Manchester WI Membership 2024/25

Renew your membership of Manchester WI for 2024/ 2025 or join us as a new member! Your membership covers the period 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025, though you will be able to attend meetings and access sub groups from the date at which you join. 

If you would like to join as a dual member (i.e. you are a member of another WI), the current rate is £22.60. Please email us at manchesterwi@gmail.com for information about becoming a Dual member. 

We are continuing to offer a full programme of meetings  and sub-group activities. Your membership includes:

• 11 monthly meetings per year
• Access to our sub-groups including: Bookish Broads, Craft Club
• One-off activities and socials throughout the year (some additional costs may apply)
• Access to our virtual networks including sub-group specific messaging groups
• Regular copies of WI Life, the national WI magazine through the post

For more detailed information about memberships, please check out our FAQs on the website.

Important data protection information

At Manchester WI we take the privacy of our members data seriously and will only use your personal information for WI administration purposes and for communicating with you about your membership. Only relevant committee members will  will be able to access your full details and these will be held securely and in confidence. When you join Manchester WI, your contact details will be added to an online national membership system called MCS. This is accessible by the National Federation of WIs (NFWI) and Lancashire Federation of WIs (LFWI) which Manchester WI is part of. The NFWI privacy policy tells you more about how your data will be managed: https://www.thewi.org.uk/privacy-policy.

Communications you can expect to receive are:

• Email newsletters from Manchester WI with information on our events and sub-groups - these are usually fortnightly but occasional one-off mailers may be sent regarding important issues or any last minute changes
• 8 copies a year of WI Life magazine by post
• The occasional treat through the post from Manchester WI...!

Please select 'yes' on the data protection consent question the registration form to confirm:

• I understand that the NFWI and LFWI may use my personal details to keep me informed of all activities/ events/ meetings that will enable me to benefit from my WI membership. By providing this information I confirm that I am giving permission for my personal data to be used for all WI purposes
• I understand that I can change my consent at any time, or withdraw it completely, by contacting Manchester WI