Balsall Heath and Moseley WI programme – 2024/25

The Women’s Institute for Balsall Heath and Moseley have shared their programme for the coming year.

Hello everyone, we’re delighted to share our programme for the next year with you, plus details of how to join our WI for 2024/25 – and why you should! Of course we’ll still welcome visitors to our sessions too where resources and capacity allow, but we will be increasing our standard visitor fee to £6 (looking back through our records it’s been set at £5 since at least 2018).

We’ll be in contact again shortly with details of our next meeting on Sunday April 14th – hope to see you there.

Here’s what we’ve got planned for the next 12 months. Our meetings are normally at 3pm on the 2nd Sunday of the month at St Columba Hall in Moseley but we’ll be going off site for our August picnic and our October foraging session.

2023/24 members, please note the differences to the programme we shared with you initially – the September and January sessions have been swapped.

2024/25 programme

14th Apr  Yarn bombing workshop
Knit, crochet and weave flowers. All abilities welcome, we will help beginners. 

12th May  Ballroom dancing
Dust off your sequins and get your Strictly vibe on! 
 
9th Jun  AGM & Embossing
Reports & election of a new Committee plus metal embossing using a magnet on aluminium

14th Jul  Indian pickles & flat breads 
A practical session full of spice

11th Aug  Annual picnic (venue tbc)
Bring a plate to share and something to sit on
 
8th Sep  Kefir and Kombucha
Make fermented drinks and discover the importance of the microbiome

13th Oct  Foraging Walk   
Meet in Stirchley then walk along the riverbank to discover edibles 

10th Nov  Lead free stained glass
Create stained glass without lead, & make a beautiful circular pattern in glass. 

8th Dec  Seasonal crafts & social
Ease into the festive spirit with fun crafts and nibbles.
 
12th Jan  Weaving with Janet
Explore and use wonderful threads and yarns to create pattern and form
 
9th Feb  Moseley Women
A talk by Moseley Society History group

9th Mar  Crafty Upcycling
Give packaging, old greetings cards etc a new purpose and avoid landfill

Why join our WI?

Here’s a few reasons to join our WI as a member:Meet like-minded women from different backgrounds, have fun, make new friends11 monthly meetings included for no extra charge (plus our annual August picnic) – members have priority where numbers are limitedAdditional WI activities and outings, including book group and craftsFurther activities, events and resources from our West Midlands FederationOpportunity to apply for grants from the WMFWI Education Trust FundMake your voice heard in our National campaignsThe WI Learning Hub which offers a wide range of online sessions from crafts to vocational skills (most are free to members)WI Life magazine 8 times a yearAccess to My WI, the member-only websitePlus tea* and cake! (*Other beverages also available).

How to join our WI

Our membership fee this year is £48 – just £4 a month for everything we’ve mentioned above. The fee reduces through the year for new members.

You can complete a membership form online or at a meeting, and pay by bank transfer, cash or cheque. To keep the amount of admin at our meetings to a minimum, we would love it if you were able to register online and pay by bank transfer if possible.