Welcome to the Child Okeford WI website
The WI plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to our communities.
We are a lively and busy group with a cross section of ages and there is a great deal of fun and entertainment to be found at every meeting. We have a growing membership of over 35 members from within the village and from our neighbouring villages including Shroton, Shilllingstone, Ashmore, Iwerne Steepleton and Okeford Fitzpaine .
Our activities are non-party political, non-denominational and include support for local as well as national events. They include informative talks and activities on a wide variety of subjects, national concerns and issues, in addition to craft and maybe cookery demonstrations.
We enjoy taking part in village activities supporting village activities including the pantomime, Octoberfest, Hey Day etc and are known for our fashionable and appropriate headwear for these events.
Visitors are very welcome to come to a meeting to see if they wish to join. We are a friendly group with many members relatively new to the surrounding area. Being a WI member is a great way to make new friends locally and maybe try some new activities
We meet at Child Okeford Community Centre on the second Monday of every month (subject to Bank Holidays not clashing) at 2.00pm. We try to provide a varied programme of speakers and activities arranged by our Social Team, and there is always some social time at each meeting.
In addition to our monthly meetings, there are a number of events and groups that members can sign up to. These currently include Craft, Walking Netball, Skittles, Kurling – you can be kept very busy! – they may incur an additional cost and may be subject to change.
The Dorset Federation also arranges a varied programme of events and there are opportunities for many interests. The WI provides members with many different opportunities.
The WI has a long history of campaigning and each year at the National Federation WI a resolution chosen by members is put forward for debate and if the membership votes in favour then this becomes a mandate that will be worked on both locally and nationally.
We look forward to meeting you at one of our meetings.
Visitors to our meetings are most welcome and the fee is £3.50
The annual subscription is £43 per annum that includes membership of our local institute, Dorset County Federation, National Federation and the magazine.
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