Women's Institute

Women’s Institute (WI) Sefydliad y Merched (SyM)

At the April meeting our speaker was Sue from the Book of You [and also our Vice President]. She shared the contents of the Prestatyn Community Book, a digital memory book containing photographs, text, videos and music. The Book was developed by a small group of local residents meeting to share photographs and memories of Prestatyn over the years. The Prestatyn Community Book [along with other Community Books] can be found on line at www.bookofyou.co.uk

At the May meeting we held a Plant Sale thanks to a good deal of hard work by our green fingered member Josie. Jacquie also gave a demonstration that showed members how to create a floral display. We are very lucky to have such talented Committee members.

Members held a special event on 22nd April. We held a Crafting Jamboree at Seabank Drive Community Centre. We had for sale: hand crafted items, fabrics/wool, crafting books, dress/knitting patterns, preloved items and, of course, cakes. All those attending had a great time and those ‘crafty’ members who had their own goods for sale had a profitable afternoon.

Members were reminded of the benefits of regularly checking The WI national website for all the information from the national organisation as well as gardening tips, crafting ideas and recipes.

On The WI page members will also find information about current national campaigns e.g.:

• Thinking Differently; Autistic and ADHD Women and Girls [the campaign to raise awareness and to take action to improve the diagnosis process],

• Food Matters [Reducing food waste and tackling food poverty]

• SOS for Honeybees [Raising awareness of the plight of honeybees].

On 25th May our delegate went down to Cardiff to vote on behalf of Dyserth [and 7 other Institutes] on this year’s resolution ‘Clean rivers for people and wildlife’. The WI website outlines more about this resolution.

Dyserth W.I. continues to offer fun and friendship to any woman living in and around Dyserth including Trelawnyd, Rhyl, Rhuddlan and Prestatyn. We meet at 7.00 p.m. on the second Friday of every month [except August]

If you want to keep up with our activities, then find us on Facebook. Just type in Dyserth WI to see pictures and articles about past events and outings.

If you are interested in joining Dyserth WI or want to find out more please contact our President, Linda on reesowen.lro@gmail.com or our new secretary on hughesann059@gmail.com