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WI County News June 2021 8pp flipbook

WI County News June 2021 8pp flipbook

SPEAKERS June 2021 FREE
PREVIEW DAY Mission Penguin

We are at long last holding a
Speakers Preview Day via Zoom
technology to help you fulfil your
future programmes

There will be two sessions, one in the morning at
10.00am and one in the afternoon at 2.00pm,
on 10th June 2021.

Each session will last approximately one and a half hours.
There will be a variety of speakers, each giving a 15 minute
audition to provide some ideas for your programmes.

Here are some tasters of a few of the titles...

FOOSWNREEEW1I0LNATOGRHOJDYKUOTNUOE A
Snail Herder’s Journey

Reducing your toxin load:
Busting Myths about Bread

Treading the Wards June 2021 1

If you would like to attend, please contact Casey
for the Zoom links and session programme

Trustee Topics

FEDERATION OFFICE Well ladies, it really looks as though we are getting our
lives back after all this time. We can finally look forward
SCFWI, 344 Bristol Road, to trips, holidays and meals out again – what a joy! My
Bridgwater TA6 4BU Food & Garden committee has lots in the pipeline for you
– a trip to Hauser & Wirth in August and our very own
Please continue to use temporary county Flower, Food and Craft Show in September. We
phone number for the time being are now busy planning for 2022.

01278 287034 Our Gardeners’ Question Time in May was well attended and we are considering
making this an annual event as those gardening problems are always with us
Don’t worry of you have already sent mail to aren’t they? Although constant Zoom meetings are probably something we shall
Wilton Lodge as this will be automatically be pleased to see the back of when we embrace our freedom again, It is a facility
forwarded to the new address. that I think we will find ourselves making use of in the future as just one more aid
to our busy lives.
Email: [email protected]
www.womens-institute.org.uk/somerset I look forward to meeting up with many of you soon.

PL9.EC30lAoasmSedE-F3r.Ni3d0aOpymTE Annie Makepeace, SCFWI Vice Chair and Chair of Food & Garden Committee

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9:30am - 3:30pm Mon - Thurs £15

COUCNlosTedYFriNdayEWS 196, Ruth Andrews
West Huntspill WI £10
Editor
Laura Balkwill I’m sure many of you do your shopping online, probably more so in the
last year!  There is now a way that, just by doing what you’ve been doing,
Email you can help raise money for Somerset Federation. 
[email protected]
Over 4000 retailers have signed up to help Charities like us – Marks
Tel: 07860 531998 & Spencer, Sainsbury, Argos, Ebay, John Lewis, to name but a few! 
Here are the details of two such schemes:
Editorial for
COUNTY NEWS Somerset County Federation of Women’s
Institutes has registered with easyfundraising
should be received by the 1st of which means you can raise FREE donations for
the month preceding each issue, us every time you shop online.  Just visit your
by Email if possible to the Editor favourite retailers through the easyfundraising website and then shop as normal.
Once you’ve made a purchase your retailers will then make a small donation to us to
or typewritten copy and printed say “thank you”. You can find our easyfundraising page at:
photographs to the Office at the
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/somersetcountyfederationofwi/
address at top of the page ?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_content=gs-e1

THERE IS NO ISSUE IN AUGUST Another way to help raise funds for us is to
use AmazonSmile!  You can shop as normal on
Advertising for Amazon but by going through the AmazonSmile
COUNTY NEWS website: smile.amazon.co.uk

should be received by the 1st of Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and
the month preceding each issue, shipping fees) of eligible purchases to us.
by Email if possible to the Editor
These donations really mount up and will make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really
Lineage: Cost per word appreciate your support.
18p for WI members
30p for non-members

(or advertisements placed on behalf
of non-members.)

Display: Rates and sizes upon
application to the Editor

SCFWI does not accept responsibility
for goods or services advertised in

COUNTY NEWS

2 June 2021

Food & Garden

Hauser Chair: Annie Makepeace
& Wirth
Time to start thinking of sowing colourful biennials to flower next spring.
Wednesday Seeds of biennials are sown in summer and the plants develop through autumn
25th August so that when winter sets in they have made robust plants that will provide lots
of early colour. Amongst the best to sow in the next few months are foxgloves,
It now looks certain that our visit either the native purple type or one of many different coloured varieties now
to this beautiful Garden and Art available. Especially good for shady or woodland areas of the garden is the
Gallery WILL take place – just white Digitalis purpurea albiflora with its elegant pure white spikes.
what we need to lift our spirits
after the gloom and despondency A classic arrangement for spring containers
of the past 16 months. is tall tulips planted among wallflowers.
We are also delighted to announce that The shorter wallflower varieties such as
a visit to Westcombe Dairy and a Persian Carpet or dwarf bedder are best
lunch laid on by Evercreech WI with their vibrant colours of reds and
will be included in this visit, as in 2019! yellows. Wallflowers are very easy to grow
and seed can be sown direct in the soil.
Thin the seedlings out to about 5cm apart
and grow on before transplanting to their
final position in the borders or containers
in autumn.

£25.00 Other easy biennials to consider are honesty Hollyhocks can also be treated as
(Lunaria spp.), primulas, pansies, stocks biennials rather than perennials and this
for the whole day! and Sweet William. is recommended where they suffer from
fungal rusts after being in the ground for
Tea/coffee and biscuits on a few years. Finally some annuals (for
arrival at Hauser & Wirth example Aquilegia or columbines) can also
be sown in summer when they will give
at 10.00am. much bigger and earlier displays of flowers
than spring-sown seeds. So, with a little
plus... A tour of the Art planning and very little cost you can fill
Gallery and Garden your garden with colour next spring.

Plus... A delicious lunch Flower, Food & Craft Show
laid on by Evercreech WI
Saturday 18th September
Plus... A guided tour
of Westcombe Dairy Cheddon Fitzpaine Village Hall
(just up the road) and their Cheddon Fitzpaine,
underground cheese cellar, Taunton TA2 8JY

with a chance to I hope you are already sowing and
purchase some of their growing your flowers, fruit and vegetables
mouth-watering cheese
for our exciting show in September.
Please simply register an You can also get busy crafting for the
interest with Casey ASAP but
Creative Arts classes this year.
by 4th August at the latest.
Schedules have now been sent to all your
Casey will then contact you to collect secretaries who will email them to members.
your money. There will be a ballot if
Casey in the office can email or post one
applicants exceed 40. to you if you have not received it.

June 2021 3

We need pictures to fill our gallery - please send digital pictures to the Editor at [email protected]

In their April meeting Puriton WI engaged in craftivism during our zoom meeting. They all created knickers which they hope to be able to use and
display in various ways to raise awareness of the importance of getting your smear test done - #weareallsmearready

 The Taunton Deane Divas WI knitters have been at it
again, this time making scarves, each one measuring
60 inches long, for the Cumbria Way Scarf Challenge.
Our scarves have now been received by ARC (Taunton
Homeless Association).

 Secretary Daphne (and President Pam - “at a distance”
so out of shot! ) kindly delivered an Easter gift of
chocolate egg, primula and hand cream to all the
members of St Audries WI

4 June 2021

om or prints to SCFWI, 344 Bristol Road, Bridgwater TA6 4BU. We will print as many as we can each month!

President of Wincanton WI, Eunice Mitchell,
sent in pictures of the handmade
Easter cards sent to
their members.

Lympsham WI, and friends, have now knitted 66 Fish ‘n’ Chip outfits.
A marvellous effort!

In February, Lydeard St Lawrence WI celebrated their Chewton Mendip WI working on their Centenary Collage.
Centenary. Although unable to meet, each member received
a card designed by one of our members, Mary Harding, some cake and
a bit of fizz. As they were unable to have a birthday party, they have
instead planned a year of celebrations and events to mark this special
occasion once they are able to meet again.

Shepton Mallet WI held an Easter Egg Hunt in Collett Park on 21st April.

June 2021 5

Community Projects

Ambassadors: Hazel Hillman, Mendip and Margaret Lomax, Taunton

Hello to you all - gosh how the year is Also, let me know if you have some of READER AUDITIONS
passing. your lovely creations, I will do my best to FOR OUR CAROL
collect them one way or another. FESTIVAL
I have had a small delivery from Chewton
Mendip WI of heart cushions for And remember that Margaret is able to If you’d like to be a reader at this
Oncology. receive if you live in the Taunton area. year’s Carol Festival in Wells
Cathedral, now is your chance!

Auditions will be arranged at a later date
and hopefully held in St. Cuthbert’s Church
Wells as previously, but this will depend on
any restrictions in place nearer the time.

Again I have been in touch with the RUH Keep up the good work, we will be
and they are still not receiving due to meeting up before too long now.
Covid restrictions. Hazel
01761 241732
Looking forward to hearing from you
about the request for knitted animals [email protected]
and gingerbread men, don’t forget
to ring or email me first. Thank you.

Please send in your name, WI and email
address if possible, otherwise enclose a
stamped, addressed envelope so that your
audition readings can be sent out to you in
good time to practice!

Please apply to Casey, our Federation
Secretary, no later than Monday 28th
June 2021.

Forthcoming Events for your Diary

EVENT DATES VENUE CLOSING CN ISSUE
Speakers Preview Day 10 Jun Zoom P1

Hauser and Wirth 25 Aug Durslade Farm, Bruton BA10 0NL 4 Aug March

Flower, Food & Craft Show 18 Sep Cheddon Fitzpaine Village Hall, TA2 8JY March

Edwardian Tea and Talk Now held over to March 2022

PLEASE COMPLETE BOOKING FORM (available from your secretary) AND RETURN TO 344, BRISTOL ROAD

6 June 2021

We made our first visit to Bridgwater YMCA on our trial run with cakes, Events
towels and cushions. 
‘Thank you’ to all of you, for
The staff were really grateful for our supporting the Somerset County
gifts and are looking forward to future Federation Zoom talks over the
monthly contributions from you good last 14 months. Over the duration,
ladies of various WIs.  2,900 members have joined in
with a total of 44 free weekly
I thank you all in anticipation and if Zoom meetings.
you have any questions about your date
on the rota, please contact me. Good Together we have learnt how to do
wishes to you all. embroidery, made Sauerkraut and
listened to inspirational speakers such
Anne Chadwick, as Peter McCleave from 10,000 Stem
Chair of Membership Committee Cell Donor campaign and Cal Major
from Paddle Against Plastic.
[email protected]
We have had great fun practising face
yoga and found ways to test if our
pearls are real! We’ve laughed and
been entertained by Amanda Owen
and Raynor Winn and listened to Carol
Drinkwater read from her latest novel.

It has been an absolute joy getting to
know you all and meeting so many of
you from around the County. I am
looking forward to seeing you all in real
life very soon.

Jen – Chair of Events committee

Sponge cakes Advance
Warning!
2023 Photographic
Calendar Competition The SCFWI 2021 Annual Meeting
will be held at
The subject for the WI 2023 Somerset County Calendar
Photographic Competition is Westlands, Yeovil on
Saturday 6th November
‘Somerset Towns & Villages’
Further details in July County News!
Send to SCFWI, 344 Bristol Road, Bridgwater TA6 4BU
by the end of January 2022 to Nicky Amos
on her re-election
to the National
Board. We are all
very proud of her.

Let’s make this Christmas even better number of young people who receive very little
than last year for the young residents of at Christmas time. If all goes according to plan,
the YMCA’s and other Charitable groups we hope once more to be able to collect the
in Somerset. Shoeboxes from the SCFWI’s Annual Meeting
which be held in Yeovil on November 6th.
In 2020, despite lockdown restrictions we
managed to collect, sort, and deliver over 400 More details will follow. In the meantime, any
boxes, all of which were very gratefully received. questions please contact Jo Stewart, Lydeard
This year we hope, with your help, to provide St. Lawrence WI, via email: jo46sefa@hotmail.
even more Christmas treats to the increasing com or Tel: 01984 667267.

June 2021 7

ACWW Update

‘LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT A The Associated Country Women of
WOMAN CAN DO!’ the World (ACWW) is the largest
international organisation for
The NFWI is pleased to announce that the Lady Denman Cup Competition both rural and urban women with
2021 will be held in partnership with the National Gallery. Using no more a membership of over nine million
than 500 words, WI members are invited to submit a piece of writing, fact in over 70 countries.
or fiction, in any style (story, poem etc.) based on the below painting by
Artemisia Gentileschi. WI members are affiliated through our
National Federation to ACWW and
Entrants must submit 4 copies of their entry, typed if possible, on A4 paper to the Somerset members have always been
Federation Secretary at 344 Bristol Road. Your entry should have an official entry very generous in their support of this
form attached to the top copy with your name, your WI and Federation clearly written fund which enables ACWW to help many
in the top left hand corner. DO NOT put your name on the remaining copies. Each rural women in developing countries to
entry must include a total word count; entries over 500 words will not be accepted. support themselves and their families.
Entry forms will be available from your WI secretary, from your Federation Secretary
or can be downloaded from the My WI website. There has been some confusion lately
Entries will initially be judged at Federation level and up to three can go forward to regarding donations but any issues have
the national competition. The winner will be presented with the Lady Denman Cup at now been resolved, therefore we are now
next year’s NFWI Annual Meeting. happy to once again accept donations
for this very worthwhile cause.
Entries can be submitted either via email or by hard copy.
To be received by 30th JULY 2021. WIs can donate through the WI
Pennies for Friendship Scheme
8 June 2021 (WIPFF) which is used to fund projects
within the Women Empowerment Fund
(WE) as agreed with NFWI.

WIs pay their funds to SCFWI and
specify a category to which they would
like the funds to go. SCFWI then pays
the money to ACWW – this is to reduce
the bank charges incurred by ACWW.

The money donated is then applied to
projects within the category the WI has
specified.

Contributions may be collected at any
time throughout the year and sent to the
County Office or can be handed in at the
SCFWI Annual Meeting held in the
Autumn.

• Please convert coins into a cheque and
make payable to SCFWI

• Please write WIPFF on the reverse of
your cheque

• Please clearly state which fund
you would like your donation to be
credited to:

1 ACWW Education
and Capacity Building Fund

ACWW Nutrition, Good 2

Health and Wellbeing Fund

3 ACWW Sustainable
Agriculture, Training

and Development Fund

Income Generation and 4

Livelihood Fund

Sustainable Water,

5 Sanitation and Energy

Fund

Maternal and 6
Reproductive Health

Fund


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