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…
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…
Yeo Valley Group WI Events 2025
Please check back as this information will be updated from time to time. The Yeo Valley Group is part of Avon Federation, which covers an area of North Somerset, Bath and North…
WI News and Social Media
There are a number of ways to keep in touch with news from the National and our local Avon Federations. The NFWI has a media centre where you can read the latest…