Monthly meeting: Body Kindness
Our July meeting was our last at Chetham's School of Music so was the end of an era! We've been busy sorting out plans for our move to...
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Verity Longley
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2 min
Monthly meeting: May AGM
Every May we hold an AGM, which is an important process in the WI calendar. Every WI is overseen by the National Federation of WI (NFWI)...
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Charlotte Heyhoe
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
Lady Skillers: Yo! Sushi School
Sushi School is a sushi making class for adults - it’s interactive, fun and you don’t need to know anything about sushi to join in! We...
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Manchester WI
- May 17, 2019
- 1 min
Bursary Winner 2018: Modern Calligraphy
I’ve always preferred writing things by hand, which doesn’t quite marry up with my job as a digital copywriter, but I love whenever...
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Kate Robinson
- May 17, 2019
- 1 min
Bursary Winner 2018: Modern Calligraphy
I’ve always preferred writing things by hand, which doesn’t quite marry up with my job as a digital copywriter, but I love whenever...
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Manchester WI
- May 14, 2019
- 3 min
Bursary Winner 2018: Chicken Keeping
"I really fancy keeping chickens" is not something you hear very often but its a statement which my boyfriend came out with last year. I...
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Charlotte Heyhoe
- May 14, 2019
- 3 min
Bursary Winner 2018: Chicken Keeping
"I really fancy keeping chickens" is not something you hear very often but its a statement which my boyfriend came out with last year. I...
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Manchester WI
- May 10, 2019
- 2 min
Bursary Winner 2018: A New Language
Learning vocabulary and rhyming off declensions are linguistic gymnastics which many would perhaps gladly leave in secondary school....
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Kirstie McCrum
- May 10, 2019
- 2 min
Bursary Winner 2018: A New Language
Learning vocabulary and rhyming off declensions are linguistic gymnastics which many would perhaps gladly leave in secondary school....
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Kirstie McCrum
- May 9, 2019
- 3 min
Ladyskillers: Bouldering with Rock Over Climbing
I’ve long since marvelled at the dizzy heights scaled by my fellow WI members in life and work, but it wasn’t until a special bouldering...
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Verity Longley
- Apr 10, 2019
- 2 min
Monthly meeting: Low waste living
Our March meeting was all about low waste living and how to reduce our use of plastic. We had an inspiring talk by Shelley Brown, who...
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Melissa Surgey
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
Monthly Meeting: Women in the NHS
For our February meeting we celebrated International Women’s Day by inviting a panel of women currently working the NHS to share their...
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Verity Longley
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
Monthly meeting: New Year Quiz!
We kicked off the new year in style with masses of food at our first meeting of 2019 and a splendid quiz! Our January meetings are chance...
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Sophie Gordon
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
Lady Skillers: Candle making workshop with The Wilton Street Craft Co.
With World Mental Health Day this month (10th October) and the nights drawing in for autumn, it was the perfect time for Manchester WI’s...
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Kaylee Jenkinson
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Monthly Meeting: School trip to Manchester Art Gallery
With our usual meetings taking place in a school (the beautiful Chetham’s), August means it’s school trip time for Manchester WI. This...
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Charlotte Stoneley
- Jul 25, 2018
- 1 min
Monthly Meeting: Female Founders
With 2018 marking 100 years of women’s suffrage, and gender pay gap statistics sparking a whole new drive for equality in the working...
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Charlotte Heyhoe
- Jun 5, 2018
- 1 min
Lady Skillers: Wine Tasting
Last night the Lady Skillers went to the Jurys Inn where the Manchester Wine School had put on a wine taster for us. We each had 6...
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Charlotte Heyhoe
- May 23, 2018
- 2 min
Lady Skillers: Silver Jewellery Making
This month we had a go at creating our own silver jewellery with the help of the Manchester School of Jewellery. Charlotte and Gemma, our...
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Charlotte Heyhoe
- Apr 25, 2018
- 1 min
Lady Skillers: Flower Arranging
After seeing the results of our annual Christmas wreath classes, and having seen her booth at our November members Bazaar, one of our...
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Asma Younus
- Apr 25, 2018
- 2 min
Monthly meeting: A super sweet meeting with Divine chocolate
This was a meeting not to be missed! Chocolate tasting? yes please! Gloria Lilley, a co-winner of Divine chocolate’s ‘Three Choclateers’...
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