Category Archives: Events

Manor House Gardens Festival – June 2026

Sporting pinnies, a wonderful new gazebo, jolly bunting and a bountiful supply of cakes we had a great afternoon supporting the annual Manor House Gardens festival.  We had a lovely, not too hot day, and were kept busy all afternoon selling our cakes at this wonderful community event.  A big shout out to all those who baked, bought, ate, set-up (and cleared up) and, of course, served for the event.  Helping at one of our cake stalls (we normally run two a year with the November Lee Green Open Studios event as the other) is a really great way of getting to know fellow members of the WI.  And this year, we were treated to some VIP visitors, including Janet Daby our MP and the President of a Sheffield WI, just passing by!

“It was a great day today.  I honestly think we had the widest choice of cake that we have ever had … and such beauties too.”

“Such a special local event.”

“Great community atmosphere!”

A fun WI way of raising money for Cancer Research UK – May 2026

  Our very own Secretary opened her house for a cuppa and scones on the May Bank Holiday to help her raise sponsorship for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. We had a lovely morning catching up over a cuppa and enjoying Kay’s finest homemade scones all in a good cause. The pictures say it… Continue reading

A Treasure Hunt with Catford WI – April 2026

This was the third ‘Hunt’ organised by the members of the Catford WI and again two teams from Lee Green participated in this truly fascinating tour around City of London Churches. Starting at 10.30 from Blackfriars Station our route took us firstly to St Bride’s Church, then up Farringdon Street to the gated street of… Continue reading

‘Quizmopolitan’, our annual quiz – February 2026

Graham and Alison returned to host another triumphant quiz to raise sponsorship for Vicky Chapman who is running the London Marathon in aid of the Brain Tumour Trust.  The fiendish questions seemed to present little difficulty for the winning team Communal Boilers who scored a full house, with the Hopefuls and Quizzy Rascals coming in… Continue reading

Carols for Crisis – December 2025

Amazing!  In spite of the rain, lots of people came to the door to reward our efforts and donate to Crisis – we raised an amazing £340.  Thank you to everyone who took part and all who made donations.  A lovely festive occasion in spite of the rain! “An awesome group totally undeterred by the… Continue reading

Bumper cake sales at Lee Green Open Studios – November 2025

  A huge thank you to all our wonderful leafleteers, cake bakers, sellers and buyers at this year’s Open Studios event which took place over the weekends 15/16 and 22/23 November.  As you can see, we had a huge array of cakes to sell which made us very popular with our customers.   It’s a great… Continue reading

Picnic in the Park – August 2025

Around 30 of us met for our annual summer picnic in Manor House Gardens, under the shade of our ten year old oak tree, to celebrate another wonderful year of WI-ing in Lee Green.  There was plenty of fizz, cake and chat throughout the afternoon and the sun shone on us (mostly) as we whiled… Continue reading

Manor House Gardens Festival – June 2025

Another great day at the Manor House Gardens Festival this year! On a very warm and sunny afternoon, this wonderful community event was well attended, and in spite of the heat a lot of people bought and ate cake! The day started rather challengingly when our trusted gazebo, that hadn’t been used for a couple… Continue reading

It’s all Greek to me – the WI quiz returns! – January 2025

                  A huge thank you to our quizmaster Graham and Alison Hooper for yet another excellent quiz.  Great fun was had while we scratched our heads and taxed our brains. Many congratulations to worth winners Out of Towners and to second and third place teams Taunton Road… Continue reading

Carols for Crisis – December 2024

Wow!  Thank you to all those who joined in the carol singing in Effingham and Taunton Roads.  We had the biggest group of singers we’ve ever had and made a fabulous sound.  Lots of money was stuffed into our collection pots and we were able to send a donation of over £400 to Crisis –… Continue reading

Lee Green Open Studios – November 2024

A huge thank you to all our wonderful cake bakers, sellers and buyers at this year’s Open Studios event which took place over the weekends 9/10 and 16/17 November.  As you can see from the smiles, it’s a great event to take part in – a great opportunity to meet other members and a great… Continue reading

A triumph on the darts board – September 2024

The Lee Green Dragons After last year’s successful event, we were delighted when we heard Catford WI were hosting another darts evening for local WIs.  Our very keen and enthusiastic team, now sporting a new official name had a great evening winning one game. Although narrowly missing out on their other two games the team… Continue reading