For more than a hundred years, the Women’s Institute has been campaigning on a wide range of issues. World Autism Acceptance Week runs from April 2nd to April 8th 2024. and this…
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April Meeting
Happy Easter! Our next meeting is April 9th. The speaker will be Richard Hamlyn on the subject of “Africa on a Shoestring”. The competition theme is “something connected with travel”. The Avon…
Women’s History Month
March 8th was International Women’s Day, part of the wider celebration of Women’s History Month, which runs until March 31st. The Historical Association has a very interesting piece about Women’s History Month:…
March Meeting
The March meeting is on Tuesday 12th March and takes place after our Spring Lunch. The Lunch timing is to meet at 11.45am for 12 noon in Tickenham Village Hall. Our speaker…
February Meeting
Our next meeting is Tuesday February 13th. The speaker will be Maggie Fordham and her talk will be “The History of John Brown Hardware in Nailsea”. The competition is “Your most useful…
Denman Learning Hub
The Denman Learning Hub has launched. The NFWI website describes this exciting new opportunity as follows: “Life-long learning has always been at the very heart of the WI; it is important to…
Tickenham WI Christmas Church Displays
For the last several years, local people have been putting their craft skills and ingenuity to work on Christmas displays on various themes for the Tickenham village Church of St Quiricus and…
WI Campaigns
Every year all WIs are asked to vote on four Resolutions at their meetings between November and February. These are the short-list of suggestions for the annual campaign which the National Federation…
Avon FWI Events Diary 2025
The events diary for the Avon FWI is published in each month’s Avon News which members receive. Please apply for events through our WI Secretary. Please note tickets are no longer issued….