NFWI National Chair, Ann Jones addressed her final Annual Meeting (4000 delegates attended at the Royal Albert Hall) last month. During the year she has travelled the country visiting WIs and commented on ‘warm welcomes and an enormous sense of optimism and excitement for the future’. She is celebrating the WI’s increased numbers with an average of 66 new members a day joining in the last year. BEWI has also welcomed new members and we realise it’s not always easy joining a new organisation and learning what is happening and who everyone is. One of our well established events is a meeting just for new members so they can start to get to know each other and last week Ann Hayden, BEWI president invited them to her home and it looks like they had a great time.
