Virtual Meeting – Jackie Bell – 10th February 2021
On Wednesday the 10th February at 7pm for a 7.30 start we had the pleasure in welcoming Dr Jackie Bell a Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College London and Honorary Fellow of the University of Liverpool Mathematics Department. Having always…
Virtual Talk – Jacqui Felix-Mitchell – 28th January 2021
On Thursday the 28th January at 7pm for a 7.30pm start we had the pleasure in welcoming Jacqui Felix- Mitchell – Member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and RHS Garden Design Consultancy. Thank you to the 375 members who…
Virtual Meeting – Julia Fawcett – 17th December 2020
We were delighted to be able to welcome Julia Fawcett, CEO of The Lowry Theatre to speak to us in December. The Lowry, is the ‘go to’ theatre for many members of the Cheshire Federation. It is one of the…
Virtual Christmas Celebration – 22nd December 2020
Helen is a member of Cale Green WI, Stockport, Cheshire Federation On Tuesday the 22nd December Cheshire Federation Trustees we had the pleasure of inviting members to a Christmas Celebration for a musical evening of much needed Christmas merriment with…
Virtual Meeting – Elizabeth Gowing – 16thSeptember 2020
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…
Virtual Talk – Stacey Copeland – 17th August 2020
On Monday we had the pleasure to hear Stacey Copeland speak to us. What a breath of fresh air she was. As a child she has no interest in playing with “that thing with elastic bands” and loved to play…
Virtual Meeting – Millys Shoes – 21st July 2020
Last night we had the privilege of inviting Emily from Milly J Shoes, Norwich to give her talk ‘Walk in Your Own Shoes’ to over 150 ladies for our final Federation virtual event of July. Emily was abandoned on a…
Annual Council Meeting – Tuesday 10th March 2020 – Winsford Academy
Jean Harding, Federation Chairman welcomed WI members to Winsford Academy and the members sang Jerusalem accompanied by Hilary Totten, Comberbach WI, who played the piano splendidly. Neighbouring Federation Guests from Clwyd-Denbigh, Shropshire and Staffordshire were welcomed alongside Chris Bailey, Margery…
Bowls Final – 9th September 2019
The 9th September was a very wet and chilly morning but all the ladies turned up. The quarter finals were played in the rain but no one complained!! By the time we came to the semi finals and final the rain…
‘THE TIME IS NOW’ LOBBY 26TH JUNE 2019
Cheshire Federation was well represented at the Climate Change Lobby ‘The Time is Now‘ held at Westminster on Wednesday 26th June from 1pm to 4.30pm to draw the attention of MPs to the problems of pollution and climate change and…
Annual Meeting 5th June 2019 – Bournemouth
Cheshire Federation was very well represented at the 2019 NFWI Annual Meeting in Bournemouth on Wednesday 5th June at Bournemouth International Centre when they heard the Rt Hon Lord Bradley of Withington give an update on the Care Not Custody…
Huxley Cup
Huxley Cup 2019 Competitors had a wonderful time at the Huxley Cup competition this year. The winner, Sue Macleod-Nice from Westham Evening WI, East Sussex Federation! In second place was Hazel Bentley from Kent – East Kent Federation, and third…