Wentworth Women’s Institute
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Photo of members on our 1940s night
Wentworth Womens Institute meet every second Thursday in the month at The Mechanics Institute, Main Street, Wentworth (opposite the village car park) from 7.15pm.
Cost £29.50 for a 12 month subscription (includes 8 WI Life magazines), or £2.25 per visit (3 visits allowed in 12 months).
Gentlemen are very welcome to attend any meeting or go on any outing they might find interesting.
Refreshments are served at the end of each meeting. Outings and theatre visits are organised plus other social evenings.
For further details of any events contact Beryl Ambler on 01226 747516
Programme for 2010
Date |
Subject |
Competition |
| Jan 14 | Carriage Driving for the Disabled – Sue Barrass | Horse Brass |
| Feb 11 | The Sandhouse – Richard Bell | Candle Holder |
| Mar 11 | A Yorkshire Writer – Mel Dyke | A View of Yorkshire |
| Apr 8 | 25th Birthday Party – Robert Godber | Hand made Birthday Card |
| May 13 | Resolution discussion followed by a quiz | An item from WW2 |
| May 15 | Theatre trip to The Lamproom, Barnsley | |
| Jun 10 | Hands-on Handicraft Evening | to be advised |
| Jul 8 | An Evening with Stanley Holloway – Joyce Pringle | Walking Stick |
| Jul 10 | Annual Outing | To be arranged |
| Aug 12 | The story behind Black Diamonds – Martin Johnson | Wentworth Souvenir |
| Sep 9 | In Search of My Mother – Mike Gildesleve | Childhood Souvenir |
| Oct 14 | AGM followed by Pit Voices – Brian Elliot | Mining Memorabilia |
| Nov 11 | A Year in Texas – Dr Alan Caunt | American Souvenir |
| Dec 9 | Christmas Party | Handmade Christmas Bauble |
All About the WI
Wentworth WI was formed in 1985 and is part of the South Yorkshire Federation of Women’s Institutes (SYFWI) and the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI). In 2009 Wentworth had 52 members. Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Wentworth Mechanics Institute, Main Street, Wentworth at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm prompt start.
ACTIVITIES: The Committee organises various functions during the year, which include outings, theatre trips and social evenings. We join in village activities and usually have a stall at any local charity fair to raise funds. Our ongoing Millennium Project is collecting litter, planting spring bulbs and keeping the footpaths clear in the Memorial Wood. We sited a litterbin on the back lane near the gate leading on to Hague Lane, which is emptied by local members.
MEETINGS: The main part of the evening is a talk or demonstration (sometimes with hands on experience) preceded by some brief WI business. Members, on a rota basis, serve tea or coffee and biscuits.
SUBSCRIPTIONS for 2010 are £29.50 shared between Wentworth WI, SYFWI and NFWI.
THE ROCKLEY GROUP: Wentworth WI belongs to this group, which is made up of six other local WI.s. There is a group committee, formed from one WI, which is currently Grenoside. The committee consists of a Convener, a Secretary and Treasurer. They arrange a number of events including a President.s meeting. Each WI takes it in turn to organise the annual Group Rally and in 2010 it is Chapeltown’s turn. It is on Saturday 12th June at Ecclesfield Comprehensive School.
SYFWI Acts as an umbrella for all the WI.s in South Yorkshire. Anne Fairclough is Federation Chairman and the Federation Secretary is Jan Threadgold who is based at the Federation office at Hall Cross Cottage, 5 Albion Place, Doncaster, DNI 2EG Telephone 01302 325829 Office hours Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 11 am . 3 pm. Within SYFWI there are several committees that arrange events and activities to cater for the needs and interests of members.
NFWI is an even bigger umbrella for all the WI.s in England and Wales. Their office is in London, Tel: number 0207 371 9300. Web site womens-institute.org.uk.
RESOLUTIONS on social and topical matters, submitted by individual WI.s in England and Wales are selected and discussed thoroughly at all levels. If carried at the national annual general meeting, they empower the WI to influence local or national policy making.
DENMAN COLLEGE is the WI’s own residential college near Oxford. SYFWI, Rockley Group and Wentworth WI have bursaries for which members can apply. Members can choose a course from a very wide variety of different subjects from the college programme. Denman College is now open for holidays for members and non-members.
ACWW (Associated Country Women of the World) is a worldwide organisation to which the NFWI belongs. Each WI donates small amounts to ACWW (coins for friendship collection box out at each meeting) and this money is used to help under privileged women in third world countries.
WI PUBLICATIONS: These include News n Views SYFWI monthly newsletter and the WI’s own national magazine WI Life, which is delivered to each subscriber’s home 8 times a year.
PRESS REPORTS: Susan Beedham sends reports of meetings and activities to local organisations and newspapers.
COUNTRY MARKETS: These are held at Penistone on Thursday mornings and at Doncaster, Sheffield and Tickhill on Friday mornings
Archived Info
Click the links below for archived WI information from previous years:-
Click here for 2002
Click here for 2003
Click here for 2004
Click here for 2005
Click here for 2006
Click here for 2007
Click here for 2008
