Otterbourne WI, formed in 1923, is a very friendly WI, 12 meetings per year, with approximately 84 members. We meet at 1.45pm on the first Thursday of each month in Otterbourne Village Hall, Cranbourne Drive, SO21 2ET.
Apart from the monthly meetings, we organize coach outings and activities such as skittles and quiz evenings, book club group, tai chi classes, walking group, lunch group, theatre trips, sea/wild swimming group to be soon, and an annual Strawberry Tea, Ploughman’s Lunch and Harvest Lunch.
Our Craft Group meets on most Thursdays when there is no main meeting to have a chat whilst pursuing craft-related hobbies. There are occasional tuition sessions encompassing such topics as Dorset buttons, Somerset quilting, tote bags, painting, crochet, knitting, box making etc.
Our Community Projects include knitting bonnets for premature babies, sending sweaters to Zimbabwe, knitted trauma teddies for our South Coast Ambulances, Twiddlemuffs and knitted hats for the Seamen.
Fundraising: Enveloping stuffing and supplying homemade cakes at Eastleigh 10k race. Helping with the Eastleigh Food Bank.
Each member receives a posy on the month of their birthday.
Enquiries to Otterbourne Secretary, Jenny Bunyan, Tel no: 02380571573, or email: otterbournesec@hampshirewi.org.uk
PROGRAMME
2 May 2019
- A.G.M.
16 May 2019
- Ploughmans Lunch, OVH, 12.30 for 1pm
6 June 2019
- Talk – My family and other Meerkats
- Speaker – Mel Rees
4 July 2019
- Strawberry Tea
1 August 2019
- Social Meeting
5 September 2019
- Talk – About A.A.
- Speaker – Chrissie Bye
3 October 2019
- Talk – Life in Guernsey under German rule during WW2
- Speaker – John Richards
7 November 2019
- Talk – Miracle Flower from Flanders to the Tower
- Speaker – Jeremy Prescott
5 December 2019
- 96th Birthday Meeting
- Professional Singer – Caryn Morant
2 January 2020
- Talk –
- Speaker – Cheryl Butler
6th February 2020
- Talk – The Alphabetical Tour of Winchester
- Speaker – Jill Daniels
5th March 2020
- Talk – Jane Austen
- Speaker – June Glennie
2nd April 2020
- Talk – Textiles
- Speaker – Alison Hulme
MONTHLY COMPETITION
JULY 2019: Flowering house plant
SEPTEMBER 2019: Flowers and Berries
NOVEMBER 2019: Cheese Straws
MARCH 2020: Enjoying Life
GROUP
Spring meeting, St. Peters Church, Boyatt Wood, Friday 12th April 2019, 7.00pm for 7.30pm
Autumn meeting, Otterbourne Village Hall, Thursday 24th October 2019, 2.00pm. Speaker TBA
Quiz, Dovetail Centre, Chandler Ford. 25th June, 7pm
HCFWI
Keep Dancing, Pavilion in the Park, Eastleigh, 15th June 2019 at 7.30pm
Coffee Evening at WI House, Eastleigh, plus crafts and UFOs, 17th April 2019. 6.30 – 8pm
A Judge’s eye view, talk at WI House, Sat 1st June, 10-12 noon
Synagogue Visit, Southampton, 19th June 2019. 10.30-12 noon.£5
Walk and Afternoon Tea, Square Tower, Old Portsmouth. 16th July, 1.30pm. £15
Lady Denman Cup Competition, “Amazing Discoveries”, closing date 2nd August 2019
NFWI
Annual Meeting, BIC, Bournemouth, 5th June 2019
Performance Week, 14th – 21st September 2019
OWI EVENT
Harvest Lunch, Thursday 17th October 2019, 12.00 noon, at OVH. Speaker TBA
THEATRE GROUP
Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet, 30th April 2019, 7.30pm, at The Theatre Royal, Winchester
“Les Miserable”, Mayflower Theatre, Thursday 21st November 2019, 2.00pm
OUTINGS
Polesden Lacey, Surrey, Tuesday 4th June 2019
Mystery Trip, Tuesday 17th September 2019
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