{"id":4461,"date":"2023-03-25T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=4461"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:15:43","slug":"monthly-appeal-quaker-social-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/monthly-appeal-quaker-social-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Appeal &#8211; April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Quaker Social Action<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Sue Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-23-at-11.27.11-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4507\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-23-at-11.27.11-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Oxford Meeting\u2019s Quaker charity for April is Quaker Social Action. Quaker Social Action helps people on low incomes in east London and across the UK to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives.<\/p>\n<p>It provides practical solutions for people facing the multiple and varied impacts of poverty. It listens and respond to people by creating services wherever they are most needed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing crisis support for those unable to afford funerals.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting people to manage money and improve resilience.<\/li>\n<li>Running the UK\u2019s first dedicated supported housing project for young carers.<\/li>\n<li>A cooking space and mobile library for people affected by homelessness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They believe that people in poverty are the real poverty experts, and their approach reflects this, working with people in a supportive and holistic way.<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-23-at-11.27.30-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4508\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-23-at-11.27.30-AM-300x252.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-23-at-11.27.30-AM-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-23-at-11.27.30-AM.png 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#f0f5f0;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Donate to Quaker Social Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online<\/strong> &#8211; You can make a one-off or monthly donation online via JustGiving. Please note that JustGiving asks for a voluntary contribution to help with the cost of maintaining its platform. By clicking on the suggested % contribution, you can choose from a list of amounts or select Other which enables you to enter an amount or leave it blank.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quakersocialaction.org.uk\/get-involved\/ways-donate\">https:\/\/quakersocialaction.org.uk\/get-involved\/ways-donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bank transfer<\/strong> &#8211; If you would like to set up a standing order or payment from your bank you can arrange this through online banking or at your branch. Please email QSA (<a href=\"mailto:fandc@qsa.org.uk\">fandc@qsa.org.uk<\/a>) so they can provide you with their bank account information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAF<\/strong> &#8211; They are able to receive donations via Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), including through CAF\u2019s Give As You Earn scheme \u2013 please contact them for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post<\/strong> &#8211; Cheques can be made payable to Quaker Social Action and posted to<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Freepost QSA (no address or stamp required).<br \/>\n\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This Month&#8217;s Forty-Three Newsletter Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/\">April 2023<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/farewell-old-friend\/\">Farewell, Old Friend<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/five-minutes-of-unstitching-contemplation-during-meeting-for-worship\/\">Five Minutes of Unstitching Contemplation During Meeting for Worship<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/notices\/\">Notices<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/friends-from-outside-the-meeting-self-inquiry\/\">Friends from Outside the Meeting: Self-Inquiry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/oxford-friends-action-on-poverty-where-does-the-money-come-from-and-where-does-it-go\/\">Oxford Friends Action on Poverty -where does the money come from and where does it go?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/a-burford-tale-reflections-on-the-presence-of-children\/\">A Burford Tale: Reflections on the Presence of Children<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/other-osam-activities-and-dates-to-note\/\">Other OSAM Activities and Dates to Note<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\">Monthly Appeal &#8211; April 2023<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/kennington-memory-club\/\">Kennington Memory Club<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/how-quakerism-began\/\">How Quakerism Began<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/a-very-brief-history-of-quakers\/\">A (Very) Brief History of Quakers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/oxford-meeting-quaker-and-answer\/\">Oxford Meeting Quaker and Answer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-2-18\/\">From Quaker Faith and Practice 2.18<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/meetings-for-worship\/\">Meetings for Worship &#8211; April 2023<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/\">Back to April 2023 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 528 \u2022 April 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:newsletter@oxfordquakers.org\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright 2023, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quaker Social Action Sue Smith Oxford Meeting\u2019s Quaker charity for April is Quaker Social Action. Quaker Social Action helps people on low incomes in east London and across the UK to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives. It provides practical solutions for people facing the multiple and varied impacts of poverty. It listens &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/april-2023\/monthly-appeal-quaker-social-action\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monthly Appeal &#8211; April 2023<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":4444,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4461","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-2023-04-april","category-charity-appeal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4461"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4535,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4461\/revisions\/4535"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}