This sub-committee is home to the WI Advisers in the Federation. In common with members of all committees, WI Advisers are volunteers who enjoy putting something back in to an organisation from which they have received so much.  Unlike the other sub-committees, our members are not elected. Observers, interested to discover more about the way WI functions, are always welcome. We meets 8 times a year, usually on the first Tuesday of the month at the Federation’s Office in Ethel Hunt Lodge, Maidstone Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells.

WI Advisers, trained by the National Federation, are there to help the WIs. Each WI Adviser is attached to a number of districts; she attends district and WI events when invited, organises committee and officer training if requested, and holds information meetings for new members. She keeps a watchful eye on her WIs and is there as a listening ear when needed.

Resolution Briefing Meetings are held in April and come under our remit. These are regarded as very important meetings as it is the movement’s work on public affairs mandates that differentiates it from most other women’s organisations.

Welcome

The West Kent Federation extends a very warm welcome to all our new WIs.   We wish you a long, happy and fulfilling time with West Kent and look forward to meeting you at District and Federation events in the future.

URGENT
We are looking for members to train as WI Advisers.  If any of you are interested please come along to one of our committee meetings at EHL as an observer.  See WKN for more details and either contact Maggie Vidgen or the Federation office should you like some more information

Resolutions for 2012 Annual General Meeting

For the full notes for the 2012 AGM Resolutions  click here

If you have a burning desire for a Resolution for 2013 then please contact Mrs Rosemary Pearson, our Resolutions Adviser, her details are in WKN and she will be very willing to help you formulate your Resolution.  Your Secretary will have all the dates to hand.  Remember you must have the support of your own Institute before approaching Mrs Pearson for help.

SOS for Honey bees

After the recent government announcement on funding for pollinator health research, the NFWI Public Affairs Team has prepared some additional notes to support your resolution debates.

You can find the briefing on the campaigns ‘news and events’ page of the WI website at www.thewi.org.uk   or get a copy by calling the Public Affairs Team on 020 7371 9300.

Thought of a good topic for WI to consider then:
We have a Resolutions Adviser here in West Kent and I know she would be only too willing to be a sounding board for ideas and to advise on appropriate wording.  Her name is Rosemary Pearson and her details can be found in the "Who to Contact" column in WKN.

So get your thinking caps on and show what West Kent can do !
 

Your Membership Card is included in your membership booklet.  Do be careful not to throw this away as it may be asked for when attending WI events.

WI Handbook

If you would like an additional copy of the WI Handbook – A Guide to Running a WI, please send a cheque for £4.50 (made payable to NFWI) to Val Watson at the NFWI Unit, Denman College, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxon, OX13 6NW.
 

West kent WI Poster
You can download and print extra copies from this link.  This a PDF file which when printed you could hand write information about your meeting.  It may take about 3 minutes to download on a dial up connection.
There is also an editable PDF format for you to enter your own WI's information before printing. 

N.B.  If you are using a Mac computer you may not be able to download this poster.  If so then please send an email request to publicity_officer@westkentwi.org.uk requesting a Mac format poster download.

If you are interested in finding out more about ORG or the work of the WI Advisers, then contact in any way listed on our Contacts page.

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