5 January: Coffee and Craft Morning 10.00-12.00 at the Saffron Walden Community Link. Bring your favourite craft or current project, or just come for a coffee and a chat.
8 January: Monthly Meeting 7.30pm for a 7.45 start. Please note this meeting has been CANCELLED due to the severe weather warning in place for 8 January.
19th and 27th January: Coffee Mornings Claire K has kindly agreed to host a “getting to know you” coffee morning at her house so that longer serving members and new additions can meet and get to know each other. There will be a raffle for The Alms Houses refurbishment. There will be a sign up board for this.
Please see below for other important events/activities around our community
Other Events/Activities of Note
Next Year’s Resolutions – please read these in WI Life, we will need to vote on these on 8th January. This year’s resolutions are: Accessible public toilet facilities to promote dignity, health and social inclusion; Action on women’s homelessness; Every child needs a friend; Nearer to Nature and Love your Vulva, a campaign to raise awareness of vulval cancer
Tuesday 10th February – a repeat of our Chocolate and Bottle Tombola that did so well last year. This will be held in the Community Link from 10.30 till noon, and money raised will go to the Alms Houses refurbishment. We will be collecting bottles in January, so set aside any unwanted Christmas gifts!
Wednesday 11th February – a trip to The Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds to see a matinee performance of The Glitch, The True Story of the Post Office Scandal. Tickets around £26. Lifts can be arranged and a sign up board will be at the next meeting. This trip is open to family and friends.
Monday 23rd February – a guided tour of The Guildhall Art Gallery in London at 11.00. This trip is also open to family and friends.
Have you tried using the WI Learning Hub which has replaced Denman? Have a look – learninghub.thewi.org.uk. You can log in with the email you used to join Gibson WI – you will be asked to set a password. There are courses on history, crafts, languages, IT and finance among others. This is a fabulous resource, free to WI members and many courses are recorded so you can do them in your own time.
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