Craft Club Dates

Craft Club Meeting Dates

The Craft Club meets on alternate Thursday afternoons at Sandford Village Hall, from 2.00pm until 4.00pm.

As you know we meet in the Village Hall on alternate Thursdays and we would be delighted if you are not a crafter but just want to come along for a cuppa and a chat.  We like to relax and put the world to rights, but it is a Brexit free zone, you will be pleased to know.

If you fancy trying knitting or crochet for the first time or you have become a bit rusty we all help each other and you would be welcome.  There is room to get additional tables out for any artists among you if you want to paint or draw.

Meeting dates:

Thursday 7th February 2019
Thursday 21st February2019
Thursday 7th March 2019
Thursday 21stMarch 2019
Thursday 4th April 2019
Thursday 18th April 2019
Thursday 2ndMay 2019
Thursday 16th May 2019
Thursday 30th May 2019
Thursday 13th June 2019
Thursday 27th June 2019
Thursday 11th July 2019
Thursday 25th July 2019

lf you have any query about Craft Club, please do not hesitate to contact Heather Brown or Chris Byles.

Future Dates

Lunch Club Wednesday 20th February  Bistro Pierre
Contact Jenny Barley  if you would like to go

Book Club 4th March 7.30pm
We will be meeting at Viv's house to discuss the latest book entitled Wonder by Joe Palacio. Jenny to choose the next book. Our group is full now but if you are interested in joining  a second book club please put your name down on the list at the next meeting. When there are enough names Denise will assist in setting it up.

Walking Group Wednesday 6th March 10.00am
A walk up past Lyncombe Lodge then over Sandford Hill and back. Meet at Pat's House at 10.00am

Card Making Demonstration 28th February Sandford Village Hall 1.00pm to 4.00pm
This is an opportunity to try out card making. All the necessary equipment will be provided by the Demonstrator so you just have to bring yourself! Price £10 (to  include 3 cards you have made to take home) Contact Jenny Cobbold

Skittle Ladies Lunch at The Woodborough Tuesday 12th March
Beryl will be taking your menu choices at the next Skittle Match Tuesday 19th February

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 . We will be having an evening of Curling and a light supper with soft drinks. The competition this time is for shortbread made to any recipe.

Ladies Day at Wincanton Races Thursday 9th May 2.00pm
This promises to be a great evening of racing. Price £85 to include a 3 course meal and race card. Meal is at 4.30pm and racing begins at 5.30pm. Coach will be extra. Contact Beryl if you would like to go.

May Fayre on the Green Saturday 11th May 2.00pm
We will be running a Tombola Stall again this year. Members are asked to bring along any bottles and gifts suitable for the stall to the meetings in March and April or drop off to one of the committee. Also we would appreciate volunteers to help run the stall on the day.

Walking Group

Pat  has taken over as leader of our walking club as Kay has retired after doing a wonderful job for many years. Thank you to Kay.

Our next walk will be on Wednesday 6th February when we will be taking a stroll around Cheddar Resevoir.  We will meet outside The Woddborough at 10.00am. Dogs are welcome this time. Look forward to seeing you then.

January Book Club

We had a long discussion about the novel  chosen by Wendy  which was entitled The Lightkeepers Daughter by Jean Pendziwol. It was about two daughters  Elizabeth and Emily who grew up in a lighthouse on windswept Lake Superior. We all agreed it was a superbly written story and gave us much food for thought.

Our next novel chosen by Denise is Wonder by R J Palacio. it is based on a true story about a boy named August who was born with a severe facial disfigurement. We will be meeting on Monday 4th March  at Viv's  this time.

January Meeting

We began our meeting by presenting a cheque for £300 to a representative from Weston Hospicecare which was the total of our fundraising for 2018. She thanked us warmly for our efforts and invited us to come along as a group to visit the Hospice.

We had a most interesting talk from Stephen Bellingham who is a travel counsellor. He explained a lot about the changes to come when travelling to Europe Post  Brexit.

There have been quite a few suggestions for this year's chosen charity ,and so, after a short summary from some of our members we voted to have Weston Young Carers for our fund raising in 2019

We were also invited to vote for one of the resolutions to be brought before the WI Federation at the Annual general Meeting. The deadline is before our February Meeting. They are as follows:

1.    Improving plant biosecurity in the UK

2.    Trees- Improving the natural landscape
3.    Pelvic floor education
4.    Suffering in silence, why we need to end the taboo around menstrual health
5.    A call against the decline in local bus services
6.    Don't fear the smear

Finally we wished all of our members whose birthdays were before the next meeting a Happy Birthday. The committee have decided to do this at every meeting.

Forthcoming Meeting in January

We will begin  our meeting by handing over a  cheque to the representative of Weston Hospicecare for the fund raising by our members in 2018.
 Please remember that January is registration month and the annual subscription of £42  for 2019 is now due. Stephen Bellingham an Independent Travel Consultant will be talking to us about travel ideas .
A happy New Year to all our members and we look forward to seeing you

Programme 2019

Programme 2019

Jan 14	Travel Ideas Stephen Bellingham Registration
Feb 11	Pamper Evening
Mar 11	Three Channels Price  Steve Price talk on open swimming
Apr 8	Hands on Card Making Best Decorated Egg competition
May 13	Resolutions 2019 Talk by Weston Young Carers Posh Puddings & Prosecco
Jun10	No Meeting Day Trip (to be advised)
Jul 8	Musical Presentations Singalong with Steve East
Aug 12	Talk by Village Agent Ranger Bill Wallace
Sep 9	Talk about The Wildlife Trust Dawn Lawrence
Oct 14	A Night at the Cinema "The Golden Years"
Nov 11	AGM Remembrance Service Talk by Sea Cadets
Dec 9	Christmas Party Greatest Story ever Told (Nativity) Tim Leslie

15th  April	Spring Group Meeting Hosted by Sandford at Shipham Village Hall  Curling Competition 6 pieces of Shortbread
21st  March	A.F.W.I. Spring  Meeting Somerset Hall, Portishead
5th June	N.F.W.I Annual General Meeting Bournemouth
26th September	A.F.W.I.  AGM Winter Gardens Weston super Mare
October (TBA)	Autumn Group meeting Hewish - Venue TBA
December (TBA)	Group Carol Service Locking - Venue TBA