February is a special month for Brockenhurst WI as it is our Birthday month.

At our monthly meeting we celebrated our 107th Birthday. You can read about it here.

This month, we voted on the Resolution proposals for 2025/2026 and these were submitted to Hampshire WI. Below are the results:

Title of resolution	Brockenhurst WI Votes	Overall Results from all Hampshire WI’s
Let’s talk about incontinence	13	1215
Bystanders can be lifesavers	11	1813
Join the repair revolution	14	568
Eliminate landfill of medication packaging	11	837

The Craft Group have had sessions entitled “Fun with Paints” and “Fun with Papier Mache’. Ladies met at Carole’s and did have fun! The painting was bright and colourful.

For the papier mache, we tore up newspaper and glued strips onto inflated balloons, adding pieces of egg box.    We will need to add more layers at another meeting, perhaps adjusting the shape, and then paint them. 

Kim has continued to Quilting sessions to a group of ladies, teaching ‘Air Castle’ and ‘Ribbon Star’ blocks. As well as learning new skills, the group support each other and enjoy the delicious cake made by Kim with a cuppa too.

Britta continues to teach a group of ladies how to crochet.

Rita and team have continued to make bandages for Ukraine.

Janette and the darts team have continued to practice each Thursday morning at the Foresters Arms. They are training hard for their forthcoming match against Barton Bees.

The Lunch Club went to The Haven and enjoyed their food and having a chat.

We ended the month with a team from Brockenhurst WI attending the Brockenhurst Group Skittles evening, organised by Barton Bees. You can read about it here.

We look forward to March!