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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

"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...

Learning vocabulary and rhyming off declensions are linguistic gymnastics which many would perhaps gladly leave in secondary school....

Learning vocabulary and rhyming off declensions are linguistic gymnastics which many would perhaps gladly leave in secondary school....

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...

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...

For our February meeting we celebrated International Women’s Day by inviting a panel of women currently working the NHS to share their...

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...

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...

With our usual meetings taking place in a school (the beautiful Chetham’s), August means it’s school trip time for Manchester WI. This...

With 2018 marking 100 years of women’s suffrage, and gender pay gap statistics sparking a whole new drive for equality in the working...

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...

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...

After seeing the results of our annual Christmas wreath classes, and having seen her booth at our November members Bazaar, one of our...

This was a meeting not to be missed! Chocolate tasting? yes please! Gloria Lilley, a co-winner of Divine chocolate’s ‘Three Choclateers’...