Annual Review October 2022 - October 2023

Annual Review: October 2023, presented by Sarah Fell, President of Leicester Ladies WI

Thanks to the committee for their support over the year;

Teressa as secretary, Tina as Treasurer and Gail & Julie for moral support.

November 2022

Inhouse craft – Tina led a session on cross-stitch, to make a Christmas card

December 2022

Group Christmas meal cancelled due to Covid restrictions!

January 2023

To get everyone moving after Christmas we invited Laraine T to give a talk and demonstration about Tai Chi.

I believe some members tried a few of the moves.

February

Exploits of a volunteer. Alison gave a very entertaining talk about her experiences as a driver at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

March – an enlightening talk about Crystal healing from Pamela L. Complimentary therapist and teacher of crystal healing. Most members experienced a crystal spinning above their palm.

April - Polly gave an interesting talk about growing flowers sustainably for arrangements

May - Traveleyes: an inspiring talk about being a holiday guide for the visual impaired - the world through your eyes.

June – Life aboard the Royal Yatch Britannia was cancelled on the night, so we improvised with a quiz and social chat.

July - An excellent guided tour/treasure hunt within Leicester city centre. Some very interesting facts and sights

August

In house craft session, members made a felt daisy, some were more pleased with their result than others

September

An introduction to British sign Language by Daisy Edwards, the learning development and delivery coordinator for BSL for LCC

October 2023

AGM & pumpkin making

Extras:

February: Pancake supper at Countesthorpe. Joint winners in pancake race !

March: Annual council meeting: speakers Ruth Goodman, TV historian & Eric Knowles, antique expert.

International Women’s Day, via zoom. I Attended Shearsby & Arnesby’s 90th birthday meal

April: Laura & I attended speakers showcase, 4 enthusiastic speakers gave a brief overview of their talk

May: NFWI annual meeting in Cardiff. Resolution past – ‘Clean rivers for people & wildlife’

May: several members attended Peatling Magna’s Beetle Drive

July: Several members attended the summer gathering hosted by Peatling Parva

September : Visit to the local farm

October: A team joined other WI’s for ‘taster session of petanque’

Annual Meeting Resolution Results 2022

Link Delegates and Federation Representatives cast their votes in June while attending the National Federation meeting in Liverpool. We are happy to confirm that the resolution Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD - under-identified, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed, under-supported has passed with a majority of 96.5%.

Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD - under-identified, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed, under-supported Women and girls presenting with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are going undiagnosed. The NFWI calls on the government and funding bodies to fund research into the female presentation of ASD and ADHD, and for action to be taken to improve the diagnosis process for women and girls, to ensure that they are equipped to better manage these conditions and do not suffer in silence. The NFWI further calls on WI members to raise awareness within their WIs of the issues facing women and girls with ASD and ADHD.

Annual report 2022

The Annual Review October 2022 by Sarah Fell, President of Leicester ladies WI

Thanks to the committee for their support over the year. We continued Zooming for a couple of months & then got back to some normality in February.

November 2021

Speaker – Bonti who demonstrated croqueted Christmas wreaths on curtain hoop (in person & Zoom)

December 2021

Group Christmas lunch cancelled due to Covid restrictions!

January 2022

Speaker -Matthew Eames from Leicester City Council – waste & environmental department

Discussed shortlist of forthcoming resolutions (Zoom)

February

Hosted Cromwell Group meeting with a Pancake supper (in person & Zoom)

Venue provided a nice supper and we had local comedian, Ben Ennis entertaining us, followed by the tradition pancake race

March

Unfortunately our planned speaker cancelled.

We discussed resolutions, then had some table games/quiz

April

Alpaca walk – got a mention in the County News

May

Speaker – Susie Lickman from Windowsill plants in Market Harborough talking about houseplants (+Zoom)

June

Speaker – Katherine Round from Bodyshop, talked about the history and ethos of the brand (+Zoom)

July

Speakers – Authors Adrienne Vaughan & Lizzie Lamb, Romantic Crime & romance with history

August

Postponed due to weather ! & several members being on holiday

September

Speaker - Carol, Blue Badge walking tour of Leicester, pointing out inspiring Ladies from Leicester

Extras

November 2021 – mentioned in County News for our innovation of using Zoom to include all

April: I attended speakers showcase

March: Annual council meeting – cancelled due to Covid

June: NFWI annual meeting in Liverpool, Teresa & I attended: speaker Sara Clark Black rod. Resolution past - Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD - under-identified, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed, under-supported

May: several members attended Peatling Magna afternoon tea & Fete

July: Federation Quiz – spoilt by being very hard

October: Cromwell group meeting – Platinum Jubilee, in memory of queen plus afternoon tea