{"id":115630,"date":"2016-03-14T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/115630\/new-victim-support-unit-set-to-open\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:15:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T08:15:56","slug":"new-victim-support-unit-set-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/03\/14\/new-victim-support-unit-set-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"New victim support unit set to open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents who have been victims of crime will soon have a place to go for support.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents Jean Ingram and Stacy Yates are starting the Germiston Victim Support Unit.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>However, to get the unit off the ground successfully, sponsors are needed.<\/p>\n<p>The following items are needed:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Toys.<\/li>\n<li>Colouring books.<\/li>\n<li>Pencil crayons and wax crayons.<\/li>\n<li>Tissues (pocket size packets &#8211; not boxes).<\/li>\n<li>Notebooks and pens.<\/li>\n<li>Surgical gloves.<\/li>\n<li>Basic first aid kits.<\/li>\n<li>Printing of books.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence bags.<\/li>\n<li>Cash donations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The team of 15 will be undergoing training this weekend and thereafter the unit will be fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are welcome, as well as any help the community can offer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to make a donation email to germistonvsu@yahoo.co.za or call 062 720 9770.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114211\/why-bullying-should-be-taken-seriously\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why bullying should be taken seriously<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114698\/dont-be-a-victim-protect-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t be a victim, protect yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='4d9c4c93d6808b8b74cf73c7d5dfa3a8'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to get the Germiston Victim Support Unit off the ground successfully the community\u2019s help is needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":115654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,989,1257,979,969,10226,1850,2734,10227],"class_list":["post-115630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-donate","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germiston-victim-support-unit","tag-help","tag-melissa-hart","tag-victims-of-crime"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","crime","donate","germiston","germiston city news","germiston victim support unit","help","melissa hart","victims of crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}