On 30 November we were at St Mary’s Church Upper Street, N1 to take part in their Christmas Fair Sheila brought some of the beautiful jewellery she makes, the WI bakers provided a magnificent display of cakes […]

As usual the first Sunday in September found us at the Angel Canal Festival.  It was a lovely sunny day and we were along the towpath so had a great view of the canal activities and a […]

We had a great time with our climate change and rivers stall for Hackney Sustainability Day: a big thank you to everyone who contributed, whether by helping out on the stall or baking for it. There was […]

The sun shone down on our cake stall at the Angel Canal Festival on 3 September: what perfect weather for it! We had a wonderful range of cakes and cookies, with thanks to all the bakers, and […]

On 2 July, Hackney Council held a Sustainability Day by Hackney Town Hall. N1WI hosted a stall for the WI Climate Ambassadors in Hackney, raising awareness of the WI climate work and campaigns including clean rivers for […]

In May 2023 we had our annual meeting and elected our new committee. Joan agreed to continue as Treasurer, Lesley is now Secretary and Clare is President. We’re hoping to give you an exciting and interesting year […]

Here are some recipes that N1 WI members have used recently, along with some suggestions for vegan substitutions.   Recipes from books:  Oat and raisin cookies – adapted from Crunchy Oat Cookies in The Hairy Dieters Fast Food, Orion Publishing […]

Changes due to Covid-19 All physical meetings are cancelled until further notice. We have moved our presence online but you won’t miss a thing. Email us at hello@n1wi.co.uk to get details of how to call into the […]

Sunday 8th December We’ll be helping out again with selling lots of cakes and other sweet treats at Arlington Square Christmas Fair this year. Aside from the delicious cakes, there will be mulled wine, carol singing, and […]

Sunday 12th May We’re planning a day out to Ladies Day at Plumpton Races again this year! It’s Sunday 12th May – doors open 12 noon, with races running from 2pm-5:30pm. Tickets are £13 (not including train […]

A few N1 WI members attended the Million Women Rise march to end violence against women on Saturday 9th March, alongside members of many other WIs from across the country. Can you spot them and the beautiful […]

January means it’s time for the drawing of N1 WI’s next educational bursary – our 4th so far! The first was used on a lovely cookery course, the second was used for a sewing course to make […]

December 9th saw N1 WI members brave the cold at Arlington Square Christmas Fair to sell cakes, biscuits, and plenty of mince pies. The fair was raising money for Pack Up, the weekly soup kitchen that meets […]

For our September meeting (Tuesday 25th September, 7-9pm), TRAID are speaking to us about upcycling and sustainable fashion. TRAID will also be doing a collection as part of the meeting so please bring along any unwanted clothes and […]

We need you! Our current committee stands down at the annual meeting in April and the new committee is elected and we could really use some more people. The committee meets on the first Tuesday of the […]

N1 WI is delighted to be helping out with selling cakes and other sweet treats at the Arlington Square Christmas Fair on Sunday, 10 December 3:30 to 5pm. Join us for carol singing, mulled wine, baked goods, […]

One of the main purposes of the WI is to advance the education of women and girls. To help towards this, N1 WI is making available two bursaries from our funds of £100 each to be used […]

We had our (slightly delayed) Annual Meeting last month where several members of committee stepped down. Louise P, Joan and Laura B have been hugely helpful in so many different ways in their time on committee – […]

When I joined the WI three years ago, I couldn’t have imagined the places it would take me; and certainly not on a 185-mile trek from Liverpool to Hull with four other WI members! Over nine days […]

With the onset of warmer weather (hooray! ok, maybe just a little less warm…) come the lovely summer fairs where we sell our homemade cakes, biscuits and other sweet treats, as well as some fine homemade lemonade, […]

This Sunday 25th June (12 to 4pm) we will once again be at Union Chapel Summer Fete. As lots of the usual suspects will be away on a WI camping trip this weekend our numbers will be […]

The WI Walks have been doing an amazing challenge over the last week and a bit, walking 185 miles in support of the Saving Denman Appeal. You can still donate here: justgiving.com/fundraising/TheWIWalksHiketheTranspennineTrailforDenman They have some impressive statistics: […]

The WI Walks is in training for their big Transpennine Trail challenge May 27 to June 4. They are tackling 185 miles in 9 days to raise funds for the Saving Denman Appeal. Please consider supporting them, […]

We have a surprise for you this month as we have had some enamel badges of our logo made, and very smart they look to! You will now get a badge for free with your membership, and […]

If you’re thinking of becoming a member but you’re not sure it’s for you, Ruthie, one of our committee members, has written about what she gets out of membership:   “What I found when I joined were […]

Strictly Dancing November 3rd, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Jreena Green, choreographer and West End performer will teach Charleston, Lindy Hop, Bollywood and calypso at De Beauvoir WI’s hosting of the Group Meeting – members of all the WIs […]