Quorn WI

Quorn WI meets monthly, and warmly welcomes members and newcomers to the village with a chance to meet and make friends, try new skills and listen to speakers on a wide variety of subjects. Over the course of the year our group will invite several speakers to talk on their interests, try our hands at a variety of crafts and other activities, bake those wonderful WI cakes and share our favourite recipes, as well as going on several outings to areas that interest us!

Meetings
The meetings are held on the second Friday of the month and start at 1.30pm. Normally they take place in the Church Rooms. By popular acclaim, we hold to the tradition of singing Jerusalem at the start of the meeting! There is always a short WI business session, where we share news, arrange our forthcoming trips, look at events in the County and pick up issues from the county and national magazines. Every meeting has a small WI stall where we sell produce - a portion of the proceeds goes to our WI funds - and after our main program item, we always have tea or coffee and take the chance to catch up with each other.

Events
Throughout the year, we take part in a number of events - either all together or by sending representatives. These range from purely social (theatre trips,county organised visits) through seasonal celebrations ( the county carol services) to more serious issues ( the national wildflower surveys, and the National Federation AGM). And we also organise a summer celebration ourselves - a strawberry tea or lunch- and contribute a cake stall at the village May Fair. Our lunch club meets roughly monthly and visits local eating places chosen by members. Once arranged, we generally post our events on the village calendar.

Supporting our Community
As part of the wider WI community, we support organisations such as Rainbows and LOROS with practical help, baking cakes for their much needed facilities. We also collect 'pennies for friendship' - part of the nationwide drive that supports the improvement of water facilities in poorer countries. And you will often find we take part in other community events.

The wider WI
Our Women's Institute is part of the Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of WI's. There are more than 150 WI groups that meet in the two counties, ranging across small villages to the large urban areas. Nationally, the WI offers a varied programme of events that involve women across the country in their shared interests. It also provides facilities such as Denman College, where members take part in a large number of residential courses -arts, crafts, public speaking, rural skills to name but a few - and supports the campaigns on behalf of the membership -for example, the current drive to support community hospitals and local post office facilities.

Beacon Group
Quorn WI is also part of the Beacon Group - drawing together our nearest neighbour WI's -and this gives us the chance to meet socially and share ideas.

Contact Us
If you'd like more information please contact our Secretary, Christine Cox on 01509 880 743 or the President, Georgina Glover on 01509 8271419.

Top Recipes and Tips

November 2008 - Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe
December 2007 - Coffee and Walnut Cake Recipe
October 2007 - Lemon Curd Recipe

Photos of recent Events

December 2008 and January 2009 - view photos