Welcome to Dean Rise Women's Institute
TODAY'S WOMEN WORKING FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD
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THE WI is an organisation of individual Institutes each belonging via a County Federation, in our case Berkshire, to the National Federation of Women’s Institute (NFWI). The NFWI belongs to the Associated Countrywomen of the World (ACWW). This structure enables each Institute to organise itself according to member’s needs with a small selection of NFWI rules (e.g. about committees and finances).
YOUR MEMBERSHIP entitles you to serve on any of our committees or working groups, to take responsibility for a particular activity, to enter National competitions and to take advantage of the learning opportunities offered at all levels of the WI. You may also represent our Institute in any of the County of Federation meetings to which we are invited.
DEAN
RISE WI
was formed in 1992 as it was felt there was a need for a Women’s Institute
which could meet in the morning. It
is a member of the Thames Group of Institutes which comprises Cookham Dean,
Cookham, Remenham, Cockpole Green, Mill Green and Knowl Hill, which
all meet together once a year.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
We meet on the
first Wednesday of each month at 9.45
a.m. at Cookham
Dean WI Hall,
Church Road, Cookham Dean,
Berks SL6 9PD (next door to Cookham Dean Village Hall).
The meetings finish at approximately 12 noon.
There are 10 meetings a year at the Hall, and usually two more informal
house meetings. The meetings begin
with coffee and proceed to general Institute business before our speaker is
introduced.
Its
members, the Trustees of our WI, are elected at the AGM which is usually held in
March. They meet a week or two
before each monthly meeting to conduct the business of our WI, to administer its
funds and to discuss suggestions for policy and plans of action. The conclusions of its activities are presented to the
membership for their approval at the Monthly meeting.
A small
Sub-Committee drawn from all members of Dean Rise arranges the yearly programme of Speakers.
BOOK GROUP
Our Book Group
meets bi-monthly on an informal basis at a member’s house. We read a varied range of books and this is followed by a
lively discussion. There is no fee.
BRIDGE
GROUP
This group meets on
the second Wednesday of the month, alternating between mornings and afternoons.
We meet at a member’s house on the third Wednesday of the month at 2.00pm.
T'ai Chi classes are held at the WI Hall each Monday from 10.15am to 11.15am.
TENNIS GROUP
The Tennis Group
meets every Tuesday at 9 a.m. weather
permitting.
This group meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 9.30am.
SOCIAL
EVENTS
From time to time
outings are arranged to places of interest.
There are many social events in which to participate and at some of these
husbands are welcome.
Members can also take part in Berkshire Federation outings and events as
publicised in its monthly Newsletter.
There are daily and week-end Courses at Denman College, the WI’s own residential Adult Education College situated in Marcham, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Every year some 5,000 members take 400 or so two to four day Courses which cover a wide range of subjects and activities. A copy of the Denman brochure is sent to members.
Our
subscription is £27. as from 1st January, 2008.
About half of this is paid to the National and County Federations and the
rest pays for our own meetings. Visitors are charged £2
per meeting.
We welcome you to Dean Rise and hope that this short summary will help you to understand our activities and that you will enjoy our meetings.
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We meet at Cookham Dean WI Hall, Church Road, Cookham Dean, starting at 9.45am on the first Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise stated.
| 2008 |
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| April 2nd | Thomas Holloways' College - Mr Richard Williams ACWW Collection |
| May 7th | Resolutions Meeting followed by Coffee, Cake and Conversation |
| May 29th | Thames Group Meeting 2.30pm Woodcliffe Hall, Wargrave |
| June 4th | Silk - from Cocoon to Scarf Mrs Angela Pawlin |
| July 2nd | Tudor London - Mrs Val Pretlove (Talk with slides) |
| August 6th | Garden Meeting Little Picket, Cookham Dean - Book & Plant Sale and Raffle |
| September 3rd | My travels in Borneo - Mrs Pamela Wright (talk with slides) |
| October 1st | Gardens of Northern France - Mr Brian Davis (talk with slides) |
| November 5th | Heriones of the First World War - Mr Edward Dixon (talk with slides) |
| December 3rd | Christmas Party Springmead, Bradcutts Lane, Cookham Dean - Raffle |
| 2009 | |
| January 7th | Interpreting Body Language - Mrs Kate Bradford |
| February 4th | Birthday Meeting - Mr N Nelson - Customs and Excise Forty Years of Catching Smugglers - ACWW Collection |
| March 4th | Annual Meeting - Talk by a Water Aid Volunteer |
| April 1st | Artists in the Thames and Chilterns - Mr Brian Edwards (talk with slides) |
WI members also organise and participate in various other events. The STUDY DAYS organised by Marion Elly are one example. These are arranged periodically when a speaker is invited to give two lectures on a chosen subject and a lunch is served. To date there have been lectures on The Glories of English Watercolours, Treasures of the Ashmolean, Queen Victoria and her Doctors, Furnishing an 18th century Home, Symbolism in Art and Toulouse Lautrec.
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OUR PRESIDENT IS: Mrs Val Hewitt
COMMITTEE: Mrs Maureen Lawrence (Vice-President) Mrs
Penny
Moriarty (Treasurer) Mrs Christine Miller (Membership Secretary) 01628 637587
Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes Tel/Fax 01189 333448 (10am - 3pm Tues-Fri) E-Mail: bfwi@clara.net
Affiliated to The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) |
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