Campaigns

The WI has a long history of campaigning, and here at LWEWI we like to do our bit.  We'll keep you posted with campaigns we're involved in - below are some links to useful pages, and information about what we've been doing.

National Federation of Women's Institutes Campaigns: http://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/current-campaigns-and-initiatives
Find out lots of information here about current and past WI campaigns, and the annual resolution process.

Save Soho: http://savesoho.com/
LWEWI has supported this campaign, and wrote to Westminster Council in February 2015 to show our support

No More Page 3: http://nomorepage3.org/
In November 2013 Stephanie Davis from No More Page 3 talked to us about this campaign, and we were happy to sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/david-dinsmore-take-the-bare-boobs-out-of-the-sun-nomorepage3

Beanstalk: http://www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/schools
Beanstalk support children's literacy, and our former committee member Jenny is one of their volunteers. In June 2014 Harriet Watson spoke to us about their work.

Women at the Well: http://www.watw.org.uk/
We have supported this group for a long time, and two of our members, Jane and Denise, are active volunteers at the Well.