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Balham WI

@Balham_WI

We are Balham Women's Institute & we enjoy culture, charity, craft & cake! Meetings 2nd Tuesday monthly @ 7:30pm @ The Bedford (upstairs) New members welcome

 The Bedford, Balham
balhamwi.org.uk
Joined June 2010
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Special Offer on Denman courses and events! Get 5% off all courses and events at @DenmanCollege when you book online using the code: ODN18 This offer will end at midnight on Friday 2 November & is only valid for online bookings so don’t miss out, visit denman.org.uk
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Attic@thisisattic20 Oct 2018
Hi @Balham_WI could you RT? Our show about the #Suffragettes, The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon, in #Balham next Friday 26/10 7pm @Better_Balham Local residents get £8 tickets using voucher code Libraries8 More info + to book: bit.ly/2uH866I #balham #feminism
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The @WomensInstitute is the UK's largest voluntary women’s membership organisation in the UK with over 222,000 members - and they'll be at BBC @Countryfilelive! The WI marquee will include live craft and cookery demonstrations and more. #cflcommunity
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If you have not yet taken part in our #EndPlasticSoup survey, it does not close until 20 June so please complete and share it today! surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZPX5QRN #WI_AM2018
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The #MentalHealthMatters resolution has been passed with a 98% majority. There were 5945 for votes and 103 against votes. #WI_AM2018
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Jo Brand is hosting a special one-off Radio 4 Quiz. Two WIs will compete to take the crown. Be in the audience to witness them pit their knowledge, wit, wisdom and of course, IQ against each other. bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/show… @WomensInstitute
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We're running #workshops on how to make #cakes, #biscuits & #pastry on 15, 29 Sept & 13 Oct. It's recommended that you try and attend all 3 sessions. Contact HQ for more info. #inspiringwomen #learning #education #baking #skills
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Great opportunity to learn how to make #pastry & #jam on 2, 23 June & 7 July - it's encouraged that you attend all 3 sessions. Contact HQ for more info. #inspiringwomen #education #learning
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Register your interest for Walking Netball by 1 January 2018, the NFWI’s new programme in partnership with @EnglandNetball and open to all WI members in England: snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=1… youtube.com/watch?v=bGZCT6dW…
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Make Christmas leftovers into tasty new meals. Check out these @foodgov tips to make your food go further: ow.ly/X6vy30gCFl0
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Hestia@Hestia197019 Dec 2017
Thank you @Balham_WI for your incredible donation to the women and children in our Wandsworth #DomesticAbuse refuge. Help us make Christmas special for the 400 children living in our refuges over the festive period: hestia.org/donatenow
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We are urgently in need of sleeping bags and gloves in our laundry. If you have any you're no longer using, please bring them along to the centre 8.30am-5pm every day this week. And please retweet this message - thank you!
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Quick thing: it's incredibly cold out. If you see someone sleeping rough anywhere in the UK and don't know what to do, go to homeless.org.uk to see local options for shelter, or report it at streetlink.org.uk Don't just ignore it. Please tell everyone you know.
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Homeless Link

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** DRUM ROLL ** #TeaAndTents Returning for 2018! Have you signed up to our email mailing list to stay in touch? eepurl.com/H7qUr #2018camping @WomensInstitute @WILifemagazine
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.@DenmanCollege have a new website! It's got a fab blog, which will be updated with recipes, Denman memories, & more. They're just tweaking the online booking & this will be available soon! Check out: denman.org.uk
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Calling all artists! @CamileThaiUK need their windows painted for Christmas! Send a pic of your work to [email protected] and she'll get back to you. The theme is White Christmas. #Tooting #Balham
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Love this photo.We are hoping to set up a WI in #Battersea, anyone interested come to a meeting on 21st Nov Westbridge Pub, Battersea Bridge Rd. teapawt.org/WomensInstitute/status…
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The first WI meeting was set up by Canadian Madge Watt and was held at Llanfair PG, North Wales, on 16 September 1915. #WI_102
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Calling all WI makers and designers! We’re looking for people who would like their projects featured in the ‘Over to you’ section on My WI. Email [email protected]
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102yrs later we are now the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK, with approximately 220,000 members in 6,300 WIs! #WI_102
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The first WI meeting was set up by Canadian Madge Watt and was held at Llanfair PG, North Wales, on 16 September 1915. #WI_102
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