We hope you have been enjoying the glorious sunshine. I can’t believe that we are already a quarter of the way through 2026!
April also sees the start of our membership year and subscriptions are now due. Members will be emailed with further details.
The NWFI have produced a new membership for that we are all required to fill in and sign as part of our membership. This is due to the Supreme Court in the UK ruling that defined the legal definition of a woman. Please refer here for more information about this.
Our Monthly Meeting is on Monday 13thApril. The speaker is Graham Thompson, who will be giving us IT help and support. Arrival if from 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
The ‘Competition of the Month’ is ‘3 spring flowers in a jug’. There will be a raffle and we will also have NFWI raffle tickets on sale, so please bring some money to support these causes.
Please also remember to bring any Group Show entries that you still have so we can do a display of these.
Evelyn will be giving out seeds for our annual growing competition. This year it is sunflowers, so hopefully easier to grow than luffas! Judging will take place at our September meeting and the winner will be the biggest flower head, so you will need to present your flower head at the September meeting for judging. If you cannot be at that meeting, a friend can bring your flower head, but photos won’t be acceptable.
Forthcoming events
Lunch Club at The Huntsman at 12.30 on Monday 20th April, organised by Christine. There will be a sign up sheet at Monday’s meeting, or contact us to sign up.
New Forest Rotary are running Defibrillator Training on Saturday 18th April 2026 at Brockenhurst Village Hall. You can book a free place here.
There are Craft Group sessions on Friday 24th April and Friday 1st May . Please contact us for more details and location.
Needlework Fiesta 25th and 26th April – We require cakes and helpers at the Needlework Fiesta on the weekend on 25th and 25th April. If you can help, please or contact us to sign up.
Hampshire WI are running a Story Telling Workshop on Thursday 30th April at 7pm in Lyndhurst. This is a free event so if you’ve ever always wanted to tell your story, do book a place here.
On Wednesday mornings from 10 am until 12 noon Rita and her team make bandages for Ukraine and any help would be very gratefully received with this, either at Rota’s house or in your own home. Rita is in need of extra people to cut or rip up the sheets people willing to sew.
The Darts Team meet on Thursday mornings at 11am in the Foresters Arms and new team members are always welcome.
Future Hampshire WI events
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Brockenhurst Women's Institute 