Our first bandage session of the month was hosted by Evelyn and attended by Rita. They did sterling work. The seconds session was hosted by Julie and attended by Moira, Rita and Barbara. We made 18 triangular bandages, tourniquet ties and ripped and rolled sheets to make rolled bandages. Avery, who is coordinating the bandage making process for New Forest for Ukraine, dropped in with … Continue reading October Bandage Making for Ukraine
Our craft group focused on making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening on 2nd December. Carole had made salt dough so Maureen and Julie got busy with rolling pins and cutters and made a variety of decorations. Carole, Gina, Evelyn and Corinne got cutting and sewing to make some lovely felt decorations. Ann H had got the ball rolling and … Continue reading October Craft Group (Part 1)
Despite a rainy forecast, the weather was once again kind to us for out monthly walk. As we gathered in the car park, it looked like we were going to be joined by these ponies! We decided to do a slightly different walk to take in the woods and see if we could spot fungi. We weren’t disappointed! We headed up to the bridge and … Continue reading October Walk
Janice sends her thanks to everyone for their generosity in knitting and donating for Hats off for Ukraine. It was received very gratefully when she took all that she was given down to The Hub at Ampress Lane. These hats were previously delivered from Brockenhurst WI New Forest for Ukraine are appealing for thick knitted hats and scarves from those who are happy to knit.Donations … Continue reading Hats Off for Ukraine
We met this month for our meeting at The Village Hall. The competition of the month for this month was to make Christmas Tree decorations. We received a good selection and money was raised by voting with silver coins for our charity ACWW. The craft group brought along some of the July New Forest Show entries so that members could be encouraged to enter … Continue reading October’s Meeting and Press Report
The New Forest Nappy Library The New Forest Nappy Library is up and running. We are very grateful to Hampshire County Council for a grant that has enabled us to buy all our kits and to our wonderful team of volunteers, all of whom are cloth nappy experts, who are on hand to help other parents take the plunge! For more details click the button … Continue reading Latest Newsletter from Greener Brockenhurst
Friday 2nd December is the date for the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening. Brockenhurst WI will be having a stall at the event. We have decided to sell homemade Christmas tree decorations and would very much like to get as many members as possible involved with this, either in making decorations to sell or helping on the night. To get the (bau)bles started, our competition of … Continue reading Planning for December!
We are delighted to announce that our Darts Team consisting of Janette, Kathryn, Janice, Karen and Tricia were victorious in the Darts Final on Tuesday 4th October. Congratulations ladies. Continue reading Our Victorious Darts Team!
On Tuesday 4th October members of Brockenhurst WI, partners and friends embarked on a guided tour of Southampton with a guide from See Southampton. This came about after our July Speaker whetted our appetite about the history of Southampton. The guide took us to the monument to the Pilgrim Fathers (and mothers!). We looked at the wall and learnt how the water used to come … Continue reading Tour of Southampton
Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for October: On Monday 10th October we have our monthly meeting upstairs at Brockenhurst Village Hall. The speaker is Mrs E Barron MBE and the talk is entitles “in Grandpa’s Footsteps”. Janice will have a table for anyone who has kindly donated knitted hats for her ‘Hats Off for Ukraine’ campaign. She will then deliver them to … Continue reading October Activities
Brockenhurst Women's Institute 