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Fantastic day for the Jigsaw Race at Eastham Rake organised by the Leisure For Pleasure Team. 1st Place – Hasbridge (a mixed team of Haslington WI and Handbridge WI finishing at 71 minutes, 2nd Place The Terrible Trio – another…

We really did have an amazing day in Chester with three brilliant speakers – *Mary Lamb and Sheldon about her Three Peak Challenge, *Paul Mealor Welsh Composer and *Nicki Chapman TV and Radio presenter (amongst other things) plus over 700…

Following on from the Green Dot Day workshop on air source heat pumps in March by Sue Bentley, the people who attended on the day were invited to a private visit to Bluebell Cottage Gardens for a talk by the…

Today is World Rivers Day. The day recognises the importance of rivers and their role in ecosystems, agriculture, and industry. It also promotes public awareness and participation in efforts to protect waterways worldwide. It’s also the NFWI Week of River…

Well that’s a wrap. Our pop up art gallery has closed but what a success it’s been. Our Cheshire Federation of WIs members have done us proud. The feedback has been wonderful from our members and visitors. It was a…

A wonderful few hours in Stockport for our ‘Monopoly’ event with over one hundred members from across the Cheshire Federation of WIs in 21 teams racing around the town. Members started and ended at The Plaza Theatre where we were…

Another fabulous year at the Royal Cheshire County Show. We would like to thank all our members for their contribution. A full write up will be in the Cheshire News Trophy Prize Giving ROYAL CHESHIRE COUNTY SHOW 2024 CHESHIRE FEDERATION…

This year’s CFWI’s Autumn meeting was at The Storyhouse, Chester. It took many months of planning, speaker changes and worries about footfall and venue availability but as a Federation we were delighted that the event went off so beautifully. This…

The Federation Darts Final was held at Winnington on March 10th. There were some very close matches and the semifinalists were Hale WI, Pickmere WI, Huntington WI and Winwick WI with Huntington going on to win the trophy and Winwick…

What a fantastic event.  Hope you enjoy looking at the amazing entries and a very small proportion of the people who made it happen. Thank you so much to the Cheshire Show Committee, all the sub committees, the volunteers across…

Here are some reflective notes about the event from one of our members in the Federation.  It was a fantastic experience sharing the day with so many women with one thing in common – The WI Our WI is part…

    CHESHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES   MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING   The Woodford Centre, Chester Road, Woodford SK7 1PS Saturday 19th March 2022   Before the meeting started, Members were advised of the usual safety notices…

We are delighted to post the October Cheshire News featuring all the news from across the Federation including the Cheshire Virtual Fun Show. Why not take a seat with a nice warm drink and have a read. The Trustees have…

On Wednesday the 16th September we had the pleasure in welcoming Elizabeth Gowing speaking to us direct from Kosovo. Elizabeth is a trained teacher and a travel writer. She has written 5 travel books, 4 about Kosovo and in 2016…

      On Friday 25th October 2019 – 52 members travelled to Denman for a weekend of learning, fun and relaxation. After settling into their room tea and cake was the introduction to the delicious food enjoyed throughout the…

Chester Cathedral Community Cross and WI plaque                                   These pictures show the Community Cross on display in Chester cathedral. Patricia Faraday, Hough WI who…