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
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