(Including photos of past events)
We have started a Tea & Games afternoon 2-4pm on the last Wednesday of the month in Bere Ferrers Church Hall. The cost is £2.00 per person, which is enough to cover the cost of the hall. Tea and cakes are provided by the members.
Speakers List 2026/27
April
8th
Steve Rickhards
Architecture & Design
May
13th
BFWI Annual Meeting
Quiz & Games
June
10th
Purdey Giles
Punjab Cooker Demonstration
July
8th
Treasure Hunt
TBA
Lunch
August
12th
WI Outing
TBA - Local
September
9th
Andy Bottomly and Glenys Whelan
The Work of the Local Food Bank
October 14th
Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team
Ben & Tamsin Tavistock
November
11th
Steve Hipsey
The Ocean
December
9th
Christmas Party
Music and a
Quiz
January
13th
TBA
Keep Fit
February
10th
Alan Reid
General Gardening
March
10th
South West Lakes
S W Reservoirs
· April 8th Annual WI Fees due. £40.00
· May 13th BFWI Annual Meeting.
· May 16th Saturday, Bere Alston Carnival. May 17th Sunday, Fun Day, Cake Stall
· June 4th Thursday, NFWI Virtual Annual Meeting.
· July 1st Wednesday, DFWI Virtual Council Meeting, July 5th Table Top Sale in the Bowling club
· August 12th Annual Outing. Tba Local
· August 19th Wednesday, 2-4pm St Johns Ambulance – training in CPR and the use of the Defibrillator.
· October 3rd Saturday, Apple Fest Cake Stall
· December 2nd Wednesday, Carol Service Exeter
· Last Saturday of the month Food stall in the Community Shop
Last Wednesday 0f the month Afternoon Tea & Games
GROUPS
We are planning to restart some of our sub- groups as autumn sets in - photography, Scrabble, playreading, crafts to name a few.
Our WI's Calendar Girls entry in the 2024 Bere Alston Carnival, which won Best in Show
Our members who were prize-winners at the 2023 Bere Alston Gardening Club Show
After the 50th Anniversary service at St Andrew's Church
Our meal celebrating 100 years of the WI nationally
A visit to Nancy Lady Astor's house on the Hoe in Plymouth
An outing to Cotehele 2019
Our quiz teams enjoying a cuppa
An Easter needle felting workshop
Teddies in bags that some members made during the 2020 Covid lockdown for Syria
Some of our Bere Alston Carnival entries
Two of our flower arrangements at a local church flower festival
The Parish Map that some of our embroiderers created for the Church Hall
Above: Two of our monthly meetings