About Us
Ravenshead Women's Institute is a friendly group and you would be made very welcome at our meetings.Our institute has around 50 members.
Our meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Our usual meeting place is The Centre @ St Peter's in Ravenshead.
To read more about our meetings click here.
We also have a book group, a darts team and a craft group.
Our meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Our usual meeting place is The Centre @ St Peter's in Ravenshead.
To read more about our meetings click here.
We also have a book group, a darts team and a craft group.
The Committee
President - Brenda Sibley
Vice President &
Refreshments - Moira Hufton
Secretary - Janet Bates
Assistant Secretary
& events - Pat O'Brien
Treasurer - Joyce Capps
Assistant Treasurer - Fiona Saunders
Programme Sec - Janice Jackson
Asst programme sec
& Social media sec -Helen Tickle
Member - Alison Wooffinden
Member - June Freeman (also a Trustee of Notts Federation)
Not on the Committee
MCS Rep & Publicity - Jenny Fleming
Vice President &
Refreshments - Moira Hufton
Secretary - Janet Bates
Assistant Secretary
& events - Pat O'Brien
Treasurer - Joyce Capps
Assistant Treasurer - Fiona Saunders
Programme Sec - Janice Jackson
Asst programme sec
& Social media sec -Helen Tickle
Member - Alison Wooffinden
Member - June Freeman (also a Trustee of Notts Federation)
Not on the Committee
MCS Rep & Publicity - Jenny Fleming
How to join the WI
If you think you would like to join the WI then come along to one of our meetings. You can come as a visitor for 2 meetings, after that you will be expected to join if you want to continue coming to the meetings.
Subscriptions 2019
The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) Board of Trustees has set the membership subscription for 2019 at £42.00
Part of the subscription is kept by your WI, part will go to your Federation and part will go to the NFWI (National)
Subscriptions are due in January. The WI subscription year runs from January to December
New members joining the WI for the first time , i.e. who have not previously been a member of any WI in the past 10 years, will pay a pro-rata subscription depending on the quarter in which they join.
The rate per quarter for 2019 is shown in the following table:
Date of joining -Total subscription
1 January–31 March 2019= £42.00
1 April–30 June 2019= £31.50
1 July–30 September 2019= £21.00
1 October–31 December 2019=£10.50
Dual Membership
Part of the subscription is kept by your WI, part will go to your Federation and part will go to the NFWI (National)
Subscriptions are due in January. The WI subscription year runs from January to December
New members joining the WI for the first time , i.e. who have not previously been a member of any WI in the past 10 years, will pay a pro-rata subscription depending on the quarter in which they join.
The rate per quarter for 2019 is shown in the following table:
Date of joining -Total subscription
1 January–31 March 2019= £42.00
1 April–30 June 2019= £31.50
1 July–30 September 2019= £21.00
1 October–31 December 2019=£10.50
Dual Membership
- WI members can belong to more than one WI, by paying the full membership fee to the first WI, and a further £20.50 to any additional WIs at any time of the year. There is no pro-rata rate for dual membership
- Each WI holds a minimum of eleven meetings each year and all members can contribute ideas to the annual programme of speakers, activities and events
- Your membership entitles you to eight copies per year of the WI membership magazine, WI Life. WI members are also able to access resources and information on the website and the My WI website. WIs are kept up to date with news by regular mailings from the NFWI
- Federations also keep members informed about the wide variety of activities they offer to members regionally. Notts Federation publish "The Hornblower" and each member of Ravenshead WI receives a copy monthly, except January. The Hornblower is to become a digital publication next year and it is yet to be decided how our WI will subscribe to this new format.
We hope that you will enjoy your membership of the WI and all that it offers. - Incorporated in England & Wales as a Company Limited by Guarantee – No.251 7690, Charity Registration No. 803793, VAT No. 239 4128 57. Chair: Lynne Stubblings, Honorary Treasurer: Julia Roberts.