At our November meeting we will have a lady called Jane Walby giving a talk on Fairtrade, there will also be Fairtrade products for sale for members to buy.
Welcome!
October Meeting
Due to staff shortages at the police we did not get the opportunity to host them at the October meeting. Instead we had a social evening where members bought along crafts, cards and a quiz and generally had a good chat amongst ourselves. members mentioned that they had a good time.
October Meeting
At our October meeting we will be hosting PC Caroline from the local police service to give us a talk on their services and how to keep safe.
Joanne will be taking deposits for the Christmas meal on Friday 1st December at The Railway Hotel in Hornchurch.
History talk
At our September there was a change to the normal, due to a broken projector we were in a smaller room upstairs. We all enjoyed a history talk from member Sue Hamilton and her friend Alex about Barking through the ages.
Voting was taken for the WI Christmas meal 2023 and it was decided that we will eat at The Railway Hotel, Hornchurch on Friday 1st December, Joanne will be taking deposits at our October meeting.
September Meeting
At our September meeting we will be having a local history talk by one of our members Sue Hamilton and her friend.
Meeting starts at 7pm start arriving from 6.30.
Summer Fair Valence House
On Saturday 26th August First Ladies had a tombola stall at the Valence House Summer Fair, we had plenty of ladies who volunteered to help on the stall and we sold out of items on the stall.
Thanks goes out to all those who assisted in the organisation and set up of this event.
Picnics
In August we all had the opportunity to attend 2 different picnics.
One hosted by First Ladies at Valence House on Saturday 5th August, due to the wet weather this was held in the building rather than the walled garden.
Second was on Sunday 13th and was a get together with First Ladies, East Edge Sisters and Forest Gate WIs.
Although I personally didn't attend either picnic I have heard that fun was had by all that did attend.
July - change to schedule
Hi, due to unforeseen circumstances Issac Harvey will not be joining us in July, but has been rescheduled for February instead.
For our July meeting the committee has planned 4 games to play over 4 tables, if you wish to change game you must change table.
June 2023
At our June meeting we will be having a short street dance demonstration by BYBD, then we will have some free time to chat and socialise
June meeting
PLEASE NOTE that June WI meeting is to be held on the 14th June not the 7th due to the blood bank being in the hall
One Borough Festival
First Ladies had a stall at the One Borough festival on Sunday 7th May 2023, thanks to those that visited and helped out on our stall on the day
May Meeting
We had our May Meeting where we presented St. Frances Hospice with the money raised for them.
We also had our annual meeting where Bonnie was voted as president for a second year and with Gill Cherry joining the committee and Dora Bowes stepping down from committee.
We celebrated King Charles III coronation with a bring and share. We finished with a quiz, thanks to Maureen Walker.
At our June meeting we will have a street dancing crew come in to give us a dance demonstration.
Our June meeting will be held on the 14th June as the blood bank are in the hall on the 7th.
May Meeting
At our may meeting we are having a bring and share with a quiz, once the business of the Annual Meeting is out of the way, we will also have a toast to the King on his upcoming Coronation.
Look forward to seeing you all there
The Committee
At our May meeting we will be having our Annual Meeting where we will vote in a new committee, to reduce time the committee will be emailing out their reports, there will be paper copies on the night, please keep an eye out for these emails.
We will also be voting for a new charity to support in the upcoming year, if you are not at the meeting you will not be able to vote.
The choices will be between:
We Rise - a local charity that supports women and families in domestic abuse situations,
Make Your Mark - a local charity that creates that supports positive change for local children and young families,
King George and Queens hospital charity - a local charity that covers so much that is not supplied by the NHS.
All 3 charities have recently spoken in our March and April meetings.
Think about what charity you would like to support in the upcoming year.
April 2023 meeting
We had our April meeting last Wednesday and a busy night it was too. Our speaker was Torren from the King George and Queen's hospital charity and he spoke passionately and knowledgably about all the good work they do.Members bought in prizes for our stall for the spring group meeting being hosted by Harold Wood Evening.
April and May upcoming meetings
Hi one and all, in April we have the hospital trust coming to talk to us and we are asking for prizes for the tombola at the spring group meeting.
In May we have our annual meeting where we are looking for new members to join the committee, especially a new secretary. We will also be toasting the King's coronation and will have a bring and share food with a quiz.
Look forward to seeing you there
Bonnie
March Meeting - Spring has sprung
The 1st of March was our 3rd meeting this year and we invited three local charities to speak about the work they do.
Firstly Steve Fletcher spoke for The Source who support local people out of hopelessness, homelessness, disadvantage and isolation.
Next was Katherine Acevedo who spoke about the work of We Rise, which supports families in domestic abuse situations.
Lastly Bobbie Jo Muir spoke for @makeyourmarkbd who create positive change for local children and young people.
All spoke eloquently and with passion about their very worthwhile charities.
Had a great February meeting with our charity auction for St. Francis Hospice, was nice to see lots of donations. Our March meeting we will have charities coming in to talk about the work that they do. Our Annual meeting is coming up in May and we are looking for new ladies to join us on the committee, especially a new secretary and IT person, if you want to join the committee just speak to a member of the current committee please.
Happy New Year to all our members and friends
We opened 2023 with a bang from High Voltage big band, which was open to visitors. We all sung along to well known songs and had fun, there was an large raffle thanks to Maureen.
Our next meeting is on 1st February which will be a charity auction if you have anything you want to sell for St. Francis Hospice please bring it along.
Bonnie
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