{"id":4852,"date":"2020-08-25T13:37:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2020-09-10T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T13:17:36","slug":"whats-nice-about-sending-a-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2020\/08\/25\/whats-nice-about-sending-a-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s nice about sending a newsletter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">What&#8217;s nice about sending a newsletter?\u00a0 Getting news back!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>So here&#8217;s some of the news we got back<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">News from young women we have helped to make an educational trip<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Emma had a successful visit to China and is coming to tell us about it in September.\u00a0 But we will, have to wait for a report from Kelda \u2013 her trip has had to be postponed for a year because of the pandemic.\u00a0 Fingers crossed it will work next year, Kelda!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">News from women who deserve our thanks and congratulations<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Jabeen of Shifa deserves hearty thanks from us all because she has continued to work throughout the pandemic as a health link worker.\u00a0 She represents the many whose names we do not know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And congratulations are due to our newest member, Anne, who has successfully completed her course of study.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">News from charities close to our hearts<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Alison Buckland says Woking Food Bank had to move fast to adapt to the new demands for its services.\u00a0 Because of the pandemic, the Food Bank now delivers food, so people don\u2019t have to come to the Lighthouse.\u00a0 Back in March, demand grew a lot, but now &#8211; fortunately &#8211; the pressure is less.\u00a0 The Food Bank has not been able to organise fund-raising events since March, so it\u2019s good to learn that Tesco and Investec came to the rescue.\u00a0 Looking forward, the good news: Woking Food Bank is looking for a permanent warehouse of its own.\u00a0\u00a0 And there is enough food to give out at the moment \u2013showing how generous Woking people are \u2013 but\u00a0 long-life sponge puddings are always welcome!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/grandmotherscampaign.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grandmothers for Grandmothers<\/a> (4Gs) is a charity that helps women looking after AIDS orphans in Africa.\u00a0 Hilary of the Surrey branch tells us that it\u2019s been hard to funds without the usual events.\u00a0 Members have raised money though: over \u00a31,000 was made by sewing face masks.\u00a0 The families helped by the 4Gs in Africa are now suffering twice over.\u00a0 They are already coping with the impact of HIV\/AIDs.\u00a0 Now their precarious circumstances are even worse because of Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.home-start.org.uk\/home-start-runnymede-woking-woking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homestart Runnymede &amp; Woking<\/a> sends volunteers into homes to give practical and emotional support to families with young children.\u00a0 Covid-19 stopped volunteers doing what they usually do.\u00a0 They have been using telephone and video calls to keep in touch with families and give emotional support instead. \u00a0And recently, to everyone\u2019s relief, some socially-distanced visits have started again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>News from some of the speakers on our 2020-21 programme<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">We all know that the entertainment sector has been hard hit by the effects of Covid-19.\u00a0 Elaine McGinty gave us an update about the <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixculturalcentre.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoenix Cultural Centre<\/a> \u2013 Woking\u2019s live music centre.\u00a0 The pandemic is not the only source of uncertainty for Phoenix because their current home is scheduled for redevelopment.\u00a0 We very much hope they will succeed in finding a new space that will offer activity for all ages soon.\u00a0 We\u2019re looking forward to hearing how things are going when Elaine comes to speak to us in February 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Sarah Dickinson of <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surreygardenstrust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surrey Gardens Trust<\/a> reports that lectures and study day s have had to be postponed until 2021.\u00a0 The Trust\u2019s committee members are finding working by videoconference very useful (like us all!) and are busy preparing the way forward.\u00a0\u00a0 Sarah will be giving us an update in March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">News from other Soroptimist Clubs<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">It\u2019s always good to hear what\u2019s going on in other Soroptimist Clubs. They are finding new ways to exploit videoconferencing: for recruitment evenings, for awareness raising and for fund raising. \u00a0More traditionally, <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SI Stourbridge<\/a> is selling the Global Women\u2019s Health Quiz to raise money for the Sigbi 4-year project in Nepal,<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chorachori.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ChoraChori<\/a>.\u00a0 Contact them for a copy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Vyvyenne of <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/durham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SI Durham<\/a> told us that during lockdown they have still been very active.\u00a0 They provided necessities for local women\u2019s refuges and held a Royal Ascot afternoon tea in members\u2019 gardens. Rainbow Trust and Bright Red (fighting cancer) are two of the charities that benefited from these efforts.\u00a0 SI Durham also raised funds for MacMillan Cancer Relief by taking part in an international Zoom yoga session (very enjoyable!).\u00a0 Their plans for September include walking the final section of a round-Britain coastal walk to raise money for a local and amazing charity: \u00a0\u2018Daft as a Brush\u2019.\u00a0 It helps cancer patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Want to know more about Soroptimists and what they do?\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Contact us <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/contact-us\/\">here<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4855&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What&#8217;s nice about sending a newsletter?\u00a0 Getting news back!\u00a0 So here&#8217;s some of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-weve-been-up-to-recently"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s nice about sending a newsletter? | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : What&#039;s nice about sending a newsletter? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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