{"id":9234,"date":"2020-11-17T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2020-11-17T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T19:54:33","slug":"novocastrians-urged-to-share-the-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/17\/novocastrians-urged-to-share-the-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVOCASTRIANS URGED TO SHARE THE DIGNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The office of Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon will again be a drop off point for Share the Dignity\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s in the Bag\u201d campaign this year.<br \/>\nMs Claydon has urged Novocastrians to donate generously to the campaign.<br \/>\n\u201cYou can make life better for a woman or girl experiencing homelessness or poverty this Christmas,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cJust fill a nice bag with sanitary items, hygiene products and everyday luxuries and drop it off to my office at 427 Hunter Street.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon, who also chairs Federal Labor\u2019s Status of Women Committee, said the donations would be given to women who can\u2019t afford sanitary products.<br \/>\n\u201cDonations will give dignity to homeless women, women who are at risk or women experiencing domestic violence,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a great opportunity to embrace the spirit of the festive season and give something back.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said she wanted to exceed the number of donations she received last year.\u00a0<em>[pictured with Sharon and Lesley Slevin from Share the Dignity]<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cLast year, Novocastrians generously donated more than 50 lovely bags filled with essentials and extra luxury items,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cI think we can beat this in 2020.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said people could make up an adult, a teen or a mum and bub bag.<br \/>\n\u201cCute small bags or backpacks are great for teen bags, and you can fill them with sanitary items and extras that are more likely to appeal to younger women,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cFor mums and bubs, use a large bag and fill it with things like disposable nappy bags, baby wipes, \u00a0along with women\u2019s sanitary items.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you like, you can also put in something extra like jewellery, gift vouchers or make up.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Donations will be accepted until November 27.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The office of Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon will again be a drop off point for Share the Dignity\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s in the Bag\u201d campaign this year. Ms Claydon has urged Novocastrians to donate generously to the campaign. \u201cYou can make life better for a woman or girl experiencing homelessness or poverty this Christmas,\u201d Ms &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/17\/novocastrians-urged-to-share-the-dignity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NOVOCASTRIANS URGED TO SHARE THE DIGNITY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}