Selby Swans WI

Happy International Women's Day (IWD) 2021! While circumstances are different this year, it is still a day to celebrate women around the world, their achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, and more. This year's IWD theme is #ChooseToChallenge2021

Our recycling crews have been working incredibly hard through the pandemic – now they need your help to reduce contamination in the bins. Blue bins are for glass, cans and plastic, brown bins for paper and card. Find out what can and can’t go in your bins: bit.ly/38xWfwo

An interesting evening hearing from stuntman Sam Durrani tonight!

@JamesENicol Thank YOU James, it was fabulous to meet you - what an interesting and entertaining talk!

Thanks @SelbySwansWI for inviting me along to (virtually) visit you this evening and chat all things #theapprenticewitch writing and being an author! It was lots of fun! :D

Interesting to hear James Nicol tell us about his adventures as a children’s author!

@SelbySwansWI @WomensInstitute @WILifemagazine Looking forward to it! Absolutely will bring my gorgeous paddleboard Grace. Thank you so much! 🦢

@Healthyhappy50 @WomensInstitute @WILifemagazine Looking forward to your talk at ours next February - hopefully in person with that fabby dabby paddleboard in tow! #keeppaddling Jo 😇

If you’re a @WomensInstitute group + would like me to speak at your monthly meeting via Zoom, please do get in touch! I’d love to! 💚 I’m donating part of my fee to #Skipton Foodbank. Thank you! 🌿 ps that’s me & my friends in @WILifemagazine - proud #WI member #PlasticFreeJuly

#FridayFeeling Time to reflect on wet woodland and the week that has come and gone.thanks to @TheCCoalition and @WomensInstitute for the organisation of #TheTimeIsNow Day.Gillian Burke and other participants really inspiring. @SelbySwansWI @SewerbyWi

Big thanks to @DeborahCFoulkes for organising a great zoom quiz tonight, thanks to those who attended and congrats to the winner @jenniem75 🤩 🦢🦢🦢

Join the first ever virtual climate lobby, taking place on 30 June! WI members are encouraged to come together & tell politicians that #TheTimeIsNow to put a healthier, greener & fairer future at the centre of plans to rebuild a strong economy. Sign up: theclimatecoalition.org/virtual-lobby/…

We are very concerned to hear that Nestlé no longer plans to buy Fairtrade cocoa and sugar from vulnerable small scale farmers. As a founding member of @FairtradeUK, we are disappointed with this move which will result in a loss of almost £2 million in Fairtrade Premium.

Do you know what you're rubbing on your skin & lips? With our NEW @BeatTheBead app you can SCAN your products for more than 500 #microplastics 📱 The cosmetics industry MUST STOP adding plastic in our products. #TruthIsOnTheBack Download now & try it: buff.ly/2AZGAYb

So lovely to see everyone's smiley faces at last night's meeting 😍 #WomensInstitute

Looking forward to our Zoom meeting tonight when we will hear from our member Alice about her work as an RSPCA inspector and share what members have been creating during lockdown. Plus we'll have another round of the Generation Game's famous conveyor belt game! ☕⏰🌂🛎🏓🖼🥊🌻🏺

June is #PrideMonth and the start of Pride season! Throughout June and the rest of the summer, events take place up and down the country to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. While this year may look a little different, we can still celebrate virtually!

Inspired by the kindness of his local WI making PPE items for care homes, musician @billybragg has recorded a special tribute to WI members and a beautiful rendition of Jerusalem, sing along at home! youtu.be/pG-wLg_2yaQ #WICommunityChampions

Thank you to Ken Bruce for giving a shout out to WI members on his show on @BBCRadio2 this morning! You can catch up at 1.51.00: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #WICommunityChampions

@CatfordWI Thank you!

So glad it went well for you - well done!

We had a great first virtual meeting with half of our members attending! A fun filled hour with through the keyhole, the conveyor belt game, headwear, never have I ever game and some VE stories 👍🏻👍🏻