theWI Adderbury & District WI – Face Book Post by Denman – Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 – Denman Courses
Dear Members, Here’s a Face Book Post from Denman today on their many wonderful courses. I am so looking forward to visiting Denman very soon and certainly, hopefully, this year!!! Denman added 12 new photos to the album: Gospel Singing. 6 hrs · with Kate Eckersley http://www.denman.org.uk/courses/results?q=Kate+Eckersley +9 21 Likes3 Comments4 Shares LikeComment Share Chronological You and 20 others like this. 4 shares Comments Angela Geraghty Pity we couldn’t hear them. Like · Reply · 1 · 5 hrs 1 Reply Carolyn Stroud I’ve taken 2 different singing courses with Kate, and it’s been a privilege …. wonderful! Like · Reply · 4 hrs Margaret HalsteadDenman for wonderful courses for all sorts of people and lovely accommodation and food tood…and beautiful gardens too xxx Me ofAdderbury & District WI Margaret Halstead...
Read MoretheWI Adderbury & District WI – Face Book Post – Save Our British Farmers’ – Tuesday, 2nd February 2016
Dear Ladies, Here’s a Facebook Post by Trina sharing Save Our British Farmers’ photo Trina Coombes shared Save Our British Dairy Farmers‘s photo. 23 hrs · LikeComment Share You and 2 others like this. Comments Margaret HalsteadFair deal for dairy farmers with NFWI Campaigns! Good work xxx Margaret...
Read MoretheWI Adderbury & District WI – OFWI Circulation Request – “Be a real life Superhero – Monday, 1st February 2016
Dear Members, We have been asked by Sara Buck of OFWI if we could circulate this request for more volunteer drivers for Oxfordshire. If any member is able to help with driving needs please contact the telephone or website link below. -Be a real life super hero – > Give your community a liftOxfordshire County Council has teamed up with > Community First Oxfordshire, to launch the new ‘Be a > real life superhero – give your community a > lift’ campaign. The campaign is appealing for > volunteer drivers to support their local community transport > scheme and for communities across Oxfordshire to set up new > community led transport schemes where there is a > need.Who > benefits? Elderly and disabled people in > communities across Oxfordshire need real life heroes to give them a > lift. They need help with transport to get to appointments, > shops and to clubs and to access the day to day occasions > that most of us take for granted. Is community transport really > so important? Yes – > community transport schemes give people access to > transport, where they may otherwise have none. Community transport provides support > in both rural and urban > areas. Expenses are reimbursed and you > can do as many or as few journeys as you wish – drivers living in villages are > particularly needed. > Visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/volunteerdriver > or call 01865 883488 to find out about community transport > groups near you and who to contact to offer your > support. Margaret...
Read MoretheWI Adderbury & District WI – “The WI history of campaigning” NFWI download – Monday, 1st February 2016
Dear Members, I find the history of our WI movement absolutely fascinating and hope you will be keen to read up on this article copied from the NFWI website for you to read here. “The WI history of campaigning You are a very powerful force for good in our country… from domestic violence to women’s pay; from venereal disease in the 1920s to AIDS in the 1980s. That is a great tribute to the depth of your compassion, your fearlessness in tackling hard issues and the energy with which you further the cause of not just women but British society. The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister, June 2000 The WI has a long history of campaigning on a wide range of issues that matter to women and their communities. Over the past 100 years, WI members have campaigned to empower and support women within society, exerting their individual and collective influence; brought a series of controversial issues into the public domain; and brought about many changes in legislation and government policy. In celebration of the WI Centenary we have put together a snapshot of campaign highlights, examining the WI’s role promoting women’s rights, fostering health awareness, encouraging sustainable development and building a fairer society. This booklet is available to download here – ‘The WI as a force for change: 100 years of campaigns’ Ten decades of WI campaigns – A snapshot Previous Next Previous Next The SOS for Honey Bees campaign was launched after a resolution calling for increased funding for research into honey bee health was passed in 2009. Concerned that the outlook for bees remained bleak, despite funding for research and improved awareness of pollinator declines, the NFWI later joined with Friends of the Earth to campaign for more national leadership; the National Pollinator Strategy was launched in November 2014. In the early 1990s the NFWI joined with CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement to become a founding member of the Fairtrade Foundation. In 1986 the NFWI was one of the first organisations to talk about AIDS and used its unrivalled network of local organisations to educate the public and get people talking about the issue. In 1975 the WI started informing members about the importance of breast examination and lobbying the government to set up screening clinics. A national screening programme was eventually introduced in 1988. Members were among the first to debate the dangers of smoking when the WI passed a resolution to ban smoking in public places in 1964. In 1954 a resolution to ‘inaugurate a campaign to preserve the countryside against desecration by litter’ led to the formation of the Keep Britain Tidy group and was influential in transforming litter policy following the introduction of the 1958 Litter Act. The WI passed a resolution calling for ‘equal pay for equal work’ in 1943 and was represented for many years on the Equal Pay Campaign Committee. Starting with a resolution in 1922, the WI campaigned throughout the 1930s and 1940s to increase the number of women police, lobbying the home office and winning the support of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The WI first campaigned on jury service in 1921, urging women to ‘accept their full responsibilities as citizens in whatever way they may be called upon to serve their country’ and later urging the government to open up jury service to all” – See more at: https://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/the-wi-history-of-campaigning#sthash.hDatsYga.dpuf Please see my next post for latest NFWI News and Update. Margaret Halstead...
Read MoretheWI Adderbury \& Dist rict WI – Agenda for WI Meeting – Thursday, 4th February 2016
Dear Ladies, Here is our Agenda for Thursday’s evening meeting and we look forward to seeing you there. The Institute Adderbury, 7.30 pm 4 February 2016 Welcome and opening remarks Minutes of the meeting held on 7 January to be agreed and signed Matters arising: Cards for members, calendars still available, Resolution votes Correspondence/communications Committee report (items not covered elsewhere): Your WI questionnaire, new committee members, speakers’ selection day, tea rota Programme and activities: Blenheim walk, Clean for the Queen, Denman open day, visit to Ardley energy recovery facility, March 3 AGM speaker, Queen’s birthday celebration Any other business Community items After a break for refreshments, Andrew Jenkins from Cherwell District Council will speak on the subject of recycling. Margaret...
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