"The Women’s Institute (WI) was formed in 1915 to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. Since then the organisation’s aims have broadened and the WI is now the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK. The WI will celebrate its centenary in 2015 and currently has over 210,000 members in around 6,600 WIs."
"The WI plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities."
The National Federation of Women's Institutes has its headquarters in London. Click the link above to visit their website.
Each WI is self-governing within the framework of the WI constitution and rules and belongs to one of 69 federations – each with a regional office. KeWI belongs to the Surrey Federation of WIs (SFWIs). The 7,000 WIs and 69 federations make up the National Federation.
Denman College is the WI’s own Residential and Day Adult Education College near Oxford. Denman College runs courses covering Art, Craft, Health and Fitness, Drama and Theatre, Food and Drink, Gardening and the Countryside, Languages, Literature and Writing, Music, Personal Development, Social Studies, History and Public Affairs, Sport and Leisure, Information Technology and Photography, as well as training courses for WI members.
"The WI plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities."
The National Federation of Women's Institutes has its headquarters in London. Click the link above to visit their website.
Each WI is self-governing within the framework of the WI constitution and rules and belongs to one of 69 federations – each with a regional office. KeWI belongs to the Surrey Federation of WIs (SFWIs). The 7,000 WIs and 69 federations make up the National Federation.
Denman College is the WI’s own Residential and Day Adult Education College near Oxford. Denman College runs courses covering Art, Craft, Health and Fitness, Drama and Theatre, Food and Drink, Gardening and the Countryside, Languages, Literature and Writing, Music, Personal Development, Social Studies, History and Public Affairs, Sport and Leisure, Information Technology and Photography, as well as training courses for WI members.
