Morning Tide WI

Morning Tide WI meets on the second Wednesday of the month at the Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Lee-on-the-Solent, PO13 9NY at 10 am.    

We have a varied programme of speakers each month and we also have a choir, ukulele group, a reading group, walking group, a knitting/crochet group and Lunch Club which meet at local restaurants every 2-3 months.

We pack shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child charity each year. The latest venture for our Knitting and Crochet Group is making ventilator bonnets and tiny cardigans for the pre-prem baby unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. 

Our chosen charity for 2019 is the Gosport based Harbour Cancer Support Group and during the year a number of fundraising events will be arranged.  Our choir, “Morning Chorus” will be performing at the HCFWI Spring Meeting on 26th March 2019 and several charity concerts are being arranged this year.  

Our organizer arranges trips throughout the year and the theatre group visit local theatres regularly.   

We are a lively and welcoming group.

Programme

09 January 2019

• Talk – My English Channel Swim
• Speaker – Deborah Herridge
• Competition – Poem – A New Year Dip

13 February 2019

• Our Birthday Meeting
• Talk – Harbour Cancer Support will speak to us about our chosen charity for 2019
• Speaker – Hazel Perrett
• Competition – Crab related picture or a crafted crab

13 March 2019

• Talk – Live Life, Give Life – Carla Gair’s personal journey to her heart transplant
• Speaker – Carla Gair
• Competition – Heart shaped item

10 April 2019

• Talk – My Glass Fusing Journey
• Speaker – Louiza Papadopoulis
• Competition – A glass item

08 May 2019

• ANNUAL MEETING & Resolution Meeting
• Competition – An original limerick to amuse

12 June 2019

• Talk – The Milestones of Life
• Speaker – Lisa Lane (Celebrant)
• Competition – Small flower arrangement

10 July 2019

• Talk – Armchair Exercises
• Speaker – Billie Woolham
• Competition – How many items will fit in a small matchbox

14 August 2019

• Talk – Life Under the Veil
• Speaker – Sandra Simmons
• Competition – Pretty scarf

11 September 2019

• Talk – Submarine Museum
• Speaker – Charlie Hayward
• Competition – Photo from the seashore

09 October 2019

• Talk – History of Chesapeake Mill, Wickham
• Speaker – Mike Hollis
• Competition – A wood carving

13 November 2019

• Talk – An Unforgettable Year as Mayor of Fareham
• Speaker – Councillor & Mrs Ford
• Competition – Memorabilia from old Fareham

11 December 2019

• Christmas Party