Looking forward to our programme in 2016 and all women welcome to join us! Existing members, old members and New members Bridget :)



We meet  on the 2nd Monday of every month upstairs at The Prince Pub on Kynaston Road

Next meeting includes learning how to do Mindful Meditation and  a 20 minute session plus a chance to catch up over tea or a drink and chat, meet local Stokey Women.

Below is an outline of our programme for 2015 Happy New year all!

Had a great craft night on 14th December making Christmas wreaths with Delphine thank you everyone! There was mulled wine, plenty of holly, ivy and twine, ribbon, and carol singing - finally getting in the fetive mood for Christmas Hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and and look forward to seeing you in 2016 a the WI meetings, every 2nd Monday of the the month upstairs at the Prince on Kynaston Road N16 on the corner of Neville Road love Bridget x

Welcome to Stokey WI to our craft making wreaths on MOnday 14th Decembefr upstairs at The Prince on Kynaston Rd N16 Bridget x President Stokey WI

Stokey WI Craft Christmas wreath making

Sophie Verhagen of Growing Communities who work around Hackney and in the vegetable garden by the butterfly dome in Clissold Park has kindly agreed to come and talk to us about what they do Below is her introduction to Monday’s Talk:

website: http://www.growingcommunities.org

Growing Communities is a community-led organisation based in Hackney, North London, which has been providing a real alternative to the current damaging food system over the past 18 years.  
We are a not for profit social enterprise which consists of three main areas of work: the organic fruit and vegetable scheme and the Stoke Newington Farmers' Market and the urban market gardens.  The Farmers' Market and Fruit and Veg scheme harness the collective buying power of our community and direct it towards those farmers who are producing food in a sustainable way - allowing those small-scale farmers and producers whom we believe are the basis of a sustainable agriculture system to thrive.
Growing Communities believes that if we are to create the sustainable re-localised food systems that will see us through the challenges ahead, we need to work together with communities and farmers to take our food system back from the supermarkets and agribusiness.  As the grower at Growing Communities I will talk about some of the above as well as how we manage our market gardens.

Charity Tea with cakes by Stokey WI Ladies Do come along and support all welcome :)

Natasha, lucky member of Stokey WI  at the Queen's Garden Party in Buckingham Palace yesterday!

WI celebrating 100 years at Buckingham Palace. Tea with the soon to be queen - Camilla. Lovely afternoon, if a bit cold and windy!

You are warmly welcomed to attend:   Stokey WI Meeting this Month on Monday 11th May  at 8pm Our local Stokey WI Charity the Refugee Women's Association http://www.refugeewomen.org.uk based in the Reeves Paintworks building in Dalston, are going to update us on their activity over the last year helping women refugees in London from all over the world including China and Afghanistan, and how they used the £500 we helped to raise by baking cakes last summer and turning up  at the http://www.beeandtea.co.uk charity tea in St Peter's De Beauvoir Crypt Cafe On Monday's meeting, if you feel like it,  enter the Cupcake Competition & bring a cup cake or two you have baked and decorated and we will vote with a voluntary contribution - suggested donation of 50p - each as to the winner - all funds raised to go to the Refugee Women's Assoication. Decorating cup cakes with a bit of artistic flair will hopefully fire you up to volunteer to bake a cake, come along and or help serve teas on the day with the Annaul Charity Tea this year:   Bee & Tea Refugee Women's Association Charity Tea DATE: 20TH JUNE 2015 TIME 3PM TO 5PM VENUE:  ST PETER'S DE BEAUVOIR with live piano duets We also have the Chair of trustees and Founder of the Hackney Migrant Centre in 2007 Rayah Feldman  http://www.hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk talking to us after about what they do with the possibility of signing up to volunteer. We also have a guest from the STOKE NEWINGTON LITERARY FESTIVAL running 5th to 7th June this year to let is know what is lined up this year :) Anna Kidd is walking the Thames path during this month and Middlesex has the WI Centenary baton  and is passing to Surrey during the walk - all sponsorship much appreciated - please talk to her directly about this Looking forward to seeing you on Monday May 11th at 8pm Have a great Bank Holiday Weekend and week ahead Kind regards Bridget President Stoke Newington WI   The Prince Pub (upstairs) 59 Kynaston Road Stoke Newington London, N16 OEB Events powered by EventBrite

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You are warmly welcomed to attend: Stokey WI Meeting this Month on

Monday 11th May at 8pm to inspire us to get involved and make cakes attend the annual Bee & Tea  charity tea

Our local Stokey WI Charity the Refugee Women's Association based in the Reeves Paintworks building in Dalston, http://www.refugeewomen.org.uk/info/infom.htm are going to update us on their activity over the last year helping women refugees in London from all over the world including China and Afghanistan:  How they used the £500 we helped to raise by baking cakes last summer and turning up at the charity tea in St Peter's De Beauvoir Crypt Cafe On Monday's meeting.



If you feel like it, enter the Cupcake Competition - bring a cup cake or two you have baked and decorated and we will vote with a voluntary contribution - suggested donation of 50p - each  to the winner.

All funds raised to go to the Refugee Women's Assoication. Decorating cup cakes with a bit of artistic flair will hopefully fire you up to volunteer to bake a cake or cup cakes, come along and / or help serve teas on the day with the Annaul Charity Tea this year: Bee & Tea Refugee Women's Association Charity Tea

DATE: SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 2015

TIME 3PM TO 5PM

VENUE: ST PETER'S DE BEAUVOIR with live piano duets

We also have the Chair of trustees and Founder of the Hackney Migrant Centre in 2007
Rayah Feldman http://www.hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk  talking to us after about what they do with the possibility of signing up to volunteer.


Anna Kidd is walking the Thames path during this month and Middlesex has the WI Centenary baton and is passing to Surrey during the walk - all sponsorship much appreciated - please talk to her directly about this

Looking forward to seeing you on
Monday May 11th at 8pm

Kind regards Bridget
President Stoke Newington WI

April Meeting - Lino printing

This months meeting is Lino Printing led by the wonderful Louise from N1WI and also Anna's fellow WI Walks companion on the Thames Path Challenge next month.

We are going to learn the art of Lino printing the talented Louise C.

For those not up to scratch lino printing is where you imagine a design, score it onto a piece of lino and then use the lino a bit like a rubber stamp and you print on to some card or paper. This technique can be used for pictures, gift tags, any occasion cards - basically anything you would like printed and the designs can be a simple or as complex as you want. We hope you will all go away with some knowledge of this craft, a printed image and your stencil which can be used time and time again (with different inks or on different cards etc) It sounds simple and it is- the trick is in 'cutting' the lino and the design- text for example needs to be scored in reverse so it prints legibly- so best start writing any text phrases backwards now!

All materials will be provided- but you may like to bring a pencil and a sharpener as there may not be enough for 1 each so it would be quicker- also be warned we are using ink so you may like to bring an apron or something to throw over your clothes in case of spillages and splashes!
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Stokey WI programme for 2015 below:  

All welcome :)

Here is a taster of the fun and inspiring events lined up for the coming year 

£5 per meeting for a visitor fee cash on the door or 

£36 annual membership  payable online 


Last chance to sign up for membership only £36 for the year (£ per evening) see membership tab on blog



Our meetings are monthly on the second Monday of Each Month at 8pm and are held in Stoke Newington at:

The Prince
59 Kynaston Road
London, N16 0EB

upstairs unless otherwise specified m eg if outdoor activity see link below for map etc


http://www.theprincen16.com/contact


On Monday 12th January 2015 we discussed the topics in depth and did short presentation on them all,  and put forward with a majority vote for the WI Resolution shortlist 

Plant a tree for the future 
(see last blog post for details) for Stokey WI to adopt as a a group & individuals  as it met our SMART objectives



 

Upcoming Stokey Meeting Dates for your diary: 

At each meeting there is a chance to chat, meet local Stokey ladies and take part in a craft corner as well as a talk by a visitor or member or workshop to participate in.

The events below have been created as a result of consulting members of Stokey WI on what they would like :)




Monday 9th February 2015  8pm

Well Being  

 

 

Looking at well being looking after ourselves in the cold winter having maybe had a dab at detoxing after Christmas in January and local history topic to be confirmed

Monday 9th March 8pm 

Energy Saving event with speakers fro DECC date to be confirmed

Stoke Newington Literary festival intro talk

http://www.stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com


Brainstorm this year's theme and call for volunteers.  Craft activity for decorating Albion Parade for International Women's Day - look at planting a tree from Resolution shortlist


Monday 13th April 8pm  

Art Workshop

Resolution Vote for WI AGM 



Monday 11th May 2015 8pm

Cup Cake Competion and Charity Fundraiser for our local charity the Refugee Women's Association


 

Refugee Women's Association in Dalston our local charity we support coming to update us on their activity and how they used the £500 we helped to raise last year at the www.beeandtea.co.uk charity tea in De Beauvoir last summer

Competition bring a cup cake you have made and decorated and we will vote with 50p each as to the winner - all funds raised to go to the RWA and volunteers from Stokey WI to help with Charity Bee & Tea tea in Aid of

http://www.refugeewomen.org.uk

Anna Kidd is walking the Thames path during this month and Middlesex has the WI Centenary baton  and is passing to Surre during the walk - all sponsorship much appreciated

Monday 8th June 8pm

Stoke Newington Literary Festival - creative writing festival - talk from Author

Bernardine Evaristo - see link below


www.bevaristo.com

 Monday 13th July 8pm 

Local Flora Knowledge Tree Musketeers

http://treemusketeers.org





Monday 10th August 8pm

Rosés Grow on you 

Wine Tasting

Monday 14th September 8pm

Foraging 

Monday 12th October 8pm  

Black History Month Talk 

http://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/

Monday 9th November 8pm 

Lighting our town in 2050

Energing Saving vs Energy production

   

Monday 14th December 8pm

 

 

Look forward to seeing you all and put the dates in your diary and keep wrapped up and warm

Best wishes

Bridget 
President 
Stokey WI