16th June: The Wilding Festival Make a Modern Suffragette Hat

No one went out without a hat in the 1900s including the suffragettes. Even chaining herself to the railings, every woman wore a hat.

Member Helena will be running a workshop to help you make a modern day suffragette hat using every day materials, as part of the Wilding festival this weekend. 

When? Sunday 16th June at 4pm to 6pm

Where? Lower Vestry Hall, St George's Bloomsbury, WC1A 2HR

Cost? £5.00

There are a limited number of places, if you are interested you can book your tickets on the Wilding Festival website.

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Aromatherapy Meeting, April 21st!

Hello!

This month we'll be given a talk/session tited AROMATHERAPY, A - Z - safe applications of essential oils by Anna Cox, an holistic complementary therapist based in Herne Hill, SE London, who has been giving treatments for the past 13 years from her home practice. Anna has vast experience and expertise in many complementary therapies including Aromatherapy. She makes her own natural products such as creams, lotions, ointments, shampoo and conditioners using a variety of therapeutic ingredients including essential and vegetable oils, sea weed, aloe vera, clay and pure salt. She also adds flower essences where appropriate.

It will be an interactive talk , therefore be prepared to experience some of the pleasures of Aromatherapy. Notes will be provided. Questions at the end.

Anna will bring some of her products with her in case anyone wants to stock up. Prices start from £12ish. And if anyone decides they want a treatment with her the number 68 Bus from Holborn will take you close to where she practises in Herne Hill.

Just a reminder - Membership dues are due this month - £29 pounds for anyone who's not yet paid up. Next month we'll be hearing from the ladies who run Persephone Press. Looking forward to seeing you all!

November Meeting

Hello! Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, the 20th November, from 6.30 to 8.30pm at our new location in the Upper Vestry Hall at the back of St George's Church on Little Russell Street London WC1. The nearest tube stations are Holborn and Tottenham Court Road. Alternatively, you can take the 1,8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, 242 buses.

This meeting is in two parts, the Annual General Meeting followed by an Art Workshop

In order for our Women's Institute to continue we need to elect a Committee of at least 3, and a President, Secretary and Treasurer. You, the members, elect the Committee and the President directly at this meeting so you have to be there in person! There is no postal or proxy voting.

We are asking for nominations for President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee members. Kate and Anni, the current President and Secretary are not standing for re-election due to family care issues so please step forward. You can nominate yourself or nominate someone else as long as they are willing to stand.

Nominations can be sent to Kate Matheson at londonwestendwi@googlemail.com

It could be your name on the ballot slip!

Our own member Helena Roden will be running the art workship. We will be starting to design a large window panel for the Dragon Hall, our previous meeting place. Please bring a picture or photograph about Women, having fun, being in an institute, doing anything that a modern woman does. The wilder the better!

We look forward to seeing you all on the 20th!