{"id":389,"date":"2024-09-06T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2024-09-06T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T13:43:30","slug":"why-salt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/why-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SALT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitley SALT was an idea that developed from conversations between leaders of&nbsp;<strong>Charities<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Churches<\/strong>&nbsp;in the South of Reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a shared feeling that people often received help for some aspect of their lives from one organisation but were reluctant to be redirected to another whole new group of people for some other need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the concept of \u201c<strong>S<\/strong>ocial<strong>&nbsp;A<\/strong>ction&nbsp;<strong>L<\/strong>inked&nbsp;<strong>T<\/strong>ogether\u201d came about, an&nbsp;<em>umbrella association<\/em>&nbsp;blurring the edges between the member groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We share the motivation that comes from knowing that the heart of God is to be&nbsp;<strong>a blessing to all people<\/strong>&nbsp;irrespective of who they are or what they believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/whitleysalt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/02\/cropped-SALT-Circle-Blue-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our approach allows smaller groups to be part of a stronger collective while simultaneously giving larger groups the opportunity to offer specialised services that they don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By presenting our services under a single \u201cbrand\u201d, the very best that is available in South Reading may be presented quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/whitleysalt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/About-us-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitley SALT was an idea that developed from conversations between leaders of&nbsp;Charities&nbsp;and&nbsp;Churches&nbsp;in the South of Reading. There was a shared feeling that people often received help for some aspect of their lives from one organisation but were reluctant to be redirected to another whole new group of people for some other need. So the concept &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/why-salt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why SALT&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcpeirce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}