This is Billy Bragg’s tribute to the hard work of his local WI during the current crisis. Usually we would sing Jerusalem (with a nip of sherry) to celebrate our AGM at our May meeting. Our AGM has been cancelled until further notice but our meeting is next week. Details of meeting to come via… Continue reading
April meeting – When the Germans Came – Duncan Barrett
Over 40 of us logged in on Thursday 30th April for our first Zoom speaker meeting, and it was fabulous to see so many familiar faces. Well done everyone for mastering Zoom.He says he has copies of the new book plus all his previous ones if people would like them. Duncan Barrett talked to us… Continue reading
Friday night is Quiz night – Pick the Lockdown
Very many thanks to Quiz master Graham Hooper (right) for keeping us entertained last Friday evening with his ‘Pick the Lockdown’ quiz on Zoom. The six rounds were as usual cryptically themed with a common link to the seemingly random questions. Congratulations to the winners, ‘Stalag39’ followed by ‘Don’t Leave the Capitol’ and ‘Scandilicious’ in… Continue reading
Fundraising for AFRIL food bank
As the food bank is not able to operate as normal given current circumstances, we have contacted the team to ask how we can help. They have suggested making a financial donation, which we hope you will agree is a good way to continue to support this very worthy local cause, particularly in these difficult times… Continue reading
A beginner’s guide to Zoom
During the current crisis, more and more of us are using the video conferencing facility Zoom as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family, exercise classes, meetings and more. This guide is a brief introduction to how to use Zoom to get the best out of it – specifically with our WI… Continue reading
Change of date for April meeting plus a trial Zoom session.
This is normally the point in the month we would be sending you the details for our next monthly WI meeting at Trinity School. Even though we are not able to gather in person for our meeting, we remain undaunted! With the aid of technology we hope to bring this month’s scheduled speaker (the marvellous… Continue reading
Help during COVID-19 crisis
The Hither Green & Lee Ward Mutual Aid Group is a new team of over 300 local residents. These are your neighbours, they live locally. They have volunteered to help people with: shopping prescription collection dog walking friendly phone calls for those in isolation Plus other forms of assistance during the COVID-19 crisis. If you… Continue reading
Love from Denman
Thank you The Denman staff and the Board of Trustees would like to say a very big thank you for all the lovely comments that we have received through email and from our social media pages. It really does make a big difference to staff morale having these comments in this time of uncertainty. We… Continue reading
BBC Looking for some OVER 70s for Virtual exercise class
Dear All, I really hope you can help me out in this difficult time. My name is Julie Ann and currently I am making some of the programme that the BBC is hoping to air over the coming weeks for a show called “Health Check UK Live”. This will include all the latest health… Continue reading
Dance class tonight 26 March
Fancy a bit of a workout with dance moves in your sitting room? Download Zoom (free) and join Kerry tonight using the link below. Class starts at 7.30pm, log in from 7.15pm Contact to get the link for future classes and to make a donation if you are financially able. Cheers, Caroline x … Continue reading
Watch this space – virtual meetings are us?
You may have heard of some WIs holding virtual meetings using Zoom. We are looking at this at the moment and are having our first virtual committee meeting early next week to try it out. Watch this space! We will be in touch soon via mailchimp and Facebook. Continue reading
Covid-19 symptom tracker app
This has been well circulated but just in case you missed it. Read here and link to download app is at bottom. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52033210 Continue reading