Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Women's Institute.
We are delighted to welcome you to our web site, our virtual WI.
This webpage was compiled to help and interest our members and to tell the rest of the world what our aims are, what we do and why we exist.
The WI. is the largest voluntary women's organisation in the UK. The ideals of the Women's Institute are truth, justice, tolerance and friendship. The WI. exists to educate women to enable them to provide an effective role in the community, to expand their horizons and to develop and pass on important skills.
"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 them and their communities". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
So what does the W.I. offer?
The W.I. offers women the best opportunity to make an impact in their communities, to influence local, national and world issues affecting the social, economic and environmental life of families and communities, and to learn traditional and new skills.
Did you know that since its inception in 1915 the W.I. has campaigned on a wide range of issues including:
Domestic Violence , Equal Pay, Oil Pollution, Aids, Farm Gate Milk Prices, Care of Our Environment, Stop Climate Chaos, Chemicals and Health, Supermarkets, Fairtrade Fortnight, Children's diets, exercise and health, Healthy Eating, and Supermarket Packaging Campaign.
In 2007 we campaigned against the closure of Community Hospitals. 'This meeting urges HM Government to stop the closure of Community Hospitals, which provide essential services to local people'.
Our Love Your Libraries is our campaign for 2011.
Our Libraries are at risk, use them or lose them.
Get a Library Action pack.
Mission Milk
The NFWI and the NFU are once again joining forces to ask what can be done to safeguard the future for Britain’s dairy farmers. We hosted a debate on 16 November in London to follow up the successful Great Milk Debates of 2007 when the NFU and NFWI explained why farming matters during 100 regional debates which toured the country.
COOL
Current country of origin labelling (COOL) is unclear and misleading to many shoppers. Find out how the WI is campaigning for mandatory, clear origin labelling.
See here for more information.
So, come browse and discover more about us! We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website and will return soon. Better still, maybe you will come along to our meetings and see what we are all about.
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Love Food Champions Project
The WI's Love Food Champions are working in their communities to help individuals reduce food waste.
We also campaign on wider policy issues including: human trafficking and violence against women, adult education and trade justice. In 2009 our campaign was for honey bees.
Honeybees play a vital role in the pollination of food crops and in our environment. In view of concerns about the accelerating decline in the UK honeybee population, this meeting urges HM Government to increase funding for research into bee health." WI Life.
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