Looking Ahead to What's On

2025

2025 August Yarnbombing Newsletter is out
check with the Secretary or click on the link

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Reminder
Events must be paid for at time of booking. Cancellations made up to 3 days before the Ticket Allocation Date will not be charged but cancellations made after that will be invoiced and must be paid for. Please do not turn up to Events if confirmation of attendance has not been received. If the event is fully booked we will not be able to admit you
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Friday 5 December  CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING
10am to 12 noon  WI House
Everyone is welcome. £4 at the door for coffee or tea and cake.  
This is always an extremely popular event. Don’t forget to wear your Christmas Jumpers with a prize for the best one. Bring along your handmade Christmas Trees (no taller than 9”) to enter the Christmas Tree Competition. A guest judge will present a prize, and then the trees will be auctioned to help boost our funds. County raffle tickets will be on sale and we will draw the raffle before 12 noon.

Friday 6  December - An Evening of festive entertainment with Northampton Rock Choir
Festive Refreshments included £10 (members) £13 (non-members)
The Abbey Centre, East Hunsbury, Northampton NN4 0RZ
The closing date has passed for this event but we still have some places available, so if you wish to attend please contact WI House. We will also take cash payments on the night. You really don’t want to miss our fantastic evening of entertainment including a sing-along session, Christmas raffle and festive refreshments.

Tuesday 30 December 2025 - County Walk near Brixworth
10.15 for 10.30 start  (2 miles)
More a stroll around, following a route that, by the time we return to The George, nearly 30 blue historical plaques should have been found. There is a leaflet to help. At 11.00 there will be a guided tour (£4.00) of the very old (Anglo Saxon) All Saints Church. Should the weather be unkind there will be coffee, tea and biscuits on offer (£3.50) in the Heritage Centre. Numbers will be limited. Please note the later start time.
Parking: The George Inn, Northampton Road, Brixworth, NN6 9BU

2026

Wednesday 14 January 2026  SOUP and CHATTER LUNCH £10
12 noon to 2pm  WI House
Join us at WI House for a warming lunch of homemade soup, cake and a hot drink. A good opportunity to dispel the winter blues and chat with friends. Book you place direct on TicketSource https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/northamptonshire county-federation-of-wis/soup-and-chatter/2026 01-14/12:00/t-njkpjpj
Book early as numbers are limited to 40.

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Saturday 7 February 2026  County Walk - Hartwell & Salcey Forest
9.45am for 10am start   5 miles
The walk sets out from Hartwell, then loops through Salcey Forest before returning to Hartwell. It is a flat walk – no stiles with an option to shorten the walk to 3 miles. The paths should be good surfaces even if it has been a bit wet! 
The Rose and Crown, 3 Park Road, Hartwell, NN7 2HP

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Wednesday 18 February 2025    NORTH COUNTY LUNCH  £30  Members only
Barnwell Village Hall   Barnwell  Peterborough  PE8 5QD.  
Our county lunch will have Milly Fyfe as our guest speaker. Quoted by Radio 4’s women’s hour as a progressive woman in Agriculture and a Farmer’s Weekly Farming Champion finalist, food producer, farmer’s wife, mother and friend to all. A fitting speaker in the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF 2026) which highlights the critical role of women in agriculture and addresses the challenges they face.  Application form with your Secretary next month

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Tuesday 31 March 2026  NFWI ANNUAL MEETING &  RESOLUTIONS BRIEFING CONFERENCE
WI House  7pm to 9pm  Members only 
Have you been chosen as a delegate for the National Annual Meeting this year? Are you one of the members who will lead the discussions or get involved on Resolutions at your WI meeting? If you have answered yes to either of these questions or are a WI member interested in finding out more on the chosen topic/topics, come along to WI House to hear knowledgeable speakers, ask questions and join in the debate.   Application form with your Secretary next month

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Monday 13 April 2026  COUNTY QUIZ  £28 per team. Members only
Mercure Hotel, Daventry  7pm
We hope you keep testing your quiz brains in the run up to and during the Christmas period. We are looking forward to seeing you in what is now, our Annual County Quiz.
£28 as team which should come from funds as you are representing your WI.
If you are struggling to get a team you can always join up with another WI

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Friday 24 – Sunday 26 April DENMAN STYLE RETREAT    
A FEW PLACES STILL AVAILABLE. APPLY NOW!  Staverton Park Hotel and Golf Club
A time to spoil yourself for the weekend. Take part in a new craft or a more strenuous activity. You can also make use of the hotel’s spa facilities. Book your place by going to Warwickshire Federation’s website; go to the What’s On. page and scroll down to the various Retreat Workshops where you will be taken to TicketSource to book. Or go direct to www.ticketsource.co.uk/wfwi and scroll down. You will be asked to pay a non-refundable deposit of £100 to secure your place. An invoice will be sent to you direct for the balance in January.
Places allocated on a first come basis, please check TicketSource for availability.
Please book directly and not through your WI Secretary or WI House.

Joint Retreat with Warwickshire Federation Poster - click here