January Meeting

January is always a busy meeting as our members all register for the year. We were delighted to welcome several new members and look forward to seeing them every month.

Our talk this month was by Rachel Mansfield who is a community fund raiser for Weston Hospicecare. She told us all about their history since opening and the many services they provide to their patients and loved ones. They rely heavily on the fund raising efforts of the public and there are many different ways in which this is achieved. We voted to make them our charity for 2018.

Our walking and lunch group will be taking a break and will resume in March. 

Christmas Party at Sandford WI

We are looking forward to closing the year in style with our Christmas Party. We will be having an American Supper followed by our own "home grown" entertainment which promises to be lots of fun 

Our New Banner has  finally been completed and was shown to our members at the November meeting. It is a beautiful piece of craft which depicts activities and local scenes around Sandford. Well done to all of the members who contributed. 

We will be hosting the Group Carol Service for WI members at All Saints Church on Thursday 7th December where the banner will be displayed for the first time.

          We wish all our members a Happy New Year.
          See you in 2018

October Meeting

We had a most entertaining talk by the Radio Bristol Presenter Emma who talked about her career and how she came to be doing the early morning show. She had many amusing stories about the          interviews she did and celebrities she met. She has been a member of WI for many years.

Programme 2018

Programme 2018

Jan 8	Weston Hospice Care &  Registration
Feb 12	Tax Care & Toy Boys
Mar 12	Royal Bath & West Show
Apr 9	African Drums
May 7	Auction & Social Evening & Resolutions
Jun11	No Meeting Day Trip (to be advised)
Jul 9	Glorious Mud – Musical Presentation
Aug 13	It Shouldn’t Happen to a Writer!
Sep 10	Harvest Supper
Oct 8	The History of Knitting
Nov 12	AGM followed by Quiz
Dec 10	Christmas Party

2nd May	Spring Group Meeting Hosted by Banwell.
22nd March	A.F.W.I. Spring  Meeting Somerset Hall, Portishead
6th June	N.F.W.I AGM - Cardiff.
27th September	A.F.W.I.  AGM BAWA Club Filton Bristol
October (tba)	Autumn Group meeting Hosted by Locking
December (tba)	Group Carol Service Hosted by Winscombe St James the Great, Winscombe

Book Club November

Our book club met on 8th November to discuss our latest read which was entitled This Boy by Alan Johnson. This was an autobiography about his life growing up in London. It provoked a lively discussion about life back in the 1950's and how the education system has changed over the years. The book was enjoyed by all of our members.

Our next book is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Set in India in the mid-1970s it tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil. We will be getting together on December 10th for our Christmas meeting which promises to be a jolly affair with drinks and nibbles. It has been decided to wait until the meeting in the New Year to discuss this book and our next selection as there there won't enough time to read the first book before our Christmas meeting. Details from Denise.

Craft Club August

Our Craft Club are busy working on a new Banner for Sandford WI. The banner has been designed by Jill one of our craft ladies and it will contain pictures of local scenes and many of the activities of our WI. It promises to be a lovely piece of craft.
Our picture shows our ladies with their heads together working on ideas. Anyone is welcome to come along on the first and third Thursday every month at Sandford Village Hall. If you are not into craft it doesn't matter just come along for a chat and a cup of tea!

Book Club for July

We are reading two books before our next meeting on 23rd August as we have had a break for summer holidays. The first is entitled  The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon. The story is set during the long hot summer of 1976 which will be remembered by a lot of our members. It is told through the eyes of a 10 year old girl called Grace and is both amusing and in parts very poignant.



 Our second book is I See You which completely different is a psychological thriller by Claire Macintosh and is set around the London Underground.

We will be meeting at Wendy's on 23rd August at 7.30. Please contact Denise for any queries.