{"id":6675,"date":"2024-04-04T13:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:34:49","slug":"april-2024-new-soroptimist-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2024\/04\/04\/april-2024-new-soroptimist-year\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2024 &#8211; New Soroptimist Year &#8211; Your Sanctuary &#8211; Victims of Abuse &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New Soroptimist Year<\/h1>\n<p>We reviewed our busy year at the April 2024 AGM.\u00a0 \u00a0In additional to welcoming two new members, we held two large fund-raising events and contributed to the work of our Programme Action Groups: Violence Against Women and Girls\/Women&#8217;s Safety, Climate Action and Micro Finance.<\/p>\n<p>President Sue Solly handed over the presidential badge of office to Fiona Collett, who is the first of our three presidents to be in charge of our programme of work and entertainment during 2024-5.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/AGM-2024-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6686\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/AGM-2024-7-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/AGM-2024-7-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/AGM-2024-7.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Shifa Eid Party 2024<\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/Eid-Party-April-2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6689\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/Eid-Party-April-2024-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/Eid-Party-April-2024-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/Eid-Party-April-2024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Members were pleased to join the Shifa Eid Party in Woking.\u00a0 A great opportunity for sharing aspects of our various cultures.\u00a0 A great atmosphere and delicious food!<\/p>\n<h1>Help for victims of abuse<\/h1>\n<p>We have been knitting blankets to help the victims of FGM.\u00a0 But we hope that the practice will end.\u00a0 So do <a href=\"https:\/\/thevavengers.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vavengers<\/a>, a charity that actively campaigns to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>There are many forms of violence and abuse. One of them is economic abuse, and <a href=\"https:\/\/refuge.org.uk\/i-need-help-now\/how-we-can-help-you\/economic-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refuge<\/a> is a charity that gives advice and support.<\/p>\n<h1>Support in high places<\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/Visit-Civic-Offices-2_April-2024_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6681\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2024\/04\/Visit-Civic-Offices-2_April-2024_2-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Early this month, President Sue, and other members of SI Woking &amp; District were pleased to be able to discuss our activities and mission with the Mayor of Woking, Councillor Illyas Raja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Soroptimist Year We reviewed our busy year at the April 2024 AGM.\u00a0 \u00a0In additional&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":6683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6675","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>April 2024 - New Soroptimist Year - Your Sanctuary - Victims of Abuse - | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : April 2024 - New Soroptimist Year - Your Sanctuary - Victims of Abuse - : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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