Fulham WI

FWI September Meeting: A Woman's Touch

The September Fulham WI meeting will take place on Monday, 3^rd September at 7.30pm, upstairs room at THE PETERBOROUGH (formerly the Southern Cross) on the New King’s Road (at the bottom of Wandsworth Bridge Road and opposite Eel Brook Common).

The

Peterborough

is about 10mins walk from Fulham Broadway tube and about 15 mins walk from Parsons Green Tube. The No 22 bus stops right outside and there are also the 295 and 28 Buses stopping just around the corner on the

Wandsworth Bridge Road

!

Please find here a link to Streetmap for directions:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=525575&y=176750&z=1&sv=525575,176750&st=OSGrid&lu=N&tl=~&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

The September meeting will a include talk from:-

Kerrie Keeling at A Woman’s Touch (www.awomanstouch.org.uk ):

Kerrie Keeling founded A Woman’s Touch (www.awomanstouch.org.uk) in 2003 after bad experiences with tradesmen.  The mainly female team offers an array of property maintenance and building services throughout the South East of England.   Kerrie is going to talk about the background of the company, some of the trials and tribulations of being a woman in such a male dominated environment, and will also be happy to help with any specific questions or concerns regarding members own DIY issues.

Drinks!!!!:

The FWI would like to invite you to a few drinks after the meeting – purely to have a catch-up and get to know you session. Please come and join us for a glass of vino!

Fulham

WI

News and Events:-

BBC Proms In the Park – Saturday 8th September:

Several people have expressed an interest in this event.  On 8th September

Hyde Park

will play host to the fabulous annual Proms in the Park with music from Leslie Garrett and the BBC Concert Orchestra and the inimitable Terry Wogan will be presenting.  Other stars will include Tony Hadley and

Chico

…. Need we say more ??

There are still tickets available (at a cost of £20) for this world class event on 8th September.  If you would like a ticket or two please bring your cheques along to the next WI meeting or post to Joanna Hackett. 

iWalk Nordic Walking, Wednesday, 19th September @ 7.30 pm:

FWI is planning a one-hour taster session of the iWalk Nordic walking in

Bishops

Park

. Full details will be available at the September meeting but if this is of interest to you please speak to Katie Finnegan at the meeting.

Royal

Hospital

of Neuro-disability – Need Volunteers:

Last year’s Ball charity the Royal Hospital of Neuro-disability is looking for volunteers to help at certain events over the weekend, particularly at the performance at St Mary's Church and they wondered if any for the ladies at the Fulham WI would be interested in helping them.

You would be required to be there on Saturday 29 September from 6pm - 10pm. They need people to sell programmes, serve champagne and show people to their seats. They are looking for a team of 10 people. Anyone helping would be given a free ticket to the performance and a free t-shirt to wear on the evening.

If this is of interest to anyone please contact: Rebecca Carey, Community and Events Executive at

Royal

Hospital

for Neuro-disability on 0208 780 4565 or rcarey@rhn.org.uk

The RHN events include:

Thursday 27 September 2007 - An evening riverboat cruise from Putney Pier *

Champagne reception, dinner and live music all the way.

Friday 28 September 2007- Live music at The Exchange Shopping Centre, Putney throughout the day.

Live jazz performances in the evening at a selection of Putney pubs and restaurants

Venues participating are:

Fez

Club, Slug and Lettuce, Coat and Badge, M Bar, Half Moon, Green Man, Jolly Gardner, The Boathouse, The Fox.

Saturday 29 September 2007- Live Jazz Performance at the French Market,

Church Square

Will Todd's 'Mass in Blue', performed by the Vasari Singers "One of the world's finest choirs" St Mary’s Church, Putney.*

£25 each including a champagne reception (*Entry by ticket only.)

Chutney Making Day – Saturday 13th October:

Due to the success of our jam making day a couple of years ago, we are now holding a chutney making event on 13th October.  This will take place at

Holy

Cross

School

in New Malden between 10am and 2.30pm.

The cost of the day is £10 plus the cost of materials which will be provided at cost (ie 20p for jars etc).  There is a maximum of 16 places for this event, so if you would like to secure a place please bring your cheques for £10 to the next WI meeting or send to Joanna Hackett at

300 Fulham Road

SW10 9EP.  The places will be offered on a first paid first served basis and if it proves very popular we can run another day.  Attendees will have to make their own way on New Malden.

I hope this proves a popular event and a chance to learn another good old fashioned WI skill!

FWI Ball 2007

The

Las Vegas

themed 2007 Ball will take place on Saturday 01 December at

Fulham

Town Hall

.

Tickets will be going on sale/reservation at the September meeting at £60 per person. This will include reception drinks, 3-course meal, ½ bottle of wine per person on table, raffle, disco, play-casino and live entertainment. Proceeds will go to the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation. To reserve your ticket please speak to Niki Hutchinson – cheques should be made payable to

Fulham

WI

.

If you do have any suggestions or can help out with raffle prizes or advertising in the Ball brochure (£120 full page/ £75 half page) please speak to Niki Hutchinson.

See you all there ... for those who cannot make it, see you very soon!

Fulham

WI

committee   

Fulham WI August Meeting- Monday 6th August

The August Fulham WI meeting will take place on Monday, 6^th August at 7.30pm, DOWNSTAIRS at THE PETERBOROUGH (formerly the Southern Cross) on the New King’s Road (at the bottom of Wandsworth Bridge Road and opposite Eel Brook Common).

The Peterborough is about 10mins walk from Fulham Broadway tube and about 15 mins walk from Parsons Green Tube. The No 22 bus stops right outside and there are also the 295 and 28 Buses stopping just around the corner on the Wandsworth Bridge Road!

Please find here a link to Streetmap for directions:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=525575&y=176750&z=1&sv=525575,176750&st=OSGrid&lu=N&tl=~&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

The August meeting will include talks from:-

Phil Booth - What’s wrong with the ID scheme?

The UK identity card won’t be just another harmless piece of plastic - the card is just the tip of the iceberg. Phil Booth, the national co-ordinator of the pressure group NO2ID, explains how the National Identity Management System will mean the collection and storage of your personal details on an unprecedented scale, and the creation of an “audit trail” of all your life’s activities.

Are we moving towards a big brother society? Phil Booth believes that we are, and in this talk he demonstrates how privacy will be a thing of the past if the identity scheme goes ahead.

Angela Harkness will be enlightening us on Emotional Freedom Techniques:

This is a simple technique which can help to relieve pain, dissolve cravings, phobias, release stress, relax after a hard day etc. Angela is a neuron linguistic programming practitioner who will use her experience to interactively demonstrate how this technique can be used in everyday situations.

Victoria France from Mazoom will be selling Silver Handmade Gemstone Jewellery:

Mazoom’s unique and beautiful designs use the very finest semi precious and precious gemstones set in hallmarked sterling silver. Many are one-off pieces in unusual colour combinations, set simply to emphasise the beauty of the natural stones.

As always there is no pressure to purchase and Victoria is very happy for us to just look!

Fulham WI News and Events:-

N1 WI Picnic in the Park – Saturday 11^th August:

N1 WI is going ahead with their picnic on 11th August in Highbury Fields. They would love it if any of the FWI members fancied going along. It's free, everyone to bring own food and drinks, and there will be park games (boules, rounders) for those who fancy it, and other things going on like selling cakes, and perhaps palm reading and other bits and pieces that you can indulge in whilst wining, dining and reclining.

If you are interested in this please speak to Katie Best on n1wi@yahoo.co.uk or visit http://www.n1wi.typepad.com 

BBC Proms In the Park – Saturday 8th September:

Several people have expressed an interest in this event.  On 8th September Hyde Park will play host to the fabulous annual Proms in the Park with music from Leslie Garrett and the BBC Concert Orchestra and the inimitable Terry Wogan will be presenting.  Other stars will include Tony Hadley and Chico…. Need we say more ??

Please come along and enjoy a wonderful evening with your Fulham WI chums, we are charging £20 for tickets (which is a £3 reduction on the standard selling price). 

Please bring cheques to the August meeting or post to Joanna Hackett at 300 Fulham Road SW10 9EP to arrive no later than 6th August.  Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the wonderfully patriotic atmosphere and be part of one the most popular classical musical events in the world.

FWI Ball 2007

The Las Vegas themed 2007 Ball will take place on Saturday 01 December at Fulham Town Hall.

Tickets will be going on sale from September at £60 per person. This will include reception drinks, 3-course meal, ½ bottle of wine per person on table, raffle, disco, play-casino and live entertainment. Proceeds will go to the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation.

If you do have any suggestions or can help out with raffle prizes or advertising in the Ball brochure (£120 full page/ £75 half page) please speak to Niki Hutchinson.

Subs Reminder

The amount is £26 and includes a copy of WI magazine delivered to your door! There is a small membership form to fill out and cheques should be made payable to the Fulham WI.

Please speak to Sarah Cook, Membership Secretary at the meetings for further information and the membership form.

See you all there ... for those who cannot make it, see you very soon!