The Next meeting of the Hampton WI takes place on February 14^th.  We will welcome Pauline Davies a professional dancer and ex member of Legs and Co.  the Top of the Pops dance troop.  There will be an opportunity to show off your dance moves. We recommend you wear casual comfortable trousers and comfortable trainers or flat shoes.

Last call for subs
If you wish to remain as a member please make the necessary payment of £39 to the following account.

Hampton WI
 85829668
 77-30-24

Cheques to be made payable to Hampton Women’s Institute.  Cash payments can be brought to the meeting in an envelope marked clearly with your name.

 

In January we raised £10 from the sale of our cakes, this money goes to our charity the Food Bank.  With this money Kit has bought items from the published list of supplies and dropped them to the food bank here at the White House.  If anyone would like to volunteer to purchase items this month please speak to a member of the committee.

 

National WI Survey

A short on line survey of members has been compiled.  Its quick and easy to complete so please spare 5 minutes answering questions by clicking here

Collections.
The federation have now stopped collecting bras,  we have send over 1,000   to be recycled – Well done and thanks to all who donated

We will continue to collect foreign coins & silica packets, so keep them coming

Twiddle Muffs & Teddies.
We are being asked for teddies of smaller sizes-about 9-10” or even shorter is what they need. Check this site for dates of the Knit and Stitch group where you can knit and natter with other members.  The dates appear in the Upcoming Events list on the left column on this site

Denman Bursary
Have you ever fancied one of the many excellent courses run at Denman college.  We have 2 £100 bursaries available to any member.  Full details can be found in the information file at our monthly meetings or speak directly to Lesley

Finally – There are plans to revitalise the Hampton Carnival for 2017. We are looking for a WI member to represent us on the steering committee. Please let us know if you are interested

Hampton’s newest WI will be holding their first meeting

Friday 24th February

13:00 to 15:00 

Linden Hall, Hampton.

They will be voting on their new name, introducing the committee and registering new members, annual subs are £39.00. (Visitors £2, maximum of 3 visits).

No need to register simply come along, you are welcome as a visitor 3 times, so you can try before you buy.

 

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New year.  Meetings start again on Tuesday with our traditional quiz evening.  This year we are going back to our DIY quizzes for a more relaxed and social evening. See you there.

Programme 2017

This year’s programme has now been published on the programme page of the website.
https://thehamptonwi.com/programme-2015-2016/

Can I also take this opportunity to remind members that membership renewals are due this month. To make Chris’s life a lot easier we prefer and online or telephone banking payment to be made.  The account details are below.  Please use your initial and surname as a reference and drop an email to lloydhome@blueyonder.co.uk.  If paying by cash or cheque please bring it to the meeting in a envelope marked with your name.  We ask you to make a prompt commitment to the group before the end of January so that we can invite new members from the waiting list if spaces are available.

Amount £39.00
A/c Name Hampton WI
Account No. 85829668
Sort code 77-30-24

 

It’s new year and time for resolutions and that includes the WIs annual shortlist of resolutions which are now published on our site under the Resolutions tab at the top of this page and can also be found in your copy of WI life or on the National WI Website.
https://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/news-and-events/current-news-and-events/resolutions-2017

Please take time to read and consider all six.  At our February meeting  we will vote for the one we would most like to go forward for further discussion and final voting at the Annual Meeting in June 2017.