Open House 21st-22nd September 2013: Round-up

We had a marvellous weekend at St George's selling our home made cakes, jams and chutneys. I  even had a bash at baking and to my clueless baker surprise I managed to bake 3 dark chocolate tarts (I blame GBBO fever)! It was great to meet lots of interesting people and some prospective new members over the weekend!

Our lovely cake stall at St George's!

Some images from St George's Open House London 2013

If you are interested in joining the London West End WI or finding out more about what we do, send us an e-mail on londonwestendwi@gmail.com .

Kieren London West End Women's Institute, Secretary

September Meet: Round-Up

In our September meeting a lovely bunch of ladies braved the miserable weather and contributed to our interesting discussion on Campaigning. Jenny, committee member led the meeting where we discussed campaigning and our WI.

Following the meeting the lovely ladies threw me a belated micro hen do and presented me with a delicious fruit cake!

If you are interested in campaigning, joining the London West End WI or finding out more about what we do, send us an e-mail on londonwestendwi@gmail.com .

Kieren,
London West End WI Secretary

Open House 21st-22nd September 2013

As part of Open House we will be selling London West End WI baked treats from our home, St George's.

St George's, Bloomsbury

If you are interested in joining or finding out more about the LWEWI feel free to come and have a nice chat and a piece of cake with us to find out more, or send us an e-mail on londonwestendwi@gmail.com .

Kieren, London West End Secretary

17th September Meet: Campaigning

Are you interested in learning more about the WI Campaigns? They are many and varied and offer an opportunity to get involved in something you believe in and would like to support in a practical way. Come along to our meeting on Tuesday 17th September for a chance to find out more and help us decide which campaigns we should support.

Where? We will be meeting at our usual home of St George's, Bloomsbury. Upper Vestry Room, St George's Bloomsbury, 6 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HR. Doors open at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start.

Please bring along refreshments to share with the group, (they don’t have to be home made!)

The meeting will be free for LWEWI members and £3 for guests. If you would like to come along to the next meeting then email us at londonwestendwi@gmail.com.

See you there!
Kieren
London West End Women's Institute Secretary

Open House 22nd-23rd September 2012

Open House is the annual opportunity to discover and find out more about unique spaces and buildings within London, this weekend Open House is at our home, St George's which is regarded for its majestic portico and stepped tower with lion and unicorn sculptures. You will find us selling home made refreshments on both Saturday and Sunday, we'd love to see you there!

St George's, Bloomsbury source

If you are interested in joining or finding out more about the LWEWI feel free to come and have a nice chat and a piece of cake with us to find out more, or send us an e-mail on londonwestendwi@gmail.com .

Kieren, London West End Secretary

September meet: quick round up

For our September meeting we were extremely lucky to have a talk from Geraldine Beskin from Atlantis Bookshop. Geraldine is an excellent speaker and I recommend that you pop into Atlantis Bookshop on Museum street.

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If you are interested in joining the London West End WI or finding out more about what we do send us an e-mail on londonwestendwi@gmail.com .

Kieren, London West End Secretary

18th September meet: Geraldine Beskin

Established in 1922 Atlantis Bookshop is the oldest independent Occult bookseller in the world

Geraldine Beskin from Atlantis Bookshop will give a talk on Women of the Golden Dawn.  The Golden Dawn was a magical order established in Bloomsbury in 1888, Geraldine Beskin is an expert on the Occult World and along with her daughter is co-owner of Atlantis Bookshop in Bloomsbury www.theatlantisbookshop.com We will be at our usual home of Upper Vestry Hall at St.George's Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury Way). Use the rear entrance to the church on Little Russell street between Museum St & Bury Place. Look for the iron railings & gate.  Guests very welcome if you would like to come try us out!  6.30-8.30pm, doors open from 6pm.  Guests pay £3. Kieren London West End WI Secretary

September Update

We have a new home! Now that we've had a chance to try out our proposed new venue - The Upper Vestry Room at St Georges Bloomsbury, we've taken a vote and it has been agreed upon that we will move there permanently. We also decided to make this month's meeting a Planning Session to cover the next year or so, deciding who does what jobs, what speakers we'll invite, how we recruit new members and so on. So please come along with lots of bright ideas! And lets hear it for Viv who can play the piano at the more musical events we've planned, starting with a Christmas singalong.

Unfortunately, the fair we signed up for in September has been cancelled. There's going to be a Bloomsbury Festival over the weekend of 19-21st October sponsored by Allied London and we've also been asked if we would like a stall at Queens Square Book Fair on 20th October, which would cost £40. Let's discuss the whole "Fair thing" as part of the planning session. Some questions to consider could included: do we have to make cakes or could we sell something else? Is there another way we can fund raise ? How much are we prepared to pay for a stall?

Fancy Yourself as a Brown Owl? Dragon Hall are starting a Brownie Pack for local girls aged 7-11 , and they are looking for a leader. Full training and on-going support will be given and this could lead to a formal volunteering qualification. This is a great idea, much needed in the local community so if you could find time to get involved please contact Helen at Dragon Hall helen@dragonhall.org.uk . Even if you don't fancy leading, it would be worth asking Helen if there were another way to get involved.

St George's needs volunteers too! The church has been magnificently restored recently and now has one of the most beautiful Hawksmoor interiors in the country. Consequently, lots more people want to see it and the church is now in need of volunteers to greet them and make sure they get the most from their visit. Enthusiasm and the ability to communicate with members of the general public are more important than the ability and experience and people from all religious faiths (or none) are welcome. If you have any spare time and would like to get involved, please contact Alexandra Talisadoras 020 7242 1373, or email at stgbalex@hotmail.com .

Anyone feeling artistic? Dragon Hall has asked if we would like to design a Perspex panel. We are assured it will look like a stained glass window for the entrance of their building. Any Ideas?

As always, we meet every third Tuesday of the Month from 6pm. Here's a list of our upcoming meetings.

16th October - "From Notebook to Screen" : How TV Programmes are Made

20th November - AGM & craft evening

18th December - Christmas singalong

15th January - The Blitz in the West End

hope to see you all soon!