{"id":6337,"date":"2023-02-04T15:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T15:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:02:58","slug":"february-2023-show-the-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2023\/02\/04\/february-2023-show-the-love\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2023 &#8211; Show The Love &#8211; Your Sanctuary &#8211; Earthquakes &#8211; Public Sexual Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Public Sexual Harassment<\/h1>\n<p>The UK government has decided to make a new law against public sexual harassment.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/our-projects\/your-sanctuary\/\">More on this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Stella Creasy MP has written an article on this subject in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/stella-creasy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian newspaper<\/a>.\u00a0 She suggests a change to the proposed new law.\u00a0 At the moment, people accused of public sexual harassment can say &#8216;I didn&#8217;t think it was wrong&#8217; or &#8216;I didn&#8217;t mean it&#8217; or &#8216;It was in fun&#8217;.\u00a0 According to the MP, such excuses should not be accepted.\u00a0 \u00a0The world will improve if we <em>all<\/em> think before we speak and act.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Syria and Turkey Earthquakes\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) has published a statement about the earthquakes. Read it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/2023\/syria-and-turkey-earthquake-statement-from-soroptimist-international-great-britain-and-ireland\/\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Red Cross have opened an appeal. SIGBI has made a donation of \u00a32,000. If you wish to donate please visit the Red Cross website: <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.redcross.org.uk\/appeal\/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal\">https:\/\/donate.redcross.org.uk\/appeal\/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The thoughts and prayers of all Soroptimists are with all those in Syria and Turkey, especially our Soroptimist sisters, who have been affected by the two powerful earthquakes which hit both countries in the space of 12 hours.<\/p>\n<h1>February &#8211; the month to Show The Love<\/h1>\n<p>This month the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclimatecoalition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Coalition<\/a> is running the Show The Love campaign.\u00a0 \u00a0They ask us to show our love for the planet in as many ways as we can.<\/p>\n<p>Members of SI Woking raised awareness with their &#8216;Green-hearted Soroptimist&#8217; team at the York Road Project Quiz in early February.\u00a0 Green hearts were in abundance at our table!\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkroadproject.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">York Road Project<\/a> helps the homeless in Woking.\u00a0 The well-attended quiz raised a whopping \u00a3900!<\/p>\n<h1>Your Sanctuary<\/h1>\n<p>Fiamma Pather, CEO of Your Sanctuary gave us an update at our February Social Meeting.\u00a0 Ms Pather first reminded us of the patterns of coercive behaviour that can be typical of abusers.\u00a0 She went on to describe the ways Your Sanctuary has to help victims.\u00a0 There are not only refuges &#8211; there is a lot of outreach work as well.\u00a0 Your Sanctuary increasingly wants to make it easy for victims to ask for help.\u00a0 A new development in this regard is the offer of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursanctuary.org.uk\/onlinechat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online chat<\/a> as well as the more usual telephone helpline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/02\/CEO-YS-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6348 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/02\/CEO-YS-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/02\/CEO-YS-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/02\/CEO-YS-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/02\/CEO-YS-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, getting money to pay for the charity&#8217;s services is always a concern.\u00a0 So members were glad to learn about some new funding in the pipeline. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, Lisa Townsend, has secured almost \u00a31million from the Government!\u00a0 The money will pay for a package of support for young people.\u00a0 The aim is to offer young people information and training in what make a good or a bad relationship.\u00a0 Raising awareness in this will should help to combat violence against women and girls in Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>Woking Soroptimists gave Ms Pather a collection of cleaning materials and products for the Surrey refuges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Sexual Harassment The UK government has decided to make a new law against public&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":6338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-6337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-weve-been-up-to-recently","tag-https-sigbi-org-woking-and-district-wp-admin-post-new-phpcategory-add"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>February 2023 - Show The Love - Your Sanctuary - Earthquakes - Public Sexual Harassment | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : February 2023 - Show The Love - Your Sanctuary - Earthquakes - Public Sexual Harassment : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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