Kind offer from East End WI
As a fellow WI member (East End WI) I wanted to pass on some details about a free event we are organising which I think your members might be interested in. All the lectures in this lecture series are free and open to all and it is a quality line up of speakers and events. Not often you get things like this for free in London!
I have pasted in some text below which should give people all the information they need and I hope you would be happy to forward this on to your members. Tickets are available online right now. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions!
LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Crossing Borders, Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 February 2011
Tickets are now available for the LSE Literary Festival 2011: Crossing Borders, which will be taking place from Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 February. The programme of events is designed to cross disciplinary, international and metaphorical borders, exploring the interaction between the arts and social sciences. All events are free and open to all, but a ticket must be booked online.
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/spaceForThought/LiteraryFestival2011/Home.aspx
Speakers at the Festival include sci-fi author Ken McLeod, legendary actor Ron Moody, cartoonist Steve Bell, historian Laurence Rees and journalist Jill McGivering as well as award-winning and best-selling writers Blake Morrison, John Gray, Lionel Shriver, Elif Shafak and Geoff Dyer and former poet-laureate Andrew Motion.
This event was made possible by the support of the LSE Annual Fund, Garanti Bank and Michael Uva.
Ticket Information: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/spaceForThought/LiteraryFestival2011/TicketInfo rmation.aspx
Best wishes Veronika
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Another music concert we have been emailed about
Just wanted to let all music lovers know about a fantastic concert
http://www.msf.org.uk/events.aspx
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Yazmin from Bake With Me wants to come to the Feb meeting to talk about Bake with me.
This year we are hoping to launch a new nationwide fundraising event called Bake with Me and I wondered if I could come along to your next Women's Institute meeting and maybe speak to a small group of approx 8 people to ask their opinions on our new event?
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Go to a not to be broadcast tv pilot in Chelsea on Monday 21st Feb
Well known TV production company are making a not-for-broadcast television pilot about Life Coaches where top Motivational Experts mentor undiscovered talent in the industry.
On Monday 21 February there will be an exciting motivational session taking place, led by the experts and the up and coming professionals. We are looking for people who would be interested in coming along to be part of the audience and get inspired!
The filming will take place in Chelsea, in London, between 11:45 and 1:15pm.
As we do have a limited number of places for this exclusive event anyone interested in coming along needs to email mia.lane@endemoluk.com for a place on the guest list and the details of the location.
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Our Save Our Forests campaign is creating a national sensation! We now have nearly half a million signatures on our petition -- that's more than the population of Liverpool. [1]
That’s because we understand something the government doesn’t: our natural forests are priceless, and once they’re gone - they’re gone forever.
Our campaign is already all over the news and politicians are getting increasingly nervous. That’s why the most important thing we can do right now is spread the word and ensure our petition continues to grow as quickly as possible. [2]
Please forward this email to your friends and ask them to sign. All they have to do is click on the link and add their names:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
Government ministers are trying to distract us with warm and fuzzy words about how much they love the forests. They've announced a "consultation" on how we'd like our forests sold off - even though they already know most of us don't want them sold off at all!
Even before this so-called consultation finishes they're busy trying to change the laws that currently protect public forests. This is blatantly clearing the way for a massive sell-off. What kind of consultation is that?
Don’t let them get away with it - tell everyone you know about our campaign right now.
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
If they want a consultation, here it is: 38 Degrees members chipped in to fund a national opinion poll which proved that 84% of the public want our forests kept in public hands for future generations.
Places like the Forest of Dean, the New Forest, Grizedale, Thetford, and Alice Holt are national treasures. We don’t want the natural places that belong to future generations flogged off for a quick cash grab today. But if we don’t rally together now, we may not have a choice.
Our petition already has over 470,000 names on it, including yours. Can you help us get to 500,000? Please forward this email and ask your friends to add their name:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests
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This month’s body confidence message (We had a most interesting debate last summer about Body Image and its presentation in the media and we have a campaigning committee who are passionate about this subject.)
From now on, every month we’ll be sharing a body confidence message in this newsletter – sent in by you, our supporters. This could be a top tip for feeling good about yourself, an experience you’d like to share or an interesting fact.
To get the ball rolling, this month’s message comes from Lynn Crilly:
“Learning to like and accept yourself for who you are and not who you think you should be will give you an inner strength, enabling you to follow your dreams and aspirations to the best of your ability"
Want to see your message in next month’s newsletter? Send your thoughts to info@bodyconfidence.org.uk
The Centre for Appearance Research joins the Campaign for Body Confidence
We are very pleased to welcome the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) to the Campaign’s steering group! CAR is based at the University of the West of England, Bristol, focusing on psychological and interdisciplinary research into appearance, disfigurement and body image.
At present CAR are working with our campaign partners Central YMCA on a study into the impact of airbrushing and labelling on body image – watch this space for their findings!
For more info on CAR’s work, see their website – www.hls.uwe.ac.uk/research/car
Endangered Species unveils ad campaign
Susie Orbach’s Endangered Species London summit is coming to the Southbank Centre on March 4th. It will be accompanied by events around the world celebrating body diversity and challenging the culture that teaches women and girls to dislike their own bodies.
To launch the summit, Endangered Species invited advertising and creative agencies from around the UK to submit ideas for its billboard campaign. The winning entry, by Manchester’s Red C agency, has just been unveiled and you can look out for it at 11 sites across the capital over the next month. You can also see it here - www.endangeredspecieswomen.org.uk/media
For more info about Endangered Species see the website - www.endangeredspecieswomen.org.uk
All Walks present ‘Snapped’ at the National Portrait Gallery
All Walks Beyond the Catwalk are celebrating fashion, beauty and diversity at the National Portrait Gallery this Friday, 11th February. From 6-10pm All Walks will be curating an evening of exciting events surrounding the question, ‘has fashion become the lens by which we evaluate identity today?’.
All Walks will be taking participants on a photographic trail through nine new Rankin portraits created by AW and major fashion designers (including Stella McCartney and Vivienne Westwood) using a diversity of models. There will also be life drawing and fashion illustration masterclasses, casting for a live portrait shoot, interactive artworks by Josephine Chime and a debate between Lorraine Candy (Editor, Elle), Lynne Featherstone (Minister for Equalities), Linda Papadopoulos (psychologist) and Erin O’Connor (model and co-founder, AW).
The event is free and all are welcome to attend – see attached flyer and for more information visit - www.npg.org.uk/whatson/late-shift/late-shift-extra-snapped
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image
As part of the Campaign for Body Confidence, in the next few months we will be establishing a cross-party interest group for MPs on Body Image – known as an All -Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The APPG on Body Image will build support across all the political parties for the body confidence agenda and as a future project may conduct an inquiry into the causes, consequences and possible solutions in combating body image anxiety.
A number of MPs have already said that they would like to play an active role in the group – including Jo Swinson, Caroline Nokes and Mary Glindon. However, the more members the better, and we’d love to hear from your MP – so we’ve created an email for you to send to them telling them why the group is so important and inviting them to express their interest, which can be found at: http://campaignforbodyconfidence.wordpress.com/appg
Central YMCA will be providing the secretariat to the group and we hope to launch the APPG this spring - more news soon!
Central YMCA and University of Westminster team up to speak to young people about body image
Central YMCA and its operation Y Touring have secured funding to work with the University of Westminster to develop and evaluate ways of promoting body confidence in children and young people. The project will start in February, and will attempt to identify effective ways of engaging young people in discussion and debate about their body image in both schools and informal education.
Royal College of Psychiatrists Christmas debate
In December, Jo Swinson MP participated in the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Christmas debate, ‘are the media to blame for eating disorders?’ with two teams of psychiatrists, chaired by Dr Jim Bolton. The College told us that it was the best -attended debate they have held, well-represented and informative.
Jo set the scene by discussing how poor body image and low self-esteem contribute to eating disorders. Whilst both teams agreed about the negative effects of the bombardment of ‘perfect’ figures in media images, they acknowledged that the causes of eating disorders are more complex that one factor alone.
For more information on the work of the Royal College, visit – www.rcpsych.ac.uk
The podcast of the debate will available be on the CBC website soon.
Sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood review
Back in December, Childrens’ Minister Sarah Teather asked Reg Bailey from the Mothers’ Union to carry out an independent review on commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood, to address parents’ concerns about the pressures on children to grow up too quickly.
The consultation is now calling for the submission of evidence until March 18th 2011, and is expected to report back in May.
You can submit evidence to the consultation at the following website -
www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm? action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1749&external=no&menu=1
Get involved
· Forward this newsletter to a friend and ask them to sign up to the Campaign for Body Confidence.
· Spread the word by writing to your MP to tell her/him about the campaign and the Body Image APPG. Find out who your MP is, and write to them here - www.theyworkforyou.com – and our template letter about the Body Image APPG is here - http://campaignforbodyconfidence.wordpress.com/appg
· Have you found misleading and retouched advertisements? Make a complaint to the Advertising Standards Association. If you find an advertisement that has clearly been digitally altered to an extent that distorts people’s perception of bodies – log a complaint on the ASA’s website - www.asa.org.uk/Complaints-and-ASA -action/How-to-complain
· Perhaps you’ve got questions, suggestions or a body confidence message to share with us? Email info@bodyconfidence.org.uk – we’d really like to hear from you.
That's all for this month!
Best wishes,
Campaign for Body Confidence
Pippa Page
info@campaignforbodyconfidence.org.uk
0207 219 8088 - 308 Portcullis House, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA
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We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in the Upper Vestry Room of St George's in Bloomsbury, entrance on Little Russell Street, at 6:30 PM. If you want to get in touch please email us at Londonwestendwi@gmail.com
Friday, 11 February 2011
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Dates for the Diary - Feb 2011
WI Dates for the Diary - Feb 2011
Food Hygiene Course - Saturday 5th Feb
Final few days to sign up for the Food Hygiene course which is being run in Covent Garden.
Please pay via paypal link at the bottom of the blogspot
If you took the course the last time we ran it, please be aware that your certificate is valid for 3 years only and so runs out in 2011.
If you have any queries please do get in touch
Course fees are £25 which is less than the price of taking the course online and half the price of the taking the course in person at another establishment. (We, LWWI, are supplementing the full course fees for all attendees.)
Jam & Marmalade Workshop - postponed for a few weeks
Due to a lower than expected uptake on the food hygiene course, and because we need a certain number of qualified food safety people at the jam workshop as we hope to sell some of what is made, we are going to have to postpone the course for a few weeks until we get back results for some attendees.
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience of rescheduling.
Please check your email if you indicated you wish to attend or check the blog/website for the new rearranged date.
If you hope to sell preserves or cakes on behalf of the WI please do consider attending the Food Hygiene Course.
February London West End WI Meeting - Feb 15th
The February guest for our WI meeting will be Marietta from Transition Towns.
Please check out their website http://www.transitionnetwork.org/
Sewing Group as usual will be meeting Tuesday March 1st at Seven Dials.
Please do come along, all welcome.
March London West End WI meeting - Tuesday March 15th
We are going over to the Cartoon Museum just down the street from where we normally meet.
Please check out their website http://cartoonmuseum.org/
LWWI Website
Our website is progressing quite beautifully. Please do check it out.
Twitter
We seem to be gaining additional followers via twitter, Thanks so much to Vanessa who is our main new media updater and quite possibly thanks also to Professor Butterworth who came in to see us in January who gave us a most insightful and enjoyable talk and then tweeted about us.
British Museum - Preview of Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World on Sunday 27th February 2011.
The BM have invited us to the Community Preview of Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World at the British Museum, on Sunday 27th February 2011. The exhibition preview will take place between 12 – 5pm (last entry will be at 4pm), and all community groups who wish to bring group members to view the exhibition are welcome.
Kite Making Activity – Great Court, 12 – 2pm
Take part in a creative kite making and decorating activity. Using traditional colours and Afghan patterns decorate your very own kite and explore the significance of this popular Afghani pastime.
Community Evening View
They will also be holding a Community Evening View of the exhibition in late May. Further details of this community view will be available nearer the time.
Please do let us know if you wish to attend the special preview by emailing us at londonwestendwi@gmail.com
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NON WI Related Events
NON WI Related Events
Free Tickets to Ideal Home Show for 21-27 March 2011. Available via http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/ then go to the booking section of the site and put in the code MOS11.
Apparently they are giving away 20,000 tickets but the weekend ones are already gone.
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Haringey Council - International Women’s Day - 12th March
Haringey Council are hosting an event on 12 March to coincide with International Women’s Day. They theme of the day is resourcefulness in the recession, and they have a number of organisations involved including financial services who will be advising delegates on budgeting and spending, and an organisation that will be hosting a clothes swap shop. The council have been in touch asking if any WI’s are interested in having a stall, or hosting a workshop, or both if you have the energy! They are expecting around 1,000 women to attend so it could be a good opportunity to recruit new members.
If you are interested in getting involved please contact:
ursula.stone@haringey.gov.uk
020 8489 2585
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Million Women Rise - March 5th
Shoreditch Sisters have been in touch as they will be attending the Million Women Rise march against violence against women on 5 March. If other WI’s are planning to attend and would like to join up with the Shoreditch Sisters please contact Shoreditch Sisters Secretary Caroline Brooks on brookscaroline79@gmail.com. We will be lending out the handful of WI placards we have here at head office for use at the march.
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Women Reaching Women Conference, 12th April
The conference is free and open to all members and representatives from international development and gender organisations will also be invited. We will send out a confirmed programme of the day in due course.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Best wishes,
Sara
Sara Mason
Campaigns and Administration Assistant
National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI)
104 New Kings Road, London SW6 4LY
T: 020 7371 9300,ext 211
F: 020 7736 3652
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Soil Association
Kathryn one of our members sent us the following which she thought some people might be interested in:
I've recently received a letter from Soil Association asking for support to stop the introduction of pig superfarms to the UK. Pigs are not meant to be confined indoors and keeping this many enclosed so tightly could have serious risk to local environment and human health. 60% of all anibiotics in farming are given to pigs. And they are the same as or closely related to those given to humans. There is reason to be concerned about the build up of antibiotic resistant genes. Then there will be the huge reservoirs of pig slurry etc.
Powerful libel lawyers are attempting to silence Soil Association, for raising their concerns.
If any of our members are interested in finding out more or lending their support they can go to www.soilassociation.org/notinmybanger.aspx
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EC4 choir concert - Barbican - Friday March 11th, 19.30
Susan Evans another our members has sent us the following information
EC4 choir and music are putting on a concert at the Barbican on Friday March 11th, 19.30 (see below for details). Ticket prices are £10, £20, £25, £35 but with a £5 reduction on any of these prices if you quote 'EC4 Music Offer'. All profits to the Prince's Trust. The last time we did this we raised thousands for the trust. Please tell your friends.
You can book direct with the Barbican online booking office or I can do a block booking.
The concert: Barbican Hall
Prokofiev Concerto No 3 in C major for Piano & Orchestra
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Duruflé Requiem, Op 9
EC4 Choir and Orchestra
Tim Crosley conductor
Olga Stezhko piano
Claire Seaton soprano
EC4 Music is delighted to return for its fifth fundraising concert in aid of The Prince's Trust with an evocative programme to stir the senses. Conductor Tim Crosley welcomes young Belarusan pianist Olga Stezhko for her debut Barbican performance with Prokofiev's wonderfully lyrical third Piano Concerto. We also hear Mussorgsky's ever-popular Pictures at an Exhibition and are treated to a performance of Duruflé's exquisite Requiem.
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Writing courses
New independent bookshop, cafe, and gallery Woolfson & Tay in Bermondsey Square, London SE1 offers an exciting series of writing and performance workshops for a creative start to 2011.
Woolfson & Tay Bookshop & Gallery, 12 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN www.woolfsonandtay.com Tel. 0207 407 9316
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Comedy, music and more - celebrating 100 years of International Women’s Day - KOKO, Camden, Tuesday 8th March 2011
We are producing a sparkling, innovative evening of entertainment featuring stand up, character, sketches, magic and music. This will take place on Tuesday 8th March International Women’s Day (IWD) at the well known entertainment venue, KOKO in London’s Camden Town, a mecca for music, fashion and comedy.
Funny Women has celebrated IWD with a comedy show for the last seven years. However, this year is the 100th Anniversary of the first ever IWD and this new variety event is the perfect way to mark the occasion and engage the next generation of British women to carry on the tradition of celebrating the day.
The 100thAnniversary of IWD is being celebrated all over the world and our event aims to make young British women more aware of their role in western society and recognise that not all women globally have the same freedom and opportunities that are open to us.
Awareness for IWD has grown in the UK since Funny Women started out in 2002, and there is now a wide range of activities being planned across the UK to celebrate IWD being organised by different groups and networks under the banner of the EQUALS? Campaign see http://www.weareequals.org/. Despite this, the day itself remains an enigma - it isn’t always a news item, there’s no public holiday and it’s not necessarily ‘cool’ or even part of the agenda for the next generation of young women.
Music and comedy are both brilliant mediums for communicating messages – from protest songs to subversive humour, they are a barometer of our culture that we can use to reflect how women’s lives have changed over the last 100 years.
So this show is a modern day ‘march’ on the perceptions of women. It begins with a live show which features female opinion formers and role models. We will invite acts to perform stand up, sketch, music, magic, song, dance and even a bit of drama as we tell a story of change – past, present and future.
Our target audience is broad but the event is aimed at 18 to 25 year olds who are not as aware as we would like them to be. The essence of our event is to make this the place to be on the 8th March – a true celebration in an accessible, fun environment with the message being delivered with a memorable performance.
If you would like to be involved we are looking for sponsorship to cover production costs and organisations and individuals to help us market the show and sell tickets. There is also a corporate entertainment opportunity if you would like to entertain your customers or clients. Please either give us a call or email us at womensday@funnywomen.com so that we can send you more information.
If you work with a charity or NGO and would like to be part of the ‘big picture’ please visit http://www.weareequals.org/ and join the big debate. We want to make sure that women’s voices are properly heard on this very special anniversary.
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1A Arts Course for parents and children.
1A ARTS etc is offering parents and children (aged 7+) another chance to unleash their inner animator and give the creators of Wallace and Gromit a run for their money! This 3 session course will brighten up boring weekends in March. All participants will take home a DVD of their animation brought to life with their own characters and story. Please see attached for details. Early booking is recommended! Please forward this to anyone you know who might be interested. If you would like hard copies of this publicity for your workplace please call or email me to let me know how many copies you would like.
Kind regards
Caroline Lister
Director
1A ARTS etc
The 1A Centre
1A Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4SR
Tel: 020 7837 3332 Mobile: 07870 197 834
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Student Volunteering Week 21st - 27th Feb.
Don't miss out! 21st - 27th February
Please do stay in touch via twitter, the blogspot and website if any of you have any news that you would like to share with us please do get in touch.
See you soon
LWWI Secretaries
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www.londonwestendwi.co.uk
1st Tuesday of the month Sewing Group at Seven Dials.
3rd Tuesday of the month WI meeting at Upper Vestry Hall, St. Georges, Little Russell Street, London, WC1
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Food Hygiene Course - Feb 5th 2011
The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health Food Safety & Catering level 2
When: Saturday 5th February 10am-3.30pm
Cost: £25 for WI members, £30 for non-members
As many WI sell homemade produce to raise funds it is important that as many members as possible obtain a Certificate in Food Hygiene. Courses usually cost between £60 - £75 at local colleges or £30 online.
London West End WI have organised a WI Food Hygiene Course and all WI members and non-members are welcome to attend. The tutor will be Betty Dominy who is the official Surrey Federation Food Hygiene Tutor and the course will be held at the Seven Dial club (refreshments & bar food available)
The cost includes the Food Hygiene Booklet, tuition and Exam. The Booklet and exam papers are in sealed envelopes and are available in various languages so please let us know if you require an exam paper and booklet in another language other than English.
Ideally we would like you to pay for your course fees via the paypal link on londonwestendwi.blogspot.com
Cheques: payable to “London West End WI” sent to Secretary LWEWI, 10 Russell Chambers, Bury Place,
London WC1A 2JS further information email londonwestendwi@gmail.com
When: Saturday 5th February 10am-3.30pm
Cost: £25 for WI members, £30 for non-members
As many WI sell homemade produce to raise funds it is important that as many members as possible obtain a Certificate in Food Hygiene. Courses usually cost between £60 - £75 at local colleges or £30 online.
London West End WI have organised a WI Food Hygiene Course and all WI members and non-members are welcome to attend. The tutor will be Betty Dominy who is the official Surrey Federation Food Hygiene Tutor and the course will be held at the Seven Dial club (refreshments & bar food available)
The cost includes the Food Hygiene Booklet, tuition and Exam. The Booklet and exam papers are in sealed envelopes and are available in various languages so please let us know if you require an exam paper and booklet in another language other than English.
Ideally we would like you to pay for your course fees via the paypal link on londonwestendwi.blogspot.com
Cheques: payable to “London West End WI” sent to Secretary LWEWI, 10 Russell Chambers, Bury Place,
London WC1A 2JS further information email londonwestendwi@gmail.com
Friday, 14 January 2011
Updated Dates for the Diary Jan / Feb 2011
Hi Ladies
Happy New Year, apologies that we had to cancel our talk from the herbalist Jacqui from Neal's Yard in December. Hopefully we will have better weather when we reschedule her for later in 2011
We start 2011 with a fabulous talk from Professor Butterworth from UCL on Tuesday January 18th, he will be talking about the Large Hadron Collider. We hope this talk will be of interest to those interested in Science and will spark an interest in those less so.
This should be the first of an exciting programme that the LWWI committee are trying to put together for 2011.
Other highlights coming up which you should note are our next Sewing group meeting is Tuesday Feb 1st at the seven Dials Club in Covent Garden from 6:00 get there when you can. Vanessa and Helena who are organising the WI quilt we hope to make this year will be explaining further about the project. Pls do come along even if you are a beginner and have never sewn or made a quilt.
We also have on Saturday Feb 5th 2011 the Food Hygiene Course, cost £30 per person to members (LWWI are subsidising the course) it is possible to pay for the course either at the January meeting or via paypal.
On Saturday Feb 12th 2011 we are organising a Jam/Marmalade making session at St George's. Further details to follow shortly. Please email londonwestendwi@gmail.com if you plan to come along so we have an idea of numbers and can send you more details closer to the time.
Our WI Membership fees are due for 2011, £30per annum. Pls either pay via paypal or bring your payment to one of our monthly WI meetings.
Other dates for the diary for January and February 2011 are:
Niki Segnit - The Flavour Thesaurus Thursday, January 20th 7.00 pm £5/£3 concessions
Entrance fee includes a glass of wine. Ticket is redeemable for £2 discount on author's book.
Writer Niki Segnit shares the joy of culinary journeys in this palate-tantalising talk. Ms. Segnit had not so much as peeled a potato until her early twenties when, almost by accident, she discovered that she loved cooking. She was inspired to write The Flavour Thesaurus when she noticed how dependent she was on recipes. As she says: “Following the instructions in a recipe is like parroting pre-formed sentences from a phrasebook. Forming an understanding of how flavours work together, on the other hand, is like learning the language; it allows you to express yourself freely, to improvise, to find appropriate substitutions for ingredients, to cook a dish the way you fancy cooking it.”
The result is a compendium of flavour pairings which offers endless diversion and inspiration. In this lively, easy to follow, and exceptionally enjoyable book, Niki Segnit takes 99 popular ingredients and explores the ways they might be combined in the kitchen.
‘An original and inspiring resource’ Heston Blumenthal
‘Intriguing, surprising and remarkably useful’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
To book: http://www.woolfsonandtay.com/
Woolfson & Tay Bookshop, Cafe, & Gallery, 12 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN http://www.woolfsonandtay.com/ Tel 0207 407 9316
Bees
Jenny Anderson our membership secretary sent us the following info which she asked us to share with members and interested women about the Bees which is one of the Women's Institute's Main Projects
Dear friends,
Bees are dying off worldwide and our entire food chain is in peril. Scientists blame toxic pesticides and four European governments have already banned them. If we get the US and the EU to join the ban, other governments across the world could follow, and save bees from extinction. Sign the petition and forward this urgent appeal:
Sign the petition
Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger. Bees don't just make honey, they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 90% of the plants we grow.
Multiple scientific studies fault one group of toxic pesticides for their rapid demise, and bee populations have soared in four European countries that have banned these products. But powerful chemical companies are lobbying hard to keep selling this poison. Our best chance to save bees now is to push the US and EU to ban this deadly product -- their action is critical and will have a ripple effect on the rest of the world.
We have no time to lose -- the debate is raging about what to do. This is not just about saving bumble bees, this is about survival. Let’s build a giant global buzz calling for the EU and US to outlaw these killer chemicals and save our bees and our food. Sign the emergency petition now and send it onto to everyone and we’ll deliver it to key decision makers:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/
Bees are vital to life on earth -- every year pollinating plants and crops with an estimated $40bn value, over one third of the food supply in many countries. Without immediate action to save bees we could end up with no fruit, no vegetables, no nuts, no oils and no cotton.
Recent years have seen a steep and disturbing global decline in bee populations -- some bee species are now extinct and others are at just 4% of their previous numbers. Scientists have been scrambling for answers. Some studies claim the decline may be due to a combination of factors including disease, habitat loss and toxic chemicals. But leading independent research has produced strong evidence blaming neonicotinoid pesticides. This has led to beekeepers and scientists in France, Italy, Slovenia and even Germany, where the main manufacturer Bayer is based, already pushing successfully for bans of one of these bee killers. Meanwhile, Bayer continues to export its poison across the world.
This issue is now coming to the boil as major new studies have confirmed the scale of this problem. If we can get European and US decision-makers to take action, others will follow. It won’t be easy. A leaked document shows that the US Environmental Protection Agency knew about the pesticide’s dangers, but ignored them. The document says Bayer’s "highly toxic" product is a "major risk concern to non target insects (honey bees)".
We need to make our voices heard to counter Bayer’s very strong influence on policy makers and scientists in both the US and the EU where they fund the studies and sit on policy bodies. The real experts -- the beekeepers and farmers -- want these deadly pesticides prohibited until and unless we have solid, independent studies that show they are safe. Let's support them now. Sign the petition below, then forward this email:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/
We can no longer leave our delicate food chain in the hands of research run by the chemical companies and the regulators that are in their pockets. Banning this pesticide will move us closer to a world safe for ourselves and the other species we care about and depend on.
With hope,
Alex, Alice, Iain, David and all at Avaaz
MORE INFORMATION
Bee decline could be down to chemical cocktail interfering with brains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Bee briefing
http://www.soilassociation.
$15 Billion Bee Murder Mystery Deepens
http://www.businessinsider.
“Nicotine Bees" Population Restored With Neonicotinoids Ban
http://www.treehugger.com/
EPA memo reveals concern that pesticide causes bee deaths
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
Beekeepers want government to pull pesticide
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
British Beekeepers' Association to stop endorsing bee-killing pesticides http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Pesticide industry involvement in EU risk assessment puts survival of bees at stake
http://www.corporateeurope.
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London's Air Ambulance is holding its first ever Frock Swap on Wednesday 2nd February 2011 at the Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield. Suzanne Clements of Clements Ribeiro will be our special guest and will donate an outfit from her collection.
The Great Hall is said to be one of the finest public rooms in London with its approach via the Grand Staircase and Hogarth murals and is a superb venue. We will have the huge log fire lit for the evening.
As well as swishing and coming away with stunning items, ladies will be able to enjoy cakes and wine and enter the luxury draw with the chance to win some fantastic prizes including: a package of Benefit Cosmetics, haircuts, pampering sessions, etc.
London's Air Ambulance hopes to raise substantial monies from the event as well as to promote its work to a female audience in London. Many of our paramedics and doctors are women.
Francesca Savage
London's Air Ambulance
Registered Charity Number: 801013
(T): 020 7943 1302
(E):www.londonsairambulance.
(A) The Helipad, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London. E1 1BB
Frock Swap, The Great Hall, Barts. Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Great Spitalfields Pancake Race, Brick Lane. Tuesday 8th March 2011
Charity Abseil, Canary Wharf. Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th May 2011
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Not for Profits Markets open in SW London
One of our members Jennifer Makin is responsible for two not for profit markets serving the community in Chelsea. She writes: We are financially supported by the NHS and our aim is to encourage people to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables as a means of ensuring good health and well being.
Our markets take place on Wednesdays at Chelsea Theatre, World's End Place, King's Road and on Thursdays at New Horizons on the Guinness Trust Estate, Cadogan Street, SW3.
The markets are run by volunteers and if anyone is interested in spending a few hours a week helping us I would love to hear from you. The markets are quite small and offer customers the chance to buy as little or as much fruit/veg as they want at wholesale prices and with no excess packaging, no supermarket queues and a very personal service.
Volunteers work in a friendly and supportive team and we are looking for people with good people skills and who are numerate. The job entails helping people make healthy choices, weighing produce and using a till. We welcome imaginative ideas to help us improve and expand our service.
If you are interested please get in touch...
Thanks in advance.
Yours sincerely
Jennifer Makin
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Television opportunity 19th Feb
TalkbackThames, the makers of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent are filming a pilot for an exciting new quiz show and you can be part of it! Come and ‘WALK THE LINE’! They sent us an email asking if we had any members who might be interested.
They wrote: we are filming inside the O2 Arena, London on Saturday 19th February and we want you and your friends and family to come and take part – and you’ll be in with a chance to win £1000!
All you need to do is queue up to have a go at the game and simply answer 5 questions right in a row to win the jackpot - plus there will be other exciting twists and turns on the day. Queuing has never been so much fun!
To register your interest, please email us at walktheline@talkbackthames.tv or ring 020 7691 6582 – just tell us a little bit about yourself and please include your telephone number and age (you must be aged over 18).
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Free workshop for ladies
What are the images of being female?
What are the messages women receive about being female?
How does that impact on you and your community?
How can we develop relationships with different cultures amongst peers and across the generations?
After the success of Manhood, we would like to offer the females of our community a free workshop to give you an opportunity to discuss with other women (young and old) what it means to be female. Please join us for:
Womanhood@ The Stephen Lawrence Centre (Deptford) on Saturday 29th January from 2.00pm to 6.00pm
This is an opportunity to look at our self image, our relationships with each other and how we can develop stronger female partnerships.
To book a place and for further information, please contact:
NCBI London, 0844 856 0678, 07811 374074 ncbilondon@ncbi.org.uk
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Animation workshop for Children and Adults
1A ARTS etc is offering parents and children (aged 7+) another chance to unleash their inner animator and give the creators of Wallace and Gromit a run for their money! This 3 session course will brighten up boring weekends in March. All participants will take home a DVD of their animation brought to life with their own characters and story. Please see attached for details. Early booking is recommended! Please forward this to anyone you know who might be interested. If you would like hard copies of this publicity for your workplace please call or email me to let me know how many copies you would like.
Kind regards
Caroline
Caroline Lister
Director
1A ARTS etc
The 1A Centre
1A Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4SR
Tel: 020 7837 3332 Mobile: 07870 197 834
www.1A-ARTS-etc.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter @1aARTSetc
Become a member on our Facebook group 1A ARTS etc
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Dare You Workshop - 22nd January
My colleagues and I are hosting Dare You 2011 workshop and we wondered if two of your members would like to have FREE places at our forthcoming Dare You 2011 on 22 January - London SW1W - United Kingdom. This event is a unique opportunity to connect with likeminded and amazing women. Identify and share what you really want, whatever that means for you; and learn new tools/techniques to make it happen. As this is our first event in London, we would very much benefit from receiving feedback from a variety of sources and would value your views being such a well established voluntary organisation for women. It promises to be a fun and inspiring day, a wonderful way to kick off our New Year.
I have attached details of the Dare You 2011 Team and the link to the website and contact details: http://www.thepinkbookclub.com/87-50.html. However, as we are offering 2 FREE spaces please contact me directly to reserve your places and I am happy to answer any questions you might have.
We really hope you will be able to join us. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards
Mary Malecaut
0782 555 4826
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WI Meeting Feb 15th 2011
Transition Bloomsbury will be coming in to on Tuesday Feb 15th 2011 to talk to us about the project they are involved with. Please see their website for further details ahead of this particular meeting.
www.transitionbloomsbury.org.
Meeting as usual at 6:30
Happy New Year, apologies that we had to cancel our talk from the herbalist Jacqui from Neal's Yard in December. Hopefully we will have better weather when we reschedule her for later in 2011
We start 2011 with a fabulous talk from Professor Butterworth from UCL on Tuesday January 18th, he will be talking about the Large Hadron Collider. We hope this talk will be of interest to those interested in Science and will spark an interest in those less so.
This should be the first of an exciting programme that the LWWI committee are trying to put together for 2011.
Other highlights coming up which you should note are our next Sewing group meeting is Tuesday Feb 1st at the seven Dials Club in Covent Garden from 6:00 get there when you can. Vanessa and Helena who are organising the WI quilt we hope to make this year will be explaining further about the project. Pls do come along even if you are a beginner and have never sewn or made a quilt.
We also have on Saturday Feb 5th 2011 the Food Hygiene Course, cost £30 per person to members (LWWI are subsidising the course) it is possible to pay for the course either at the January meeting or via paypal.
On Saturday Feb 12th 2011 we are organising a Jam/Marmalade making session at St George's. Further details to follow shortly. Please email londonwestendwi@gmail.com if you plan to come along so we have an idea of numbers and can send you more details closer to the time.
Our WI Membership fees are due for 2011, £30per annum. Pls either pay via paypal or bring your payment to one of our monthly WI meetings.
Other dates for the diary for January and February 2011 are:
Niki Segnit - The Flavour Thesaurus Thursday, January 20th 7.00 pm £5/£3 concessions
Entrance fee includes a glass of wine. Ticket is redeemable for £2 discount on author's book.
Writer Niki Segnit shares the joy of culinary journeys in this palate-tantalising talk. Ms. Segnit had not so much as peeled a potato until her early twenties when, almost by accident, she discovered that she loved cooking. She was inspired to write The Flavour Thesaurus when she noticed how dependent she was on recipes. As she says: “Following the instructions in a recipe is like parroting pre-formed sentences from a phrasebook. Forming an understanding of how flavours work together, on the other hand, is like learning the language; it allows you to express yourself freely, to improvise, to find appropriate substitutions for ingredients, to cook a dish the way you fancy cooking it.”
The result is a compendium of flavour pairings which offers endless diversion and inspiration. In this lively, easy to follow, and exceptionally enjoyable book, Niki Segnit takes 99 popular ingredients and explores the ways they might be combined in the kitchen.
‘An original and inspiring resource’ Heston Blumenthal
‘Intriguing, surprising and remarkably useful’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
To book: http://www.woolfsonandtay.com/
Woolfson & Tay Bookshop, Cafe, & Gallery, 12 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN http://www.woolfsonandtay.com/ Tel 0207 407 9316
Bees
Jenny Anderson our membership secretary sent us the following info which she asked us to share with members and interested women about the Bees which is one of the Women's Institute's Main Projects
Dear friends,
Bees are dying off worldwide and our entire food chain is in peril. Scientists blame toxic pesticides and four European governments have already banned them. If we get the US and the EU to join the ban, other governments across the world could follow, and save bees from extinction. Sign the petition and forward this urgent appeal:
Sign the petition
Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger. Bees don't just make honey, they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 90% of the plants we grow.
Multiple scientific studies fault one group of toxic pesticides for their rapid demise, and bee populations have soared in four European countries that have banned these products. But powerful chemical companies are lobbying hard to keep selling this poison. Our best chance to save bees now is to push the US and EU to ban this deadly product -- their action is critical and will have a ripple effect on the rest of the world.
We have no time to lose -- the debate is raging about what to do. This is not just about saving bumble bees, this is about survival. Let’s build a giant global buzz calling for the EU and US to outlaw these killer chemicals and save our bees and our food. Sign the emergency petition now and send it onto to everyone and we’ll deliver it to key decision makers:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/
Bees are vital to life on earth -- every year pollinating plants and crops with an estimated $40bn value, over one third of the food supply in many countries. Without immediate action to save bees we could end up with no fruit, no vegetables, no nuts, no oils and no cotton.
Recent years have seen a steep and disturbing global decline in bee populations -- some bee species are now extinct and others are at just 4% of their previous numbers. Scientists have been scrambling for answers. Some studies claim the decline may be due to a combination of factors including disease, habitat loss and toxic chemicals. But leading independent research has produced strong evidence blaming neonicotinoid pesticides. This has led to beekeepers and scientists in France, Italy, Slovenia and even Germany, where the main manufacturer Bayer is based, already pushing successfully for bans of one of these bee killers. Meanwhile, Bayer continues to export its poison across the world.
This issue is now coming to the boil as major new studies have confirmed the scale of this problem. If we can get European and US decision-makers to take action, others will follow. It won’t be easy. A leaked document shows that the US Environmental Protection Agency knew about the pesticide’s dangers, but ignored them. The document says Bayer’s "highly toxic" product is a "major risk concern to non target insects (honey bees)".
We need to make our voices heard to counter Bayer’s very strong influence on policy makers and scientists in both the US and the EU where they fund the studies and sit on policy bodies. The real experts -- the beekeepers and farmers -- want these deadly pesticides prohibited until and unless we have solid, independent studies that show they are safe. Let's support them now. Sign the petition below, then forward this email:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/
We can no longer leave our delicate food chain in the hands of research run by the chemical companies and the regulators that are in their pockets. Banning this pesticide will move us closer to a world safe for ourselves and the other species we care about and depend on.
With hope,
Alex, Alice, Iain, David and all at Avaaz
MORE INFORMATION
Bee decline could be down to chemical cocktail interfering with brains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Bee briefing
http://www.soilassociation.
$15 Billion Bee Murder Mystery Deepens
http://www.businessinsider.
“Nicotine Bees" Population Restored With Neonicotinoids Ban
http://www.treehugger.com/
EPA memo reveals concern that pesticide causes bee deaths
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
Beekeepers want government to pull pesticide
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
British Beekeepers' Association to stop endorsing bee-killing pesticides http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Pesticide industry involvement in EU risk assessment puts survival of bees at stake
http://www.corporateeurope.
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London's Air Ambulance is holding its first ever Frock Swap on Wednesday 2nd February 2011 at the Great Hall at St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield. Suzanne Clements of Clements Ribeiro will be our special guest and will donate an outfit from her collection.
The Great Hall is said to be one of the finest public rooms in London with its approach via the Grand Staircase and Hogarth murals and is a superb venue. We will have the huge log fire lit for the evening.
As well as swishing and coming away with stunning items, ladies will be able to enjoy cakes and wine and enter the luxury draw with the chance to win some fantastic prizes including: a package of Benefit Cosmetics, haircuts, pampering sessions, etc.
London's Air Ambulance hopes to raise substantial monies from the event as well as to promote its work to a female audience in London. Many of our paramedics and doctors are women.
Francesca Savage
London's Air Ambulance
Registered Charity Number: 801013
(T): 020 7943 1302
(E):www.londonsairambulance.
(A) The Helipad, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London. E1 1BB
Frock Swap, The Great Hall, Barts. Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Great Spitalfields Pancake Race, Brick Lane. Tuesday 8th March 2011
Charity Abseil, Canary Wharf. Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th May 2011
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Not for Profits Markets open in SW London
One of our members Jennifer Makin is responsible for two not for profit markets serving the community in Chelsea. She writes: We are financially supported by the NHS and our aim is to encourage people to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables as a means of ensuring good health and well being.
Our markets take place on Wednesdays at Chelsea Theatre, World's End Place, King's Road and on Thursdays at New Horizons on the Guinness Trust Estate, Cadogan Street, SW3.
The markets are run by volunteers and if anyone is interested in spending a few hours a week helping us I would love to hear from you. The markets are quite small and offer customers the chance to buy as little or as much fruit/veg as they want at wholesale prices and with no excess packaging, no supermarket queues and a very personal service.
Volunteers work in a friendly and supportive team and we are looking for people with good people skills and who are numerate. The job entails helping people make healthy choices, weighing produce and using a till. We welcome imaginative ideas to help us improve and expand our service.
If you are interested please get in touch...
Thanks in advance.
Yours sincerely
Jennifer Makin
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Television opportunity 19th Feb
TalkbackThames, the makers of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent are filming a pilot for an exciting new quiz show and you can be part of it! Come and ‘WALK THE LINE’! They sent us an email asking if we had any members who might be interested.
They wrote: we are filming inside the O2 Arena, London on Saturday 19th February and we want you and your friends and family to come and take part – and you’ll be in with a chance to win £1000!
All you need to do is queue up to have a go at the game and simply answer 5 questions right in a row to win the jackpot - plus there will be other exciting twists and turns on the day. Queuing has never been so much fun!
To register your interest, please email us at walktheline@talkbackthames.tv or ring 020 7691 6582 – just tell us a little bit about yourself and please include your telephone number and age (you must be aged over 18).
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What are the images of being female?
What are the messages women receive about being female?
How does that impact on you and your community?
How can we develop relationships with different cultures amongst peers and across the generations?
After the success of Manhood, we would like to offer the females of our community a free workshop to give you an opportunity to discuss with other women (young and old) what it means to be female. Please join us for:
Womanhood@ The Stephen Lawrence Centre (Deptford) on Saturday 29th January from 2.00pm to 6.00pm
This is an opportunity to look at our self image, our relationships with each other and how we can develop stronger female partnerships.
To book a place and for further information, please contact:
NCBI London, 0844 856 0678, 07811 374074 ncbilondon@ncbi.org.uk
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Animation workshop for Children and Adults
1A ARTS etc is offering parents and children (aged 7+) another chance to unleash their inner animator and give the creators of Wallace and Gromit a run for their money! This 3 session course will brighten up boring weekends in March. All participants will take home a DVD of their animation brought to life with their own characters and story. Please see attached for details. Early booking is recommended! Please forward this to anyone you know who might be interested. If you would like hard copies of this publicity for your workplace please call or email me to let me know how many copies you would like.
Kind regards
Caroline
Caroline Lister
Director
1A ARTS etc
The 1A Centre
1A Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4SR
Tel: 020 7837 3332 Mobile: 07870 197 834
www.1A-ARTS-etc.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter @1aARTSetc
Become a member on our Facebook group 1A ARTS etc
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Dare You Workshop - 22nd January
My colleagues and I are hosting Dare You 2011 workshop and we wondered if two of your members would like to have FREE places at our forthcoming Dare You 2011 on 22 January - London SW1W - United Kingdom. This event is a unique opportunity to connect with likeminded and amazing women. Identify and share what you really want, whatever that means for you; and learn new tools/techniques to make it happen. As this is our first event in London, we would very much benefit from receiving feedback from a variety of sources and would value your views being such a well established voluntary organisation for women. It promises to be a fun and inspiring day, a wonderful way to kick off our New Year.
I have attached details of the Dare You 2011 Team and the link to the website and contact details: http://www.thepinkbookclub.com/87-50.html. However, as we are offering 2 FREE spaces please contact me directly to reserve your places and I am happy to answer any questions you might have.
We really hope you will be able to join us. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards
Mary Malecaut
0782 555 4826
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WI Meeting Feb 15th 2011
Transition Bloomsbury will be coming in to on Tuesday Feb 15th 2011 to talk to us about the project they are involved with. Please see their website for further details ahead of this particular meeting.
www.transitionbloomsbury.org.
Meeting as usual at 6:30
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Dates for the Diary - December 2010
Hello Ladies
I am sending out this Dates for the diary email containing everything we mentioned at our last meeting and all other new items of interest that have come in since which we thought you might be interested in.
We ask you to check the blogspot & website regularly to see if there are any further updates rather than bombard you with emails in the run up to Christmas.
Blogspot address is londonwestendwi.blogspot.com/
Website address is http://www.londonwestendwi.co.uk/
Email address is londonwestendwi@gmail.com
London Westend Women's Institute
See you on Tuesday December 21st at our final WI meeting for 2010
NB Membership renewals for most of us will be due again in Jan 2011
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National Gallery Christmas Shopping evening
At National Gallery - 19th & 26th Nov in Sainsbury Wing
There will be chocolate tasting and mince pies etc
Starts at 6:30
Laughter Yoga opportunity with Carrie 27th November
Lighten up your life with 60 Minutes of Laughter Yoga, no sense of humour or jokes needed. Relax & unwind and reenergise.
10.30 to 11.30am @ Dermalogica, 7 Lancer Sq, Kensington Church st.
No charge
Bring blanket, mat or towel to lie down on, wear loose comfortable clothing
Pre-booking essential phone or text 07789954972 with your name and the date you want to come to
Thanks
Carrie
Soho Theatre trip to see Ronna & Beverly on Thurs 16th Dec 2010
Pls email Dianamath@googlemail.com or contact her on 07952 579059 if you wish to attend
Tickets cost £10
Curwen Gallery Nov 27th & 28th
Curwen Gallery on Windmill Street, WC1E just off Tottenham Court Road are having a fundraising weekend in aid of Macmillan on 27th and 28th November 11am until 6pm.
Prices for pieces from £15
Curwen have also offered to let us have a rummage evening through their bins at a discount. No date for this has been agreed as yet so watch this space.
www.curwengallery.com
Don Giovanni at the ENO
ENO are showing Don Giovanni at the Coliseum on St Martin's Lane
Cultureseekers
Message From: Robert Coleman - London Cultureseekers Group
Telephone: 07905 901 834
Email Address: robert@cultureseekers.org
Comments:
Dear LWWI,
I run a group in London called the London Cultureseekers Group and i wondered if your W.I group might be interested in getting involved?
http://www.cultureseekers.org/
We meet up most weekends to explore London's fantastic history and culture through it's museums, art galleries, historical buildings, go on guided walks and go to the theatre.
The group has over 3000 members, from 25 - 75 years old and we have been running over 4 years.
Membership fee is £12 and if you join now your membership will not expire until December 2011.
We are a very friendly group and it's a fantastic way to explore London whilst making new friends.
Regards
Robert Coleman
Organiser
London Cultureseekers Group
London Bee Summit - 16th December
Bees are in peril and there are a number of suspects, from pesticides to climate change. With human wellbeing so intimately tied to the fate of the bee, we are calling together organisations working with bees in London and the UK to ask: what’s happening to the honey bee? And what can Londoners to do help?
We'll have the inaugural London Honey Tasting, a display of hives and equipment, and refreshments courtesy of the Co-op's Plan Bee.
Speakers include:
Environment minister Lord Henley
Dr Opi Outhwaite from Greenwich University on bee health and regulation;
Nick Fraser from the National Trust on managing parks and gardens without chemicals; and
Elinor McDowall from Bungay Community Bees, the UK's first community-supported beekeeping.
Registration is essential and there's a discount for Capital Growth spaces. Find more information and the booking form at: www.capitalbee.org
Hansel & Gretel
Kate is going to try to reschedule our trip to ROH for Hansel and Gretel further details to follow.
Food Hygiene Course - Feb 2010
Food Hygiene course will be run on Feb 5th
Jacqui from Neals Yard who is coming to talk to us at our December meeting - December 21st 2010 sent us the following link about her and her products
https://uk.nyrorganic.com/shop/JacquelineTodd
Love shopping on line. Free delivery until end of November. Just log in and shop. Payment by credit card. Some great gifts on offer or just treat yourself....
YOUNG & MADE IN CAMDEN
We invite you to the Launch Evening of our festive boutique pop-up shop in Leather Lane EC1 – see attached for full details and also daytime opening hours. Come and grab some beautifully crafted Christmas bargains! We look forward to seeing you there.
Festive boutique & exhibition
56-58 Leather Lane, London, EC1N 7TP
For three days only, come and explore our festive boutique in the busy thoroughfare of
Leather Lane. Show your support to young designer makers of the future, by purchasing a
unique ‘one off’ Christmas gift or treat!
Opening times
1st Dec 12 - 3pm & 5:30 - 8pm (Launch Party)
2nd Dec 12 - 3pm
3rd Dec 12 - 3pm
Launch Party
5:30 - 8pm free entry
Meet the young designers and volunteers at our launch celebration and community
exhibition. As well as take part in our one night only auction of selected art works.
Enjoy light refreshments, performances, children’s animation screenings and
interactive arts workshops.
Workshops for young people held at the boutique
2nd December 5.30 -7.30pm (free)
Screen Printing - Design and print a t-shirt or canvas bag
3rd December 5.30 -7.30pm (free)
Night Photography - Explore the wonder of Flash & Long Exposure Photography!!!
For more information contact teanne.andrews@1a-arts-etc.co.uk or call 020 7837 3332
I am sending out this Dates for the diary email containing everything we mentioned at our last meeting and all other new items of interest that have come in since which we thought you might be interested in.
We ask you to check the blogspot & website regularly to see if there are any further updates rather than bombard you with emails in the run up to Christmas.
Blogspot address is londonwestendwi.blogspot.com/
Website address is http://www.londonwestendwi.co.
Email address is londonwestendwi@gmail.com
London Westend Women's Institute
See you on Tuesday December 21st at our final WI meeting for 2010
NB Membership renewals for most of us will be due again in Jan 2011
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National Gallery Christmas Shopping evening
At National Gallery - 19th & 26th Nov in Sainsbury Wing
There will be chocolate tasting and mince pies etc
Starts at 6:30
Laughter Yoga opportunity with Carrie 27th November
Lighten up your life with 60 Minutes of Laughter Yoga, no sense of humour or jokes needed. Relax & unwind and reenergise.
10.30 to 11.30am @ Dermalogica, 7 Lancer Sq, Kensington Church st.
No charge
Bring blanket, mat or towel to lie down on, wear loose comfortable clothing
Pre-booking essential phone or text 07789954972 with your name and the date you want to come to
Thanks
Carrie
Soho Theatre trip to see Ronna & Beverly on Thurs 16th Dec 2010
Pls email Dianamath@googlemail.com or contact her on 07952 579059 if you wish to attend
Tickets cost £10
Curwen Gallery Nov 27th & 28th
Curwen Gallery on Windmill Street, WC1E just off Tottenham Court Road are having a fundraising weekend in aid of Macmillan on 27th and 28th November 11am until 6pm.
Prices for pieces from £15
Curwen have also offered to let us have a rummage evening through their bins at a discount. No date for this has been agreed as yet so watch this space.
www.curwengallery.com
Don Giovanni at the ENO
ENO are showing Don Giovanni at the Coliseum on St Martin's Lane
Cultureseekers
Message From: Robert Coleman - London Cultureseekers Group
Telephone: 07905 901 834
Email Address: robert@cultureseekers.org
Comments:
Dear LWWI,
I run a group in London called the London Cultureseekers Group and i wondered if your W.I group might be interested in getting involved?
http://www.cultureseekers.org/
We meet up most weekends to explore London's fantastic history and culture through it's museums, art galleries, historical buildings, go on guided walks and go to the theatre.
The group has over 3000 members, from 25 - 75 years old and we have been running over 4 years.
Membership fee is £12 and if you join now your membership will not expire until December 2011.
We are a very friendly group and it's a fantastic way to explore London whilst making new friends.
Regards
Robert Coleman
Organiser
London Cultureseekers Group
London Bee Summit - 16th December
Bees are in peril and there are a number of suspects, from pesticides to climate change. With human wellbeing so intimately tied to the fate of the bee, we are calling together organisations working with bees in London and the UK to ask: what’s happening to the honey bee? And what can Londoners to do help?
We'll have the inaugural London Honey Tasting, a display of hives and equipment, and refreshments courtesy of the Co-op's Plan Bee.
Speakers include:
Environment minister Lord Henley
Dr Opi Outhwaite from Greenwich University on bee health and regulation;
Nick Fraser from the National Trust on managing parks and gardens without chemicals; and
Elinor McDowall from Bungay Community Bees, the UK's first community-supported beekeeping.
Registration is essential and there's a discount for Capital Growth spaces. Find more information and the booking form at: www.capitalbee.org
Hansel & Gretel
Kate is going to try to reschedule our trip to ROH for Hansel and Gretel further details to follow.
Food Hygiene Course - Feb 2010
Food Hygiene course will be run on Feb 5th
Funny Women Challenge
Funny Women are challenging five prominent business women – Julie Hall, Karen Darby, Claire Pelenc, Mel Burgess and Nora Berge - to perform three minutes of stand up comedy for the first time to a paying audience. The event will raise awareness and funds for locally based charity, The New Victoria Medical Foundation, and takes place in the luxurious surroundings of The Bingham, boutique hotel and restaurant. Each act will be asking friends and contacts to sponsor them. Hosting the show will be television presenter and Richmond resident, Gabby Logan who is also in training to tell a few jokes and a few funny anecdotes about her life with the BBC sports presenting team. Each woman performing will have been mentored for her performance by the Funny Women team and a few of their favourite comedy acts.
Ticket price is £35, which includes good wine and delicious canapés. To book on-line visit www.funnywomen.com/tickets or call 020 8948 4444.
Jacqui from Neals Yard who is coming to talk to us at our December meeting - December 21st 2010 sent us the following link about her and her products
https://uk.nyrorganic.com/
Love shopping on line. Free delivery until end of November. Just log in and shop. Payment by credit card. Some great gifts on offer or just treat yourself....
YOUNG & MADE IN CAMDEN
We invite you to the Launch Evening of our festive boutique pop-up shop in Leather Lane EC1 – see attached for full details and also daytime opening hours. Come and grab some beautifully crafted Christmas bargains! We look forward to seeing you there.
Festive boutique & exhibition
56-58 Leather Lane, London, EC1N 7TP
For three days only, come and explore our festive boutique in the busy thoroughfare of
Leather Lane. Show your support to young designer makers of the future, by purchasing a
unique ‘one off’ Christmas gift or treat!
Opening times
1st Dec 12 - 3pm & 5:30 - 8pm (Launch Party)
2nd Dec 12 - 3pm
3rd Dec 12 - 3pm
Launch Party
5:30 - 8pm free entry
Meet the young designers and volunteers at our launch celebration and community
exhibition. As well as take part in our one night only auction of selected art works.
Enjoy light refreshments, performances, children’s animation screenings and
interactive arts workshops.
Workshops for young people held at the boutique
2nd December 5.30 -7.30pm (free)
Screen Printing - Design and print a t-shirt or canvas bag
3rd December 5.30 -7.30pm (free)
Night Photography - Explore the wonder of Flash & Long Exposure Photography!!!
For more information contact teanne.andrews@1a-arts-etc.co.
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