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

Resolution shortlist for 2015

From the Federation Resolution Shortlist Selection Representatives, who attended the Resolution Shortlist Selection Meeting on 2 October 2014, they chose the following shortlist of resolutions:


The next 100 years
As we mark 100 years of the WI, we deplore the unacceptable level of gender discrimination that still exists. We call decision makers to remove barriers preventing today’s women and future generations reaching their full potential.


Plant a tree for the future
The NFWI urges Her Majesty’s government to start a continuous national broadleaf tree planting programme to replace vital woodlands lost in previous decades. WIs in consultation with their local councils and community groups will be asked to plant trees in celebration of their centenary and to benefit future generations.


Public access defibrillators
There is an urgent need to widen public access to defibrillators to significantly increase the survival rate following a cardiac arrest. This meeting urges WI members to work with their communities to install public access defibrillators.


Failing to care – assessment of need in long-term care
This meeting calls on HM government to remove the distinction between nursing care and personal care in the assessment of the needs of individuals, in order to advance health and wellbeing.


Cutting back on food waste
Everybody loses when good food is thrown away. We call on WI members to reduce their own food waste and all public and private sector organisations to do more to minimise food waste and protect our finite resources.


Ending FGM
This AM welcomes the progress that has been made towards ending Female Genital Mutilation. We call on political leaders and the UK public to maintain momentum behind all efforts to eradicate this abuse of human and child rights.


To curb the use of antibiotics
In view of the problem of increased microbial resistance to antibiotics, this meeting urges HM government to work with health professionals and the public to raise awareness of, and encourage the appropriate use of, antibiotics in human and animal healthcare.

Stokey WI invite The Boobettes to talk about breast cancer awareness. 

The Boobettes are a group of young women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 35, have had a breast cancer scare at a young age or a strong connection to the disease. Using their stories, they inspire other people to think differently about their lives and bodies, educating about the importance of getting to know your boobs now and making it a life-long habit. We are very happy that they are able to come and talk to us about the importance of self-checking and guidance on how to do this. They will also be sharing their own personal stories and answering any questions you might have. (Free for members, £5 for visitors).

If you cannot make it on the night, feel free to make a donation to Breast Cancer Care via their website and to The Boobettes.

We look forward to seeing you there!


Stokey WI

P.s. we will be opening up memberships for next year in October so if you are interested in re-joining or becoming a new member for 2015 feel free to speak to us about it. If you join in November you get December for free, that's 13 months for the cost of 12!

11th August meeting

11th August meeting: Join us for a talk with artist Lucy Sparrow about her exhibition 'The Cornershop', an installation of a shop made entirely out of felt.

Each item - from the bean cans, to the cigarette packets and chewing gum - will be made entirely out of felt: each item meticulously hand sewn, stuffed and priced. Artist Lucy Sparrow will be coming to the Stokey WI about the exhibition, bringing samples of some of the felt items as well as giving an insight into the meaning of the high street and the cornershop.

About Lucy Sparrow

Working at the intersection of contemporary art and craft, Lucy Sparrow’s work sets the agenda for textiles within the urban art scene. She works mainly with felt and wool, creating over-sized soft versions of existing objects and major art works The aim of this ‘feltism’ is to question, playfully, the politics of artistic production and to tackle (often collaboratively) some of realities of contemporary living, dealing with issues concerning the politics of consumerism, social exclusion, gender, and neurological diversity.

She has advanced her arts practice and social agenda through her own solo shows (“Imitation”, 2012, Hoxton Gallery, London; “Softcore”, 2013, Crocus Gallery, Nottingham), and her work has been shown alongside notable street artists, including Banksy, in the “Urban Take-Over”, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s touring Street Art exhibition and in the “Urban Art Show” (Louise T Blouin Foundation, 2013). She also have works in private and corporate collections in the EU and the US. As part of the strategic vision she has for this field of practice, she curated the “Craftivism” Group Show (W3 London, 2013), reflecting critically on the intersection of fine art, craft, politics and social change. She has been an invited contributor to over 35 group shows, including the annual Modern Panic exhibition (2009-2013) and the City Art Institute of Mental Health Exhibition (Nottingham, 2013-14). Alongside her gallery based practice, she has developed a series of participatory high profile public art projects, including activist work with Greenpeace, and “mini-structures’ a six month long commission for Time Out.

In August 2014, Lucy will unveil an 8-month long project to create an entire cornershop out of felt for a month in Bethnal Green, London. It will then move to Brighton in October 2014.

Free for members, £5 for visitors

Summer drawing class with Stokey WI President Bridget Chetwynd. Plus Wool Against Weapons.

The class will be a simple project of drawing a still life, flowers in a vase. Anyone can have a go and learn to draw if they simply arrive with an open mind so enjoy it!

About Bridget Chetwynd

Bridget Chetwynd trained in Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art and has always painted and drawn from life throughout her artistic career. She also does private 1:1 tuition in painting and drawing at her studio. She has also taught BTec design courses at Westminster College.

She learned to paint and draw with the painter Sargy Mann who taught at Camberwell School of Art, and she has continued to be influenced by his enthusiasm for observing and looking and seeing the effect light has on what see and translate onto paper.

She has designed sets and costumes for many plays and operas, worked as a project manager at Cameron Mackintosh and had exhibitions of her paintings, and designed best selling greeting cards for Camden Graphics. 

In 2010 Bridget also cofound Bee & Tea, a homeware business with her sister Natasha Chetwynd,www.beeandtea.co.uk with designs based on her botanical watercolours from life. Bee & Tea are stocked in Heal’s & Sublime as well as in France and abroad. She also has a paintings website which can be reached on the painting tab or for examples of her work, www.bridgetchetwynd.co.uk

Also, join in for some knitting! http://www.woolagainstweapons.co.uk/