{"id":6201,"date":"2022-08-05T11:35:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T11:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:11:17","slug":"august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2022\/08\/05\/august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2021 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Summertime<\/h1>\n<p>The cover photo shows a familiar, and usually uplifting, sight in high summer: a field of wheat after harvest.\u00a0 But this year, the picture reminds us that many people in the world may not get the cereals they need.\u00a0 And we think of Ukraine which needs to sell its wheat to help its suffering people.<\/p>\n<h1>Looking forward<\/h1>\n<p>In August, Soroptimists can take time to look at what is coming up in the autumn:<\/p>\n<h2>24 September-2 October 2022, Woking&#8217;s Great Big Green Week<\/h2>\n<p>This year, WeAct is encouraging Woking people and businesses to <a href=\"https:\/\/takethejump.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take the jump<\/a> and shift to more climate-protective ways.\u00a0 WeAct suggest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ending clutter\u00a0<\/strong>by keeping products for at least seven years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Travelling fresh \u2013 <\/strong>if possible, without personal vehicles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eating green\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 by moving to a plant-based diet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dressing Retro\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 by buying only three new items of clothing per year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holidaying locally\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 by taking one flight every three years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Changing the system\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 by making at least one life shift to nudge the system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out more about what&#8217;s on during the week at <a href=\"https:\/\/wokingenvironmentaction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WeAct<\/a>&#8216;s new premises in Mercia walk.<\/p>\n<h2>Pig-racing event<\/h2>\n<p>SI Woking is holding a (furry, pink) pig-racing event in mid-October 2022.\u00a0 Always great fun, the event will raise money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursanctuary.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YourSanctuary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>New Beginnings<\/h2>\n<p>You will be able to see works of art by women from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenssupportcentresurrey.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women&#8217;s Support Centre<\/a> in Woking from 26 October to 27 November 2022.\u00a0 The Women&#8217;s Support Centre works with women who are affected by the Criminal Justice System.\u00a0 This theme of this year&#8217;s exhibition is &#8216;Masks&#8217;.\u00a0 Entry is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime The cover photo shows a familiar, and usually uplifting, sight in high summer: a&#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-6201","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>August 2021 - | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : August 2021 - : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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