{"id":5970,"date":"2022-02-02T14:35:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=5970"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:42:52","slug":"february-2022-sidney-sime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2022\/02\/02\/february-2022-sidney-sime\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2022 &#8211; Action Meeting &#8211; Domestic Abuse &#8211; Sidney Sime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<h1>February Action Meeting<\/h1>\n<p>We now have special action groups to lead Club Action during the year.\u00a0 \u00a0They will focus on Modern Slavery, Violence against Women and Climate Action.\u00a0 There is also a Lobbying Group that will raise awareness about these various issues.\u00a0 \u00a0At present we are following two pieces of legislation of special interest:\u00a0 firstly, the minimum age for marriage: it is at the report stage in the House of Commons; secondly, the PCS and Courts Bill:\u00a0 the members of the House of Lords are considering the amendments.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheerwater district of Woking has high social needs.\u00a0 We are therefore looking at what we can do to help the residents in this area.\u00a0 We welcome the news that a community kitchen will open next month.\u00a0 It will be run by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodwisetlc.care\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foodwise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We agreed to make a donation of at least \u00a3100 to the Soroptimist International (Sigbi) Disaster Emergency Committee for Afghanistan.\u00a0 We will also continue to collect and send items to the Chernobyl Children&#8217;s Lifeline (dressings and hand cream).<\/p>\n<h1>Domestic Abuse<\/h1>\n<p>Help for the victims of domestic abuse:\u00a0 On 25 January 2022, the government published new guidance to help the victims of domestic abuse.\u00a0 \u00a0The guidance recognises that &#8216;many victims of domestic abuse are forced to flee their homes to seek safety and support in a refuge o other form of temporary accommodation. This is often in another local authority area in order to put a safe distance between themselves and their perpetrators&#8217;.\u00a0 So the new measures aim to making finding a suitable place to stay easier.\u00a0 Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/improving-access-to-social-housing-for-victims-of-domestic-abuse\/improving-access-to-social-housing-for-victims-of-domestic-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Sidney Sime<\/h1>\n<p>Our first invited speakers of 2022 revealed a local &#8216;Hidden Gem&#8217; : the Sidney Sime Gallery in Worplesdon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2022\/02\/Sime-bench.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5971\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2022\/02\/Sime-bench-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2022\/02\/Sime-trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5972 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2022\/02\/Sime-trees-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2022\/02\/Sime-trees-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2022\/02\/Sime-trees.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Illustrator, artist, caricaturist and a master of the mysterious\u2026\u2026.we were enthralled when Mary Broughton and Jan Messinger talked to us about Sidney Sime and his work.\u00a0 The Sidney Sime \u201cHidden Gem\u201d of a gallery in Worplesdon holds a fine collection. Mary and Jan showed us many examples of Sidney Sime&#8217;s fantasies, illustrations, landscapes in oil, character drawings\u2026.\u00a0 leaving us planning to visit the gallery\u00a0 &#8211; we want to see more!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Visit their website on <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sidneysimegallery.org.uk\/?fbclid=IwAR2WaoKZkV350hg77AB4vCuMm_mk_6t6OjMVWB7ClwZxbY3jjfr9KFvCLL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/sidneysimegallery.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February Action Meeting We now have special action groups to lead Club Action during the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":5978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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>February 2022 - Action Meeting - Domestic Abuse - Sidney Sime | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : February 2022 - Action Meeting - Domestic Abuse - Sidney Sime : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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