Haringey Women's Institute

Tuesday 3 November 2009

Bon Voyage!

A very sad goodbye to Haringey Women's Institute (for now!)
In the past year we've had a lot of fun and met many new friends, but now, as our head girls are set to be- far too busy in 2010 to organise tea, gossip, and arts and crafts every month, unfortunately it has to come to an end.
We are holding a leaving party for members only on Saturday the 14th of November from 8pm!

If anyone wishes to start Haringey WI again, we suggest you get in contact with The National Federation of Women's Institutes, 104 New Kings Road, London SW6 4LY
Telephone:020 7371 9300 Fax:020 7736 3652 Email: hq@nfwi.org.uk

Wednesday 30 September 2009

CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas will be here soon!! For October's meeting (Tuesday the 13th) we will be making our very own hand printed gift wrap and cards! If you have anything useful to bring along (prints or paints or paper) the please do- but if not don't worry! we have lots of supplies! Hope to see you all there!

Tuesday 1 September 2009

Bowling in September!

This month the meeting is going to be held at the Finsbury Park Bowling Alley Rowan's (www.rowans.co.uk), It has be put forward to Tuesday the 22th at 7.30pm!

prices are:

£2 entry

£4.10 each per game.

See you there!

Thursday 13 August 2009

Enjoying RASA Night! Thank you Girls and Boys!

Thursday 9 July 2009

July Meeting!(Tuesday the 14th)

Hello girls, On Tuesday we will be holding a sewing night! It would help if you have any old neeedles/ clothes/ thread/ material you would like to use but don't worry if you haven't we have lots here too.
We will be making shopping bags/ cushion covers/ aprons- but if you don't fancy that then you can also bring along any of your clothes that need fixing! (not denim, as we don't have an industrial sewing machine).
see you there!

Monday 15 June 2009

CALLING ALL FOOD LOVERS!

On August the 11th at 7.30pm We are ever-so lucky to be able to welcome

Das Sreedharan, who owns and set up the Southern Indian Rasa restaurants, to come and give us a talk and cook us some amazing food- how lucky are we?!

-Guests fee £10.00

We have around 20 places to fill so invite your friends, (girls only) to a brilliant summer evening! RSVP ASAP at haringeywomensinstitute@gmail.com As I need to confirm guests beforehand!

Tuesday 2 June 2009

SWAP SHOP SUNDAY THE 7TH OF JUNE!!

Feather duster has returned! much to the delight of all of us!- HURRAH!

Tuesday 26 May 2009

JUNE MEETING (Tuesday the 9th)

Here's a picture of the bird houses we started making last meeting- will put more up in a bit!

Unfortunately we didn't get to finish them so we are carrying on next meeting on June 9th!
See you there!

Monday 11 May 2009

Tomorrow's Meeting! (sorry it's late)

At tomorrow's meeting our president and secretary will lead us in a workshop to make beautiful bird houses!

A bird house can fit on any wall in any space- so are practical for city girls who want to encourage the wildlife in their area!

we are showing off our finished products in the Summer/Autumn window display for Pages Of Hakney on Lower Clapton road!

There is no speaker this month, we will be planning the speakers for 2010.

Wednesday 8 April 2009

JAM JAM JAM-

For our first meeting we are going to get together with a few bottles of wine, learn a little about the history of Jam&Jerusalem, different types of jam & fruit, and then get stuck into making vats of jam for fund-raising! At the end of the night we each get to take a jar home, and we'll have all got to know each other properly! PLEASE COLLECT JARS!!
A questionnaire will also be given out (and will be given out throughout the year to new members) so that we have an idea of what you want to do/who you want to hear speak etc.
See you 7.30pm next Tuesday!

OTHER W.I'S

A little bit of History!

The first Women's Institute (WI) in Britain was founded in Wales in 1915. John Nugent Harris, secretary of the Agricultural Organisations Society (AOS) had been hoping to involve more countrywomen in the work of AOS with little success. It was not until he met Margaret (Madge) Rose Watt (Mrs Alfred Watt) that he heard about the Women's Institute movement that had started in 1897 at Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada and grown into theFederated Women's Institutes of Canada, that he found what he wanted. Nugent Harris persuaded AOS to appoint Madge Watt to try to start WIs in Britain. The first British WI was formed at Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, Wales, on 11 September 1915. The first WIs to be formed in England were at Singleton in Sussex andWallisdown in Dorset.

The organisation grew rapidly and AOS employed other organisers to help Madge Watt. The AOS set up a Women's Institute Committee to oversee the work and appointed the young Lady Denman, to chair the group. In 1917 the administration of the growing WI movement was transferred to the Board of Agriculture. It became part of the Women's branch of the Food Production Department, which also organised the newly formed Women's Land Army.

On 16 October 1917, representatives of 60 of the 137 existing WIs met at Central Hall, Westminister, to accept these changes and to set up the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI). All WIs were to be self-governing and self supporting bodiesaffiliated to NFWI. They elected a central committee of management (later to be called the National Executive committee) and Lady Denman was elected as Chairwoman, a post she held for the next 29 years. From 1917 until 1919 WIs played an important role in educating members in domestic science and increasing the production and preserving of food.

Women's Institutes were formed in Scotland and Northern Irelandindependently to those in England and Wales. The first Women's Rural Institute started in Scotland on 26 June 1917, and Madge Watt travelled up from London to speak to a meeting at Longniddry. After the end of the Great War, Madge Watt returned to Canada, where she continued as an activist for the interests of rural women. In 1930 she founded the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW).

After the end of the First World War, the Board of Agriculture withdrew its sponsorship, although the Development Commission financially supported the work of the forming of new WIs and gave core funding to NFWI until it could become financially independent. By 1926 the Women's Institutes were fully independent and rapidly became an essential part of rural life.

This information is from Wikipedia, for the full text follow the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Institutes_(British)
Photograph by Hulton Getty, Ladies of the Womens Institute (WI) making jam circa 1940.