BLAKESLEY-CUM-WOODENDWI

2015 REVIEW

Our first meeting was held on 19 November 2014 with 11 members attending

The average number of members attending a meeting is 13

The meeting with the most members attending, 17, was the wine tasting!

The flower arranging demo had the most guests with 12 ( wine tasting obviously different)

Started with 20 members end of the first year 19 due to re-location

Congratulations to Pat Patterson and Kate Nash who have been the most successful in the various raffles

2015 STATISTICS

Meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm Meet in The Reading Room Blakesley, except where meetings require

larger venues 11 meetings in a year, except August Minimum 6 committee members

THE DECISIONSBLAKESLEY-CUM-WOODEND WI

Maintained regularly by Lynda Jefferson Has details of past and future meetings and events Links to other useful pages within the wider WI website Go to www.thewi.org.uk and search for Blakesley cum Woodend

http://www.thewi.org.uk/become-a-member/structure-of-the-wi/england/northamptonshire/find-a-wi/blakesley-cum-woodend

OUR WEBSITEBLAKESLEY-CUM-WOODEND WI

JANUARY 2015FLOWER ARRANGING

Ali Hall from The Blossom Shop

FEBRUARY 2015SECRETS & SCANDALS OF CANONS ASHBY

Laura Malpas of the National Trust

MARCH 2015HONEY – FROM THE FLOWER

TO THE JARWendy & Kevin Potts

MARCH 2015EASTER EGG HUNT

TEA & CAKES

Over £100 raised!

APRIL 2015BEHIND THE SCENES OF MK THEATRE

Lynda Maud

MAY 2015THE RESOLUTIONFAILING TO CARE

Assessment of need in long term care

Supported by our WI advisor Anne Seckington

We voted no, which was later supported by the National Vote

We enjoyed our sharing plates of delicious treats and dingbats

JUNE 2015WINE TASTING

Louise Croft of Verres de Vin

• We enjoyed our tutored evening with friends and family

• 40 of us sampled 5 Australian wines followed by nibbles and more wine

• Visitors from Towcester WI pronounced our evening a great success and a happy time was had by all

JUNE 2015WINE TASTING

JUNE 2015BUCKINGHAM PALACE & THE ALBERT HALL

JULY 2015FROCKS, FIZZ & FANCIES

Over £500 raised!

JULY 2015FROCKS, FIZZ & FANCIES

JULY 2015RECYCLE & RENEW

Shirley Allen

We were inspired to turn ordinary objects into useful items.Sara produced a decorative wreath made from jigsaw pieces and sent it to Shirley as a thank you form us for her entertaining talk.

AUGUST 2015DINGBATS & CHAT

Due to the heavy rain our walk became cake and discussion followed by Dingbats

We talked about The Resolution for 2016/2017 and Corinne had a brainwave:

IMPROVING NUTRITION IN THE NHS

SEPTEMBER 2015AN INTERESTING TALK ON

WOOD

SEPTEMBER 2015CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS