Cookridge Crumpets

@Lynda_C_Trilogy @maureenhancox So pleased that everyone had a fab evening x

@CookridgeWI a huge thank you to @maureenhancox and the rest of the committee for a brilliant evening of fun and games last night - celebrating our 11th birthday. Special thanks to Carol Wride for the best lemon cake ever - & beautifully decorated. So much friendship & laughter.

What a great WI meeting - a bit of retail therapy with Funk It Up Clothing lifted everyone’s spirits. Just what we all needed and it also gave us time to chat! A fantastic turnout too 👍

Dear Lucinda's Readers, we have a very exciting announcement to share with you tomorrow at 10am UK time.

A great meeting last night with Veronica Bird as speaker

The lovely Lucinda Riley @lucindariley a huge advocate of The Authors' & Illustrators' Auction for @BBCCiN sadly lost her fight against cancer in June A signed book has arrived from Lucinda's family; they wish it be added to the auction in her memory It will be an absolute honour

Do you want the bikes back? @letouryorkshire next May? Showcase for cycling, selling #Yorkshire globally, grand day out? Can we afford it? Want it back? @JamesMason_78 @Welcome2Yorks here from 2 📞 0800 389 3333 @BBCSheffield @BBCYork @BBCLeeds @BBCSounds

Thank you @HarrogateFest , The Old Swan & @Bettys for a perfect day in #Harrogate. But most of all thank you wonderful @AnnCleeves with @StephLunch for a fascinating, entertaining & #inspiring talk. - Perhaps I won't give up #writing after all ! 😆🙏

@Lynda_C_Trilogy @maureenhancox @WaterstonesHarr @lucindariley @HarryTwittaker @JezzaTrev Did you know that there is a fantastic new bookshop in Farsley? Truman books @TrumanBooks 😍

A kind of sad but happy pilgrimage today to @WaterstonesHarr to buy #TheMissingSister by wonderful @lucindariley. Fond memories of the launch of #TheButterflyRoom in #Harrogate meeting Lucinda, her husband & son @HarryTwittaker & @JezzaTrev . #TheSevenSisters - fantastic series!

Thank you @WILifemagazine @pcarswell for your Summer Stories recommendation - our next book club read is The Therapist 👍

We’re excited for the first-ever virtual NFWI Annual Meeting today! We’re live streaming from the beautiful @theRSAorg House in London. Thank you to all the members watching from home, we hope you enjoy today’s meeting! Follow along at #WI_AM2021

There’s one week to go until #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, where we’ll be launching ‘Me, Myself and WI’, a new initiative encouraging you to take time to look after your mental health & physical wellbeing. Members can find out more on My WI: mywi.thewi.org.uk/interests/late… #MeMyselfandWI

We enjoyed a personal styling evening with Victoria from @JohnLewisRetail tonight. We have been inspired to declutter our wardrobe and sort our clothes ready for spring! 👟👗🐣

In our #Craftivism and Climate Action webinar on Friday, Chair of NFWI Public Affairs Ann Jones, was joined by Sarah Corbett, founder of @Craftivists and Clara Goldsmith, Campaigns Director at @TheCCoalition. Catch up now on our YouTube channel youtu.be/2JsaPNwJ86A

New jigsaw!

🤝 Thrilled to welcome the UK's largest voluntary women’s membership organisation - The @WomensInstitute - as strategic partners for the UK's first ever #FoodWasteActionWeek. Because #FoodWaste is feeding #ClimateChange 🍊🌍 bit.ly/3apVXsa

My birthday in lockdown today, and I was so overwhelmed with flowers, messages and love. Thank you you all so much.

Join Sarah Corbett, founder of the @Craftivists; @TheCCoalition Campaign Director Clara Goldsmith, and NFWI Chair of Public Affairs, Ann Jones, to hear more about the power of craftivism, and how you can use your crafting skills to call for urgent climate action throughout 2021.

Our next @WomensInstitute Zoom meeting is on Tuesday 2nd February at 7.30pm. We have Christine Tall @WYFWI Climate Ambassor talking to us about climate change. February is #ShowTheLove so we look forward to Christine joining us.

Look out in your February @WILifemagazine for a special #ShowTheLove postcard in the bag with your magazine. Attach your crafted green heart and send it to your MP asking them to Show The Love for our climate and environment in 2021! 💚