Forthcoming Dates for April

Roman Way Group Meeting Monday 15th April 7.30pm at Shipham Village Hall

Sandford WI will be hosting this meeting. Tickets are now available priced £6 from Rowena. There will be  an evening of Curling and a light supper with soft drinks. The competition this time is for shortbread made to any recipe. 
This promises to be a great evening and we would like as many members as possible to come along to support it. We are hoping for a good turn out from Sandford.

Lunch Club

The next lunch club date will be on Wednesday 20th March when we will be going to the Lamb Inn at Axbridge. We plan to meet at the bus stop in Sandford 12.15 and catch the 126. Anyone interested in going should contact Jenny.


Theatre Group

We will be going to the Tobacco Factory on 1st April for a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pick up by the minibus as follows:

Churchill Clock Tower     6.00pm
Sandford Church               6.10pm
Wimblestone Road            6.15pm

Giselle at The Bristol Hippodrome on 11th April. Pick up times to follow

Walking Club

There will be a walk from Winscombe to The Cider Barn at Shipham and back on 3rd April. Meet at Ilex Lane Cemetery car park at 10.30.

NFWI Resolutions 2019

You may be interested to know the result of the members' votes for the resolution(s)  to be debated at this year's NFWI Annual Meeting.

The results of the 2019 Resolutions Shortlist are as follows:


     2019 Resolutions                                                              

1. Improving plant biosecurity                                        13,010
2. Trees- Improving the natural landscape                     18,959
3. Pelvic Floor Education                                                   8,401
4. Suffering in silence - menstrual health taboo               8,912
5. Decline in local bus services                                        35,194
6. Don't fear the smear                                                     20,825

         Total selections received to date                                  105,184

This year's total is the most selections cast since the individual selection process was introduced, with over 105,000 selections cast by members.

In order to allow members, the opportunity to work on a breadth of issues , the NFWI Board of Trustees has decided to put forward the top two  resolutions to the Annual Meeting.

Forthcoming March meeting

At our March meeting on Monday 11th we will be having a talk by Steve Price who is one of the swimmers emerging from the water by Clevedon Pier in the BBC Ident.  We look forward to seeing you all.

Walking Club

A most enjoyable walk despite the inclement weather we managed to walk along  the Strawberry Line accompanied by Lenny! The next walk will be on 3rd April with Pat to decide on the route.

March Book Club

The group agreed unanimously that this was a very good book. They particularly enjoyed the way the story was told through the eyes of August ,a boy with a severe facial disfigurement, and also his family and friends. It gave rise to a lot of discussion about people who look different and society' s attitude to them.

Our next title chosen by Jenny is a book entitled The Couple Next Door. A psychological thriller about a couple whose baby goes missing while they are having diner with their neighbours.

We will be meeting at Denise's house on 18th April.