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
This campaign calls on members to work alongside health and social care providers, and raise awareness of the causes and impacts of loneliness. Background Throughout the WI’s 106 year history, members have sought to reach out to others in their communities and further afield, offering a chance for women to come together to make friends, learn new skills and work for change on the issues … Continue reading Link Together to Alleviate Loneliness
On 30th September, Ann H led the craft group in Iris folding, a paper folding technique. Maureen, Sue and Corrine attended this session. As you can see from the photos, the results are superb! All three now want to do tea bag folding which Ann has demonstrated before. Thank you for hosting this Ann. The next craft group session will be held on: We will … Continue reading September Craft Group
Our quiz team took part in the final of the Hampshire WI Quiz on 30th September at Eastleigh. Our team consisted of Jan Viner, Isabel Toward, Elaine Blachford, Zena Smith & Janette Smethurst. Our team gained the position of 9th out of 18 teams in the final, from a pool of approximately 120 WI groups in lower Hampshire. Well done ladies! The Worthys Winchester came … Continue reading Hampshire WI Quiz
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