{"id":2721,"date":"2018-08-24T17:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T15:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:14:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:14:57","slug":"reach-out-to-touch-the-world-this-christmas-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/08\/reach-out-to-touch-the-world-this-christmas-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Reach out to touch the World this Christmas time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Reachout.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Reachout.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2723\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27601%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20601%20401%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27601%27%20height%3D%27401%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Reachout-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Reachout-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Reachout.jpg 601w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hostuk.org \">http:\/\/www.hostuk.org <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No wrapping paper required, ribbon or tags, just knowing that by offering hospitality to a \u201c<em>Stranger<\/em> <em>Soon to Become Friend<\/em>\u201d, the experience will stay with you and your guest long after recycling the wrapping paper, storing decorations and finishing off the cold turkey! \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here at HOST UK we offer you the opportunity to engage in an extra special Christmas-time by opening your home to an international student for whom the alternative would be, not only being far from home and loved ones but marking time in lonely halls of residence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HOST UK arranges visits for International students all year round but as can well be imagined, festive season hospitality is greatly sought after and valued. Our \u201cfestive season\u201d will include the period in the Christmas run up, as well as New Year. Your guest will be someone keen to experience British life with all its special traditions and culture\u2026and keen to share those of their home country. Your hospitality will be a unique gift, invariably remembered and treasured. Your gift to each other and to the world will be that of growing friendship, peace and understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please consider this opportunity and remember that if the festive season is difficult for you, we do operate all year round and hosting can become one of your New Year Resolutions! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you should like to know more, please go to our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hostuk.org\">www.hostuk.org<\/a> or leave us a message on <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler\">\nhttp:\/\/visits.hostuk.org\/Public\/ApplyToBecomeAHost\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No wrapping paper required, ribbon or tags, just knowing that by offering hospitality to a \u201cStranger Soon to Become Friend\u201d, the experience will stay with you and your guest long after recycling the wrapping paper, storing decorations and finishing off the cold turkey! \u00a0 Here at HOST UK we offer you the opportunity to engage in an extra special Christmas-time by opening your home to an international student for whom the alternative would be, not only being far from home and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2724,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}