September 2025

A Message from Kate

The August social was a great success with all the different challenges-I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. I would like to thank Chris and Jane for all their hard work in making it such a great evening. They worked so hard preparing both the activities and Jane also did a sterling job preparing the delicious fruit punch. Thank you also to Sue for shopping for the nibbles for us. 

We are always looking for new ideas and ways of evolving and improving our WI and that is why we need new members joining our committee. Please think about it and talk to one of the current committee members for more details. We really do need you.

This month’s meeting should be useful for us all as we welcome Sarah Hughes who will be talking to us about ‘Protecting your nest egg’. I am also interested in hearing all the money saving tips from the competition entries. We will also be celebrating 110 years of the WI with special cakes baked by Kate Wragg-thank you Kate for your hard work in making these special cakes. I look forward to seeing you all at the meeting.

Best wishes 

Kate

Birthday Greetings

Many happy returns to members celebrating their birthdays in September

Suze, Wend, Catherine

IMPORTANT NOTICE-Register and Evacuation Procedure-It is important that you sign in BEFORE finding a seat at the beginning of the meeting. This is for your safety as, if we have missed adding you to the register and we have to evacuate the building, we will not have an accurate record of who is in attendance. This also applies if you arrive late or leave the meeting early. Please let Linda McD. know or Sally in Linda’s absence. Our evacuation meeting point is on the field opposite the car park entrance.

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, 18th September

7.30pm

Speaker-Sarah Hughes “Protect Your Nest Egg”.

Competition-Your best money saving tip

Rota Volunteers-Refreshments-Kate W. Door-Trish   Raffle-Kate F., Emma  Meet & Greet-Ann L., Janet

Raffle

We would be grateful if those of you on meeting duties please arrive by 7.15pm. If you are unable to attend the meeting please contact Linda McD. so that she can send out an email to fill the slot. Thank you.

August Meeting Report-Attendance: Members-36  Visitors-3  Income: Visitors-£10 

October Meeting-Alice Walker “I’ve started so I’ll finish-Tales from a serial quizzer”.

October Competition-What’s your Mastermind specialist subject?

Reminder-The bar at the Sports Club is card only. Please note that tap water is freely available from the bar.

Heatons WI News

Fundraiser-Could you please bring your filled jars to the meeting for the jarbola at the coffee morning on October 11th. There will also be a signup sheet for helpers and cakes. Please sign up if you are able to help. The event is for our charity the Oliver King foundation.

Lunch Group-We are thinking of restarting the Lunch Group and would like to gauge how much interest there would be. There will be a signup sheet at the next few meetings so please add your name if you are interested. Alternatively please get in touch with Perveen, at perveentariq@gmail.com, if you cannot attend the monthly meeting but would like to be added.

Raffle Prizes-We are always in need of prizes for our monthly raffle. If you have any new and unused items to donate please see Perveen. Please note that if you bring an item to the monthly meeting it will not go into that evening’s raffle. Perveen will hold it over until another meeting.

Heatons WI Events

Saturday, 11th October-Coffee morning and jarbola fundraiser for our charity the Oliver King Foundation at the Heaton Moor United Church on Stanley Road from 10.30am to 12.00pm. Please come along and support this event and bring friends and family. Please note that this replaces the usual President’s coffee morning.

Wednesday, 10th December-Save the date for our Christmas meal-this will be in the evening. Details to follow.

North East Cheshire Group News

If anybody is interested in any NEC Group activities please contact Karen 

Cheshire Federation News

If anybody is interested in any Cheshire Federation activities please contact Angela 

Wednesday, 3rd December/Saturday 6th December-“Christmas at Whitefriars”. Visit the Georgian House, home to Cheshire Federation, which will be decorated for Christmas. Cost is £5 to include a bacon bap (or plant based and or gluten free alternative) and tea and coffee. Closing date Friday, 31st October. Please see Angela for further details.

CFWI Virtual WI-If anyone is interested in joining, as a dual member, or has a friend who would be interested in finding out more, please contact Angela.

NFWI News

Learning Hub-Here is a link to the WI Learning Hub where you can access a variety of courses for free

Member’s Notice Board

If you have a notice you would like to be included in the Members’ Notice Board section of the newsletter, or know of any local events other members may be interested in please send details to Linda McD. 

St Martin’s Foodbank-1st Wednesday of the month. Please drop off at Kate J’s house. There will be a box for donations on the drive if the weather is dry or in the porch if wet, from 10am until the evening. URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS: Snacks such as individually packed chocolate bars, cereal bars, breadsticks and crisps, packets of biscuits, sanitary towels, tinned meat e.g. ham, corned beef, tinned fruit, baked beans, tinned rice pudding, tinned vegetables (sweetcorn, peas, carrots), tinned tomatoes, rice, tinned soup, dried pulses (lentils, chickpeas), pasta sauce, sugar, shampoo, toothpaste (for adults and children), toilet rolls, soap (bars), cat food. They currently do not need cereal or pasta. 

The Children’s Society-The shop at Moor Top is in need of books, jigsaws, and CDs. If you are having a clear out please could you take them to the shop where they will be gratefully received.

Recycling 

RNIB Stamp Collection-Shirley Shaw is collecting used postage stamps for the RNIB. She will bring boxes to WI meetings for members to put their used postage stamps in. You will need to separate UK mainland from the rest of the world, including Isle of Man, Jersey etc. Shirley will collect and send them to the RNIB, who get £20 per kilo.

B&Q is recycling plastic plant pots, small electrical items, batteries, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes

John Lewis is recycling duvets and pillows.

Superdrug Pharmacy at the top of Merseyway Shopping precinct is collecting empty medicine blister packs.