Support the Clean River Campaign!

The Clean Mersey Campaign are working to get bathing water status for New Brighton Beach, which is on the River Mersey. As part of their application they need to count bathers using the beach. We need volunteers from Cheshire WIs to help count people, during the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd June. All you need to do is stand at a point on the beach and count off the people going into the water. Also, as people leave the beach we need to direct them to a nearby QR code to do a short online survey which will also support the application.

Can you help? The more people we get the better, we would like shifts of no more than two hours if possible. Come with a group from your WI and have a nice fish and chip lunch after your shift!

Please email [email protected] if you can help. No previous experience of counting people is necessary.

On Wednesday 24th January 2024 – International Day of Education – NFWI celebrated this special date by officially opening the new WI Learning Hub. This was an exciting new initiative following the sale of Denman College some years ago. Your very own learning journey can start now online with the WI. It is never too late to broaden your mind and horizons, to learn something different or to develop a new skill. Are you ready to fill your own free time with endless new interests and learning opportunities, to pursue your passion or academic goals and to reach your full potential? You might even surprise yourself or others in the months ahead with your expertise and hidden talents!

See what is on offer and take full advantage of your WI membership. If you subscribe to the NFWI Learning Hub Newsletter, you will receive full details of a wide range of online courses, which are live or readily accessible anytime. In addition, there are study and training opportunities, projects and activities relating to the WI and NFWI. Members now have the freedom and control to learn something new, regardless of age, income, geographical location or accessibility requirements. Discovering a new hobby or skill under expert guidance could help some members to release stress, improve their mental health and develop confidence and independence. Change really can happen!

Could you yourself offer to invite another WI member, who does not have access to a smart phone, tablet or computer to join you at home or elsewhere to take advantage of this excellent new learning possibility and to try something entirely different? There will be an exciting variety of free choices, together with other options incurring a charge in the year ahead. Enjoy what is on offer to us all and be part of this exciting new venture!

Are you ready to learn and to grow together in the NFWI Learning Hub? Do spread the word amongst your own WI members and friends! Your own learning journey starts here!

To sign in to the Learning Hub for the first time, select a course and confirm. Then enter your email address, as registered on the NFWI MCS - Membership Communication System. This will recognise you and remove the course fee during the booking process.

Good Luck! Sybil Graham

February 24 - Speakers Handbook Updated - Take a look at our Documents where you will see our new revamped Speakers Handbook which will be regularly updated as new speakers are added. We are asking for feedback from our members if you particularly liked a speaker or they didn't come up to scratch. We would really like to know.

Are you wanting to join the WI but you are finding getting to a face to face meeting difficult due to caring responsibilities, a disability, there isn't one near you, you live abroad, your work takes you away from home - the reasons are countless but Cheshire Federation can offer you an alternative. Cheshire Wheatsheaves started just over a year ago as a virtual alternative. Members meet once a month on the third Monday, have access to virtual and face to face Group and Federation meetings, offer great speakers, campaigning opportunities and on line activities. All the benefits of a WI from the comfort of your own home.

Sounds like something you would be interested in? Why not contact [email protected] to find our more.

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Our Supporter options give you the opportunity to support our causes and campaigns, and be kept in the loop about all things WI. The WI has so many causes to be proud of and worthy of support. This will give more women a voice to campaign on issues that matter to them.