Fulham WI

A button for your blog

Copy and paste the following code to insert the button into your blog and have it link back to the Fulham WI site.

<a href="http://www.fulhamwi.org.uk/"><img src="http://fulhamwi.typepad.com/blogbutton.jpg"></a>

It should then look like this:

Note: There is a slightly larger version which includes the strapline:

which you can use in a blogpost or if you have a wide sidebar on your blog.  To use this, just replace 'blogbutton.jpg' with 'fwiblog.jpg' in the above code.

Blogging Etiquette and Use

Acceptable Use Policy

Please leave comments on our blog, but bear in mind that we are a friendly bunch and we hope our blog reflects that. We expect some lively debate from time to time but please ensure that you are in no way offensive.
The Committee reserve the right to take down any or ammend any comments that they consider to be defamatory, illegal or ill-meaning or any content that they consider is for personal commercial purposes.
If you consider that a comment or blog post is unacceptable then please do contact a committee member and they will look into it for you.
We hope the Fulham WI blog is a place where you feel comfortable enough to express your views and get some feedback from others. However, it must be pointed out that the opinions expressed in blog postings or comments are those of the individual who left them, and that no individual talks for the organisation as a whole.
IN OTHER WORDS...
• Users must refrain from publishing content that contains any form of vulgarity, harassment, assault or slander.
• Participants are asked to be respectful to the WI, its members and its visiting speakers.
• Constructive criticism, not destructive, is accepted.
• Bloggers are strongly encouraged to check facts, cite sources, present balanced views, acknowledge and correct errors.
• The Fulham WI committee reserve the right to edit or remove content from comments posted.
• Coordinators of this blog read comments regularly. Comments are checked for acceptable content, not for spelling or grammatical errors.
• Users are asked to stay on topic and to publish comments relevant to the associated blog post.
• Coordinators of this blog, at their discretion, have the right to remove content considered a violation of these Terms of Acceptable Use

Modification of these Terms
The Fulham WI Blog and these Terms of Use, will undergo regular review and may be modified at any time. Participants are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms as they are made available.

How many members do you have?

Currently we have 46 fully paid up members although we have many more women on our mailing list (about 200) who like to be kept informed of Fulham WI activities.

I am not a member yet, can I just come along?

Yes. Please come along to the Monthly Monday night meeting (but get there early if you want a seat!). Non members will be asked for a £2 donation towards room rental or they can join by paying the annual subscription which is currently £22 (2005/6).

What does Fulham WI do exactly?

Monthly Meetings
We meet on the first Monday of every month at The Peterborough (except on Bank Holidays when we sometimes meet on the second Monday). At the meetings (7:30pm to circa 9pm) we welcome speakers on one or two topics that have been suggested by members at previous meetings. We sometimes welcome local traders if they have exceptional products that the committee think may be of interest to the FWI members but never are members expected to buy unless they choose to. Refreshments are not provided although there is a bar downstairs where members tend to grab a drink on the way up. Regrettably we cannot accomodate children at the meetings and there are no creche facilities

Committee Meetings
Once a month the Committee (voted in annually at our AGM in October) meet at one of the committee members homes, for a catch up and to plan for other meetings. If you would like to get more invloved and take on a WI responsibility then please email Lucyand let her know and she will let you know which areas need help or how you could stand for a committee position at the next Fulham WI AGM.

Breakout Groups
Sometimes we have breakout groups when there are members who would like to meet more than once  month to do something specific. In the past we have had great fun learning to do the Charleston and to make Jam and even Fascinators (a type of hat!) Ideas for Breakout groups are always encouraged. Email ideas to Lucy or Joanna.

Special Events
Once a year we organise a Christmas ball to fundraise for a local charity and there is seperate committee who deal with it as it is quite a feat! We also arrange other special events such as the annual day trip to the Cartier Polo and many more.

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Campaigns

About our campaigns

Since its formation in 1915, the National Federation of Womens Institutes has tirelessly campaigned on issues that matter to women and their communities.

In the past the NFWI has worked on a wide range of issues: from matters of national concern such as the decline in rural services and the spread of sexually transmitted disease, to international issues such as the negative impact of free trade on the worlds poorest people. At Fulham WI, members intend to carry on the NFWI's tradition of tireless and potent campaigning. Fulham WI aims to capitalise on its valuable status as a 'modern' WI and to use its public voice so that members' views on community issues will get heard. It aims to take up the banner of local, national and global causes that matter to its members and use the power of a united female front to make a positive contribution to society.

NFWI 'Policy' on matters of public concern is voted in annually by a democratic process involving all levels of the organisation, culminating in a vote by delegates at our Annual General Meeting. Once the proposals for policy work (or resolutions) have been accepted at the Annual General Meeting, they become 'mandates' on which members campaign.

Over time these mandates have built into a broad range of policy areas on which members regularly voice their concerns. Fulham WI will continue to campaign on these policy areas and resolves to look at new areas in which this policy work might be expanded.

Campaigns

Our current campaigning priorities are the Supermarkets Code of Conduct Campaign, the campaign on Children's Diets, Exercise and Health, the campaign on Chemicals and Health, and the ongoing campaign on Genetically Modified Food and Crops. Click on the links below for more on all our campaigns, and details of how you can get involved.

Supermarkets Code of Conduct Campaign
Chemicals and Health Campaign
Children's Diets, Exercise and Health
GM Food and Crops
The Trafficking of Women and Children
Trade Justice
Care of Older People
Vocational Training

For more on wider NFWI campaigning work, please see the Policy Areas section of the NFWI website.