Dear Members, We hope this finds you well and ready for a new year of Baildon Belles membership! It is now time to renew and pay your subscription for the year. Our membership year runs from the start of April to the end of March. As you may remember, since 2021 the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) has given …
At our first meeting of the new year, we presented a cheque for a staggering £10,558 to Zarach! The culmination of two years’ fundraising, we were incredibly proud to raise such an amount, which is enough to provide 70 bed bundles, helping those children who receive them to get a good night’s sleep and all the benefits that provides. Our members …
Baildon Carnival returns this Saturday, 8th July, and we’ll be there with our famous refreshments tent! We’ll be serving our delicious home baked cakes and sweet treats, as well as freshly cut sandwiches from 1pm to 4pm. As usual, we’ll be raising funds for our charity which is currently Zarach, who provide beds and basics for children living in poverty. …
Following a break of five years, Baildon Scarecrow Festival is back! This ever popular community event was hosted for many years by the wonderful team behind Baildon In Bloom, who keep ‘the village’ so beautiful with all the gorgeous seasonal planters and beds of flowers and foliage. Busy as they are though, they have now decided it’s time to pass …
We hope this finds you well and ready for a new year of Baildon Belles membership!It is now time to renew and pay your subscription for the year. As you may remember, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) now allows WIs greater flexibility over their portion of the membership subscription. The initiative gives WIs the option to charge the full …
It seems hard to believe, but it is indeed ten whole years since the very first Baildon Farmers Market! And Baildon Belles WI is very much a part of that history. In fact, it was a group of volunteers including some of our founding members, alongside members of the parish council, who set about starting up the market. They had …
We hope you’re having a wonderful summer, especially those of you who have been taking much needed holidays! August is often a quieter meeting with many members away, but we hope to see lots of you on Thursday (25th September) as we explore the World Heritage Site on our own doorstep! We’ll be joined by local historian Anthony Briggs, who will …
For last month’s meeting we ventured into the beautiful Hirst Woods to spend some quality time in nature. We were lucky to have three activities to try, all designed to bring us some calm and tranquility. We split into three groups so we could take turns at each one… Val Preston of Truly Essential lead us in a tai chi …
We hope you’ve all coped with the heatwave as well as can be expected! We’re sure that you’re all now ready for a relaxing evening of wellbeing-focussed activities, especially those of you who have had a busy end to the summer term. We’re therefore very pleased to have a serene meeting planned for you, hosted by our very own Julia in the …
For our June meeting we welcomed Brittney from Bloosy Boutique, who got us into the summer shopping spirit! Brittney started the evening by telling us about her long held love of fashion, and her desire to make exciting clothing available to women of every shape and size. In 2020 Brittney achieved her dream of opening her own boutique, which she …