Bognor Regis WI

THE BUZZ Issue 87 April 2018

Our Next Meeting – Tuesday May 8 th 2018 This will be our resolutions meeting, when we will discuss the resolution which will be proposed at the Annual Meeting in Cardiff, and let our delegate know how we wish her to vote.

The resolution this year is ….

Mental health matters as much as physical health. The NFWI urges all WI members to recognise the importance of parity between mental health and physical health, and take action to make it as acceptable to talk about mental health issues as much as physical health issues, and to lobby government for better support for mental illness.

We will also be holding a Swishing session (see below).

There will be an accessories sale (so bring in your unwanted shoes, belts scarves, jewellery etc)

As May 8th will be the 100th anniversary of VE Day – our competition will be to make a VE Day Flag.

SwishingAt the meeting next Tuesday, you will all receive a note, prepared by Katie, which explains how the swishing in May will work. We will need clothes rails if you have one? This is not just a chance to refresh your wardrobe but also helps with the really serious environmental problems caused by textile waste. Below are eight reasons, supplied by Gina, why we need to think about how we buy and dispose of clothing: 

If we changed the way the UK supplies, uses and disposes of clothing, we could reduce the carbon, water and waste footprints of clothing consumption by 10-20% each. This could cut around £3 billion per year from the cost of the resources we use to make and clean clothes.

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Around £140 million worth (350,000 tonnes) of used clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year

More than 30% of our unwanted clothing currently goes to landfill. In the UK, we send 700,000 tonnes of clothing to be re-used or recycled

each year – enough to fill 459 Olympic-size swimming pools. 57% of people say they recycle their textiles. 41% of people say they’re not aware of recycling facilities for textiles. More than 60% of householders in the UK say they have unwanted clothes

and textiles stored in their homes In 2010, we threw out an estimated £238m-worth of textiles for waste

collection and sent to landfill – but all of this could have been re-used, recycled or sent for energy recovery.

Our Logo

Katie has produced this super logo for our WI – we’ll be seeing it on lots of our documents from now on – I’m sure you’ll agree it’s absolutely spot on for Bognor Regis WI.

Coffee Morning Our April coffee morning will be hosted by Chris Hutchins at Hotham Park Café on Wednesday 25th April from 10 am – do come along and meet your fellow members for a chat.

South of England Show - Ardingly 7-9 th June East and West Sussex Joint WI Committee are looking for help for the show, both in the refreshment area and to make cakes for the show. There will be sign-up sheets available at the March meeting.Additionally, Sharon Hamby from the SOE Catering Team is seeking helpers on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th June to set up at the showground, helpers for (wo)man collection points for the cakes across the two counties, and creative assistance with the updating of the show signs. If you could help with any of the above, Sharon’s details will be available at the meeting

Calendar Girls – January 2019

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Katie Lyne has been in touch with the theatre in Southampton. It’s a long way ahead but tickets need to be booked early if we are to get seats together. There will be a sign up sheet at the meeting, if you are coming please see Katie about payment. Details are …

Mayflower Theatre, SouthamptonSaturday 19th January 2019 at 2pmTickets priced at £29.50 at the back of the stalls. If there are 10 or more of us, we can get tickets for £23.50 but these all have to be booked at the same time.We can sort out transport nearer the time.

Arundel TourNote from Celia who is organising this …. We are provisionally booked in for 3.30pm on both Mon 18th and Tues 19th June. The tour will last about an hour. There will be a fair amount of walking. There will be a sign up sheet at the meeting asking those who would like to come which date they prefer. To pay, please let Celia have £5 by the May meeting. 

Future Dates for Your DiariesMay 19th Royal Wedding – Large screen at Hotham park. details to

come.June 9th Bognor Regis Carnival, theme this year is West End shows –

more details later.June 30th Summer Lunch at Lynn’s – sign up sheets availableJuly 11th Afternoon Tea at Sylvia’s home. £8 a head. Sign up sheet

at May meeting.July 20th Gin and (Sea) Swim - although to ensure your health and

safety, we will swim before we gin! Details to follow but time to dust off your waterwings

August 1st Votes for Women Exhibition and Walk at the Museum of London

August 4th Hotham Park Country Fair – BRWI craft/cake/preserves stall. – come and help for a 2 hour shift and/or donate your homemade produce (ideally unlabelled) – more news nearer the time.

August 18thThe Summer Social at Rowland Rank Centre. Save the date!September 19th

South Rife meeting organised by us, at Roland Rank 7 pm. Talk on Crop Circles.

Please note - if you are wondering what’s on when, and you haven’t your Buzz to hand, just look on the website under Diary Dates.

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West Sussex Federation Activities Please see the latest WSN for details of all events organised by WSF.

Cryptic Crosswords Explained on April 25th at Fittleworth Village Hall 10.30 – 3.00.

Chichester Walls Walk & Supper on Tuesday June 19th at 6pm starting at North Lodge for a Blue Badge Guided Walk on the famous Chichester walls. The walk will take about 1.5 hours and will be followed by a light supper at North Lodge. The cost per person is £12.50

Ten Pin Bowling on Wednesday 20th June 10.00 am for 10.30 am at Rustington Out of Bounds. The cost to attend is £8.50 for two games

Speakers' Interviewing Evening on Tuesday 26th June 7.30 - 9.30pm at Fittleworth Village Hall. The cost is £4.00 per ticket.

Group News

Walks: The bitter cold weather forced us to cancel our East Preston coast walk again, although our WI walk to Bramber Beeches on April 7 th and the Federation Walk at Ardingly Reservoir look as if they will go ahead. Our WI evening walks will start this month with the first walk on Monday April 30th starting at 6 p.m. at Slindon – the bluebells may just be bursting into colour.  Dining Club: For our March lunch we went to Wagamamas  in Chichester and found out that all 7 of us really enjoyed Japanese food, and we all managed to master chopsticks!

Acting Up – Shakespeare We’re Not!: To give more members the chance to join in we will be play reading next meeting on Tuesday 24th April at 7.30 p.m. at Mandy’s home.    We will read from short plays that used to belong to our WI Federation.   You are welcome to sign up to come along either to read or to listen – the venue may change if more sign up than be accommodated. 

If you have signed up for a group event, please let the organiser and/or hostess know in advance if you are unable to attend.

Date & Day Group / contact

Venue Details

Saturday 7th April

Walking Group Bramber Beeches

10 am

Monday 16th April

Knit & KnatterRosemary Coleman

Lesley Hiley’s home

7-9pm

Thursday 19th April

SCIFFLeKaren McCreedy

Sue Harris’ home

7.30pm

Thursday 19th April

BookwormsCelia Janering

At Debbie’s home

Discussing ‘I am Pilgrim’ by Terry Hayes

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Tuesday 24th April

Acting Up Mandy’s home 7.30 pm

Thursday 26th April

Dining ClubLesley Hiley

‘The George’ at EarthamPO18 oLT

7 pmOrganised this month by Dinah Barrand– email her if you would like to go.

Monday 30th April

Walking Group Slindon 6 pm

Cookery day at The Littlehampton Academy Saturday 12 th   May 10-2

Run by our own Jack Owen, in a state-of-the-art kitchen. The day will include the making of choux pastry, short crust pastry and rough puff pastry, in the production of Chocolate Eclairs, Quiche, Sausage Plait and pasties or tartsCost £75, to be paid in advance, includes all ingredients and light refreshments. Special dietary requirements for coeliac, and vegetarian diets etc. can be accommodated – please see the sign up sheet.  Class limited to 10 personsIf you are interested please bring payment to the April meeting, cheques made out to Jack – a sign up sheet will be on the events table.

News via our website

Free Yoga Taster Session:

 Hello, my name is Nicola Whitehead and I am a local yoga instructor. I would like to offer your members a free taster yoga session at 1 of my 2 gentle yoga classes:

Mondays 9.45-11.15 Willowhale Community Centre, Aldwick, PO21 4JF (regular price £7)

Tuesdays 12.15-1.30 Swanfield Park Community Centre, Chichester, PO19 6GH (regular price £8)

These classes are very suitable for beginners, older practitioners and more experienced practitioners wanting a gentler practice. We explore breath techniques, gentle postures & movement, balance, relaxation and sometimes use essential oils.

I am eager to connect with the local community and am especially passionate about engaging those who haven't tried yoga before.

Note from Kate: I had my free session on Monday and found it very good, plenty of room, I could do most of the exercises, and Nicola was very nice – will go again - recommend it.

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NoticeboardAcrylic paints and Brushes – Free to a new home – contact Rosemary Coleman if you are interested.

Dressmaker Wanted - I am in need of a reasonably priced dressmaker and I am wondering if anyone at the W.I knows of one.  I have some lovely English toile, and would like a jacket, and a ladies waistcoat made from it and a summer skirt made from batik material from Vietnam - I have had all this material a few years and feel I must make use of it. - Jacquie Smith

2 seater sofa, two tone beige, with removable covers for washing, from a non smoking household. £100 o.n.o. Angela Mitchell (01243 262729).

Kid’s bike - I’ve a small bike for a 3/4 yr old, looks like a pretend motorcross, no stabilisers but they could be re-attached.  If anyone wants it, just contact me on 01243 837246 - Annie Smith

Edited by Kate Claisse – on behalf of Bognor Regis WI Committee. All submissions for the next issue to be received by Wednesday 2nd May. Thank-you.

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