Speen WI

Welcome to Speen WI

Speen WI meets on the first Thursday of every month in Speen Village Hall at 7.30pm.

The WI is the largest women’s organisation in England and Wales with over 200,000 members. Each WI is unique and aims to offer a variety of events for its members.

At our monthly meetings we usually have a speaker but there is always time for a social chat as well as hearing an update on all current WI activities.

We aim to appeal to all ages with our topics. A full programme of events is available – refer to the village diary page on this website for details of forthcoming speakers.

In addition to our monthly meeting, Speen WI is also involved with local group and national WI activities.  We also arrange social outings including open gardens, theatre visits and pub lunches.

Visitors will be made very welcome at any of our meetings- come and try us, there is no obligation to join but if you decide to the annual fee is just £45.00.

Warm regards

Pat Anderson – President of Speen WI

Contact us at speenwi@gmail.com

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Future Plans

The 2024-2025 programme has now been distributed and details are in the Village Diary

The April meeting is on Thursday 4th April and the topic for our speaker is “Wallis Simpson and her King”

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Recent Events

At our February meeting we had an informative talk about the space race focussing on the Apollo programme and in March we heard about the role of magistrates in the community.

Some of our members also enjoyed a  fish and chip lunch at The Black Lion in Naphill in early March and an outing to see ‘Calendar Girls – the musical’ at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury is planned later in the month.  The committee are busy planning further events and outings for the coming months.

January Meeting

Our Christmas Party was held at the January meeting.  Members were treated to a delicious 4 course dinner with fizz prepared by the committee.  As you can see, the village hall looked very festive for the occasion.

December Meeting

Marie Louise Morley a trustee of the Ukraine to Chiltern charity gave members an update on the latest situation for those in our community fleeing the on-going war in Ukraine. Many families have settled, found jobs and accommodation but ‘Hosts’ and ‘Mentors’ are still needed.
Our president Pat Anderson presented Marie Louise with a cheque for £300 which was the proceeds from our monthly raffles.

Garden Party

Our annual garden party was held on 10th August in our member, Margaret Chitty’s beautiful house, garden and orchard.  As you can see from the pictures we were very fortunate with the weather.

Open Garden Visits

We have enjoyed several garden visits this summer to The Plough at Terrick, Tythrop Hall and Cedar House in Wendover.

The Plough

Tythrop Hall

Cedar House

Speen Fete

WI manned the tea tent again at Speen fete this year and served the villagers with delicious homemade cakes.  The theme for this year’s fete was circus and and as you can see the team joined in with the fun.

June Meeting

At our June meeting we celebrated the coronation and toasted the king.

 

 

 

 

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