Courses
What will you learn...next? Derbyshire Federation run lots of courses during the year. All you have to do is be a member of one of the local institutes and for a small charge you could come to these and find out your talents. The courses are very varied - you will be surprised what you can learn!
Report on the FUN WITH WATERCOLOURS Day Course at Derbyshire House, June 12th, Tutor Mrs Margaret Alton
20 ladies attended the day with Margaret, and the theme for a watercolour painting was "pebbles"
Each painting turned out differently, but all were superb, and a thoroughly enjoyable day was had by all.
Our County Chairman even won a pot of homeade WI jam in the Raffle!!The students were so engrossed in the afternoon session, that they carried on regardless, hardly stopping for a cup of tea!
Creative Crafts is calling all knitters!
Knit a hat for charity. Why the woolly hat? The woolly hat is a basic yet essential item of clothing for seafarers. In addition to the UK, many seafarers come from warm climates such as India, the Philipines and Indonesia and are unaccustomed to the cool weather in the Uk, Northern Europe and the Baltic.
TheSociety distributes over 15,000 woolly hats each year , all knitted by volunteers and they ask you to please make sure that you send your name and address with your hat so that they can thank you and acknowledge its safe arrival. The Society can send you a pattern if you wish: call 0238051 5950 or go to woollyhats@biss.org.uk
Crafts Sub-Committee will make a display of these at the DERBY COUNCIL MEETING on Tuesday 7th October.
Enjoy your knitting!
Derbyshire Federation 90 Year Anniversary Celebrations
In 2008 Derbyshire Federation will celebrate 90 years.They will be a good chance to meet together and celebrate 90 fantastic years of WI. (Our Federation is older than many countries!) Do come to the Roadshow nearest you, bringing plenty of friends and enjoy our great success!There will be displays by all the subcommittees, a display of old and new WI records to reflect the 90 years of our history and our hopes for the future, plenty of our commemorative goodies for sale and a chance to chat over a cup of tea and slice of cake.
The next roadshows are:
Tuesday 28th October 2008 at the Methodist Church Hall, Buxton, 12noon-6pm
Thursday 27 November at Riddings from 12noon-6pm
Entry is FREE! Bring your friends and have a good time!
Celebration Services
Only hours before the January Service in Derby Cathedral our County Chairman could be heard on Radio Derby talking to Nicholas Henshaw about the Federation. The service was attended by more than 600 members and was an inspiring event. We had members ringing the bells, stewarding and even giving the Address! What a talented lot! Many messages of thanks and congratulations have been sent to our County Chairman, Judy Stanhope.
The second Service of Thanksgiving will be held on 14 September 2008 in St. John's the Baptist Church Tideswell at 3pm . It will be a repeat of the service held in the cathedral.