BroadheathRushwickWI

A fun and friendly daytime WI, we love to learn, laugh & to do great things. Officially the fastest growing WI out of 123 in Worcestershire, 2019!

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Stay hopeful. You have got many more happy days to look forward to

Image: @nikkimiles_

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

When some of our most senior members got together for the first time in a long time, their delight was palpable as they picked up on decades of friendship.

Happy International Friendship Day to WIs all across England and Wales.

#Funandfriendship #inspiringwomen #FriendshipDay

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

Chris Duffin, the first female governor at HMP Strangeways, gave our group a wonderful talk and highlighted this issue, imploring us to support calls for changes.

[Women in Prison @WIP_live]

🗞️70 organisations, Peers & campaigners across criminal justice, housing, mental health, domestic abuse & children's sectors signed a joint letter to the Justice Secretary calling on Govt to #Stopthe500 new women's prison places. @thesundaytimes story 👇
https://t.co/F8syNiJUuh

[Women's Institute @WomensInstitute]

How are you marking the Great Big Green Week this September? The UK's biggest week of climate action! 💚

https://t.co/Vid0CMaRRQ

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

@WorcsGiving @NMcGreenParty Did you know that community groups have been invited to appply for millions of trees through the Queen’s Jubilee tree project too?

[Ovarian Cancer Action @OvarianCancerUK]

🔉Good news! Yesterday The @WomensInstitute voted to pass its resolution: A call to increase awareness of the subtle signs of ovarian cancer. Thank you to the WI for supporting such important causes, your actions will transform lives today and for generations to come 💙

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

Publicity like this is priceless! 🤩
How to promote your vibrant, friendly WI:
💙Pick up and run with WI memos;
🌈 stage something in your community;
📸wear bright clothes and stage a photocall;
✏email a happy pic to local papers with one line or a story, ready to print.
💜💚

[WFWI @worcsfedwi]

Enjoy Cocktails & Canapés with the WI! #party #cocktails #nfwi #wfwi

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

Our President's garden party was the first face-to-face meeting for many of our members in such a long time and it was glorious (in spite of the downpour)! 🌈🌺

We left with smiles on our faces, joy in our hearts, cake in our tummies and serious garden envy. 🍰🌹🥰

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

This might not be Calendar Girls but some of our members posed for a socially distanced snap with our roadside tribute to #NHS at the weekend.

We'll seize any excuse to meet up these days!

#ThankYouDay #ThankYouNHS
@WorcsAcuteNHS @worcsfedwi @MalvernGazette @WILifemagazine

[Rachael Hodgetts @RachaelHodgetts]

He said that I should have a WI-free weekend, so we headed out to #WitleyCourt ... 😊

#EnglishHeritage #womensinstitute #thewi #WILife
@worcsfedwi @BheathRwickWI #photoopportunity

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

We enjoyed a fabulous talk today by Sarah Slater, a Guest Lecturer from Hampton Court Palace, on 'Walking with the Ghosts'. Laced with a healthy dose of Spectre-cism (if that's a word), she was FRIGHTfully entertaining., very much live and in costume over Zoom! Great value!

[DCFWI @DurhamCountyWI]

Let's change the stereotype in the Police force says Dame Cressida Dick. Let us change the stereotype of the WI.
#WI_AM21

[DCFWI @DurhamCountyWI]

We can all make a difference
the WI Inspiring Women.
"No more violence against women"
#wi_am21

[Rachael Hodgetts @RachaelHodgetts]

Such a touching and relatable personal talk from the Countess of Wessex at #WI_AM21. Mothers are amazing! 💚💜🤍

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

Our members made it on to the @WomensInstitute pages of @craftbeautiful two months running! Well done Jackie.

[Women's Institute @WomensInstitute]

The WI column in the #Christmas special of @craftsbeautiful magazine includes lots of fabulous projects by members of Harwell WI, Sherriffhales WI, North Somercotes WI, Bowes Belles WI, @BheathRwickWI, @brighton_belles, Meads WI, Christchurch Belles WI and @stmarysWI! 🧶🧵

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

@brentwoodbelles @WomensInstitute @WILifemagazine @worcsfedwi @NHSOrganDonor Thank you. She really was and a big fan of #showthelove, so the green heart is perfect.

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

In 2017 our dear, caring, vibrant president Jean died suddenly, decades too soon. As a former Community Nurse, she wanted her organs to benefit others, and the lives of nine people have been transformed thanks to her. Her legacy lives on in them and in our WI. #OrganDonationWeek

[BroadheathRushwickWI @BheathRwickWI]

Cake and cocktails? Count us in! 🥮🍸🎉
#WIDay