Resolutions

link to resolution two

2017 Resolutions Meeting

Resolution One

Plastic Soup: Keep microplastic fibres out of our ocean            

Microplastic fibres are shed from synthetic clothing with every wash and are the main contributors to microplastic contamination of the oceans. The NFWI calls on Government and industry to research and develop innovative solutions to this problem in order to stop the accumulation of microplastic fibres        in        our        oceans.

15 members attended the meeting on May4th at 730pm  when Jane did the presentations using the NFWI power point.. The debate was very productive and the vote was unanimous to take the resolution forward

Resolution Two

Alleviating loneliness            

This meeting calls on every WI and the NFWI to work alongside health and social care providers and their local community to raise awareness of the causes and impacts of loneliness, thus ensuring better identification of lonely people in order to be able to offer them the appropriate assistance and support.

Jane also presented the second resolution as above.  We felt this was a more difficult resolution to grasp. The members felt it would be intrusive to identify people being lonely.  This did not have an age as it was from youngsters as well as the elderly.  

We felt that the presentation was focusing on the elderly more so than other ages.

The resolution result was very mixed with a majority voting against or abstaining.