But the charity believes that there are many adult and young carers who are not registered. That means they can’t get the extra help that could make a big difference to their lives.
So if you know anyone in that situation, help them to get in touch with a charity like Action for Carers Surrey.
Woking Soroptimists gave £170 (made up of Club and personal donations) to Action for Carers Surrey in May, and a further £125 in July 2020.
Leonard Cheshire Disability
In addition, we have given £100 to Leonard Cheshire Disability in memory of our much-missed and long-serving Soroptimist Joan.
Discover more about what we’ve been up to lately in our Club News page.
For more about our projects and activities, go to our Soroptimist Work pages.
In April 2020, we also gave £600 to Your Sanctuary, the charity that supports the victims of domestic abuse in Surrey.