We all had a great time at Denman last weekend. The Bollywood dance class was a hoot (see link below) and some of us tried some yoga. On Sunday, some of us made some lovely silver earrings and the others learned about the healing art of reflexology. The food (and company) was brilliant and the weather behaved… Continue reading
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April Meeting – Freya Rodger ‘Freyathlon’
Fantastic meeting last week with our guest speaker Freya Rodger proving that it’s never too late. Freya survived a bout with cancer and then challenged herself to attempt all of the sports open to women in the Rio Olympics. See below video of the equestrian event for the modern pentathlon – on Crispin the unicorn!… Continue reading
Manor House Gardens Community Garden
The Manor House Gardens Community Garden needs you! Meetings are monthly – the first Saturday of the month from 11.00am – 1.00pm ( you don’t need to do the whole 2 hours – what ever time you can spare would be really appreciated). Next one is Saturday May 6th. Jay Sivell is the Contact Continue reading
Trips and Excursions
We love to get out and about at LGWI! We are very excited as it is only 5 more sleeps till our trip to Denman College. Also coming up soon is a tour covering the social history, design and architecture of the prefabs of Brockley and Nunhead (finishing in The Ivy Pub). We have another… Continue reading
Bras for Syria
Committee member Donna (NOT in the picture) is collecting bras for Syria at her shop, Crimson and Clover on Staplehurst Road, Hither Green. Please take your contributions there before end of April. Continue reading
March Meeting – Womens’ Nutrition and Chocolate
Many thanks to Theresa Webb (and assistant Kayla) for her informative talk about womens’ nutrition at our March meeting last Thursday (also for the chocolate and other samples provided!). Theresa also leads wild food foraging tours locally which may be of interest to our members in the future. Continue reading
February Meeting – Janet Bolton Textiles and 5th birthday
Very many thanks for everyone’s help on Thursday – I thought it was an excellent meeting (isn’t Janet Bolton great?!) and a lovely birthday party……special thanks to Carolyn and her trolley for getting the booze organised, as well as IT support and non-alcoholic catering detail too (hope you had a big glass when you got… Continue reading
January meeting – Mental Health and Mindfulness
Fantastic to see so many people (including some new faces) at the meeting last night – A great meeting to kick off the new year. Ian Dimond from Oxleas Trust gave an overview of of mental health provision in the past and looking forward. We were treated to a very relaxing introduction to mindfulness by… Continue reading
2017 membership and trips
January is also the start of a new WI year and so the membership fees for 2017 are now due. This year the cost is £39, which covers attendance at all 11 meetings through the year as well as the bimonthly ‘WI Life’ magazine. We really hope you would like to stay with us for… Continue reading
2016 Membership
The start of a new year also means that WI fees are now due – for a full year’s membership, which includes 11 full meetings and subscription to WI Life magazine as well as much else besides, the cost is £37.50. We really hope you want to continue to be part of the Lee Green… Continue reading
January Meeting
Cruise ship entertainment officers form an orderly queue – LGWI does Chicago! Special thank you to the marvellous Katie Durant for her guidance and thanks also to all who joined in. A fun time was had by all! Continue reading
Happy 2016!
LGWI had a fantastic year in 2015. In our meetings, we decorated cakes, learnt about geographic profiling, found out what it’s like to be a lady vicar, tasted wine (with curry) and sampled local cheeses. We also celebrated our centenary and had some fun excursions and activities including a very well attended barn dance. This… Continue reading