This is our full programme of events for 2018. You can also read our annual report from the previous year which summarises all we achieved that year.
Tuesday 16th January 2018
Yoga for Healthy Backs
Speaker: Susanne Stanley
Speaker: Susanne Stanley
Saturday 20th January 2018
90th Anniversary Tea Party, Watnall WI Hall
Wednesday 7th February 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Tuesday 20th February 2018
Tree Huggery
Speaker: Jackie Ward, Artist and Businesswoman
Speaker: Jackie Ward, Artist and Businesswoman
Wednesday 7th March 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Tuesday 20th March 2018
Hanging Baskets demonstration
Speaker: Sheila Over, Local Horticulturalist
Speaker: Sheila Over, Local Horticulturalist
Wednesday 27th March 2018
Recycling Craft Workshop, Hard to Find Gallery, Brinsley
Wednesday 4th and 11th April 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Tuesday 17th April 2018
Speaker: Joy Rice, Local Poet
Wednesday 18th April 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Tuesday 24th April 2018
Lunch Club, Dog & Quayle, Underwood
Wednesday 25th April 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Tuesday 15th May 2018
Resolution Evening, with Faith Supper
Debate and vote on this year's campaign topic - Improving the provision of mental health care. Followed by Faith Supper and Quiz
Debate and vote on this year's campaign topic - Improving the provision of mental health care. Followed by Faith Supper and Quiz
Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Visit to Crabtree & Evelyn, High Street, Nottingham
Friday 25th May 2018
Lunch Club, Larch Farm, Ravenshead
Wednesday 6th June 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Sunday 10th June 2018
Picnic in the Park, Kimberley Football Ground
Friday 15th June 2018
County Quiz, Ravenshead
Tuesday 19th June 2018
Rural Antics
Speaker: Helenka Brown
Speaker: Helenka Brown
Tuesday 26th June 2018
Lunch Club, White Lion, Brinsley
Thursday 5th July 2018
Open Gardens Visit, Kimberley
Tuesday 17th July 2018
Social evening, with Quiz, Games and Book Sale
Thursday 19th July 2018
Visit by coach to Renishaw Hall, Eckington, Derbyshire
Wednesday 1st August 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Tuesday 21st August 2018
Dementia Friends
Speaker: Gay Evans, Alzheimer's Society
Speaker: Gay Evans, Alzheimer's Society
Thursday 30th August 2018
Coffee morning at Beauvale Priory, Moorgreen
Wednesday 5th September 2018
Craft Group meeting at WI Hall
Friday 7th September 2018
Lunch Club, Larch Farm, Ravenshead
Tuesday 18th September 2018
History of Boots and No7
Speaker: Sophie Clapp, Boots Archivist
Speaker: Sophie Clapp, Boots Archivist
Friday 21st September 2018
Beauvale Group Meeting – Kurling Competition, Hucknall Central Methodist Church
Monday 8th October 2018
Lunch Club, The Countryman, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Tuesday 16th October 2018
Wine Tasting
Speaker: Caroline Mackie, plus the WI Shop
Speaker: Caroline Mackie, plus the WI Shop
Tuesday 30th October 2018
Film evening: Suffragette, with fish and chip interval
Saturday 10th November 2018
Suffragette themed tea at Watnall WI Hall. Members and visitors invited to dress accordingly!
Tuesday 20th November 2018
Annual Meeting and election of President and Committee Members
Saturday 1st December 2018
Christmas Coffee Morning, Craft sale, Raffle, Book and Cake sales, Bric a Brac, Hospice staff, games, and much, much more
Tuesday 11th December 2018
Pat Wilson and The Trowell Ladies Choir, followed by Faith Supper