East End WI

After an interesting 2016 – in so many ways – I thought I would write to wish everyone a Happy New Year and let you know what EEWI have lined up for January. 17th January Meeting – ‘From Copses to Corpses’. Sophie Churchill, OBE PhD FICFor, will be speaking to us, she has worked in forestry for many years and is the first female President of the Royal Forestry Society. She will also talk about - The Corpse Project, which she also is heading up, In addition we will discuss and take a decision on which of the WI’s resolutions, we as a group, will vote for.  The choices are: Alleviating loneliness FGM: More awareness for more action Equal access for all who need specialised maternal mental health services Provision of appropriate welfare and safe spaces for women & children in refugee camps Supporting women’s refuges Plastic soup: Keep microplastic fibres out of our oceans More details of the proposals can be found on the WI’s website and the most recent WI Life. If anyone has a particular interest in any of these proposals and wants to speak for 3-5 minutes to promote the issue, please come prepared. As usual we will meet from 7 for 7.30 start at St Margaret’s Hall, reached by going through the garden. Memberships Being January it is also time to renew your membership, fees for the year are £39.00. This can be done at the meeting, or if you want to pay via a bank transfer our banking details are:- Lloyds    Sort code 30-94-57    A/c 02044729 And please email  eastendwi@hotmail.co.uk to confirm that you have joined/renewed so we can keep track of who has paid...   20th January coffee morning we will meet from 10.30 at The Larder,  241-243 Globe Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 0JD   24th January we will hold our first committee meeting of the year, starting at 6.30 venue TBC. These meetings are open to all EEWI members, and we always welcome new committee members to help share the load, spread our skills and learn new ones!