West Kent Federation of WIs invite you to a Zoom talk on Thursday 29th April at 1.45pm – talk starts at 2pm By Jackie Sumerfield on Journaling How to make a beautiful journal even if you cannot draw or paint. I’ve been keeping journals since 2005 and have about 30+ to date. I’m passionate about… Continue reading
WI Banner Exhibition
Back in 2018 a group of us got together to create a banner to commemorate 100 years of the WI and to celebrate our own Lee Green WI and the local community. As you know last Monday was International Women’s Day when in pre covid times some WIs would meet with their banners in celebration.… Continue reading
Virtual Events for March
We have been sent by both National and Federation the details for various WI events coming up in the next few weeks, which you might be interested in. All details are on our website and include: – Behind the Scenes of Bake-off with Howard Middleton 16th March 6.30pm (£5). See Surrey flyer below. – Image of the Black from… Continue reading
Membership details for 2021 – due April 1st
Lee Green WI are pleased to confirm that in response to the challenges of the COVID situation over the past year, renewal of membership fees has been postponed by three months. As a result, the due date for payment of annual subscriptions has been pushed back from January 1st to April 1st 2021, in recognition… Continue reading
International Women’s Day 2021 – Kent Wildlife Trust Event
Kent Wildlife Trust is hosting a virtual celebration event of International Women’s Day on 8th March, looking at the difference that access to nature can make for women, and how women can make changes for nature too. ‘Women, Power and Nature’ will be hosted by Head of Advocacy, Julia Hunt, and in discussion with Tracey… Continue reading
Art of Lockdown Quiz Results and Refuge Link
Dear All, A huge thank you to everyone who took part in last Friday’s quiz Still Life: The Art of Lockdown. We had a record number of participants (over 160 people in 42 teams) and many congratulations go to the worthy winners Bridge Over the River Quaggy who scored 44 out of a possible 48 points. Please… Continue reading
London Air Ambulance – collection link
After February’s meeting, many of you asked for the link to donate to London Air Ambulance. Here it is! Many thanks! https://fundraising.londonsairambulance.org.uk/fundraisers/janeverity/virtual-bucket-collection Continue reading
Denman cup and Buckinghamshire Science Days
LADY DENMAN CUP COMPETITION (details in WI Life p.13) The NFWI is proud to announce that this year’s competition will be held in partnership with The National Gallery. All documents relating to this year’s competition as well as the results and winning entries from last year’s ‘What I heard on the bus’ competition are available to download here My… Continue reading
January Meeting – Yoga – Nicky Lowe
A great start to 2021! Our guest for our January meeting was yoga teacher Nicky Lowe who created a bespoke yoga sequence for us, focussing on shoulders, neck, and upper back – areas neglected at the moment with more people working from home during lockdown. For the online session we used various props which we found… Continue reading
December Meeting – a Virtual Walk around Bloomsbury – Elaine Wein and Jenny Rossiter
A big thank you to Elaine and Jenny who took us for an excellent virtual walk around Bloomsbury, introducing us to some of the lesser known inhabitants of the area who had all achieved Blue Plaque status. All we had to do, was sit back and enjoy a glass of festive bubbles together – what… Continue reading
Billingsgate Zoom Webinar
We visited Billingsgate a few years ago and thought this may be of interest! Hello, We have really enjoyed delivering our pilot Zoom webinars over the last couple of weeks! Thanks to all those who joined us as we prepared and talked about sea bass and hake. We did record these and they will be available on our… Continue reading
Happy 2021! Membership details for this year
Happy New Year! We hope everyone is safe and well! Here is some housekeeping to start the New Year off. Lee Green WI are pleased to confirm that in response to the challenges of the COVID situation over the past year, renewal of membership fees has been postponed by three months. As a result, the… Continue reading