SOUTH YORKSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

ATTENTION STALL HOLDERS!

Would you be interested in holding a stall at one of our Federation Spring/Autumn Meetings?
If so please contact Sheila Knowles, Senior Vice Chair on 01226 284432 or email sheilaknowles789@btinternet.com
A 6ft table will cost £25 and the Federation is to receive 10% of your takings.

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2018 Annual meeting resolution selection form

We have 18 Delegates and 20 Observers attending the NFWI Annual Meeting on 6 June. We will be discussing the Resolution which received 42,327 votes Mental Health Matters.

Photo Credit: Jayne Spaven

EXCELLENT GUEST SPEAKERS

At our recent Federation Annual Meeting, we had the privilege of hearing some great Speakers. Gaby Ellis 'Not so Jam and Jerusalem'

Rachel Fearnley who has self published a book entitled “Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life” and Graham Walton (My Life with Seven Women). Graham gave a funny, sad and poignant talk about having the first ever all female sextuplets in the world.

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ADVANCE NOTICE

NFWI ANNUAL MEETING 2019

The Annual Meeting next year will take place in Bournemouth on WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 2019. We have a Hotel booked for 2 nights, travelling down on Tuesday 4 June and returning after the meeting the following day on Thursday 6 June.

The Hotel booked is the HINTON FIRS HOTEL located on Bournemouth’s East Cliff, just a few minutes walk from the sea. The hotel has a restaurant, bar/lounge, swimming pool, Jacuzzi and sauna. All rooms are en suite with a TV, hospitality tray, and hairdryer and there is a lift to all floors. The cost for 2 nights bed, breakfast and 3 course dinner on both evenings is £175 per person (there is a £25 single room supplement charge). This also includes the cost of the coach travel for Observers. Delegates will receive one night’s accommodation and travel free of charge. The second night will be charged at £87.50 per person.

celebrating 100 years of the wi

The first British WI was founded in 1915 in Anglesey, Wales in Llanfairpwllgwyngogogoch!!

MONTHLY CRAFT CLUB

For beginners and advanced crafters. 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Cost £4 to include all materials and tools. To book a place on any of the sessions, contact Sandra Crawford by telephone or email on sandim08@uwclub.net. No commitment, simply 'dip in and out' as you wish.

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aNNUAL MEETING 2016 in brighton

L-R Ingrid House, Federation Treasurer, Dorothy Meekins, Federation Chairman and Kirsty Bowser, Federation Secretary