We meet on the first Friday on each month in Wiveliscombe Community Centre at 7.30pm. Prospective new members are welcome.

We seek to enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life, including arts, crafts and sciences, to take an effective part in a friendly and enjoyable way. We are a registered charity.

The Women’s Institute Movement originated in Canada, The first meeting in Britain was on 16th September 1915. The Wiveliscombe Branch was formed in 1932.

Any woman can join the WI.

2007 Programme of Events

• March 2nd - Encaustic Art with Diane Sawyer
• April 13th - "Laughter is the Best Medicine" with Fred Rice
• May 4th - Resolutions Meeting. Entertainment by the Follies
• June 1st - Wake Up To Waste! - Somerset Waste Management Programme
• July 6th - Healing Weeds and Hedgerow Helpers with Shelly Staple
• August 3rd - The Alexander Technique with Gill Birchall
• September 7th - Old and Modern History of Honiton Lace by Pat Perryman
• October 5th - In Search Of The Bengal Tiger with George Reekie
• November 2nd - 75th Anniversary Meeting and AGM
• December 7th - "It's Magic!" with Nigel Ford

Guests are very welcome at all our meetings (£2.50 - refundable against membership fee).

Committee Members

Betty Knight

Betty Night is the Women's Institute representative on this committee. Shs is President of Wiveliscombe Women's Institute. She is also Vice-Chairman of the Somerset County Federation of Women's Institutes, and Chairman of its Leisure Activities Sub-Committee. Her interests are gardening, embroidery and conservation.