About Us

We are an afternoon WI. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2pm in the Village Hall in the centre of Ullesthorpe. We have ladies from Ullesthorpe and the surrounding area.

We celebrated our 91st birthday in December 2017. Membership is good . We have 45 members at present with 3 new ladies joining in 2018.Regular attendance is about 38.

We have eleven monthly meetings. May is the Resolutions meeting with our popular Plant Auction. November is the Annual meeting with a surprise event and then in January we have our Annual Dinner to which we invite husbands and village friends.

Our meetings begin with a speaker, a monthly competition and social time. WI business follows our refreshments but is kept to a minimum as members are given a very comprehensive newsletter at each meeting, which contains our news, dates, events and all the Federation information. We take time to promote local events and encourage members to mix and chat. We also take part in village knit and natter and craft groups.

Activities include theatre trips, outings, our annual afternoon tea held at different locations, visiting  our twinning WI in Warwickshire, walking groups and our new book club.

We belong to the Wycliffe group which includes Leire, Bitteswell and Broughton Astley. We enjoy taking part in the darts, skittles and group social events.

The WI is very important in Ullesthorpe and in the life of the neighbouring villages. We support all the village events, open gardens and village shows, the MacMillan coffee morning and various charity events.

Do come to a meeting. It is an ideal way to make friends.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.

President                  Jean Eastell. 01455 209254

Vice President          Teresa Burgess 01455 209358

Secretary                 Clare Robertson Smith 01455 202499