Our very own Dragon Boat team, the Boating Belles, once again took on the Bradford Dragon Boat Festival this Sunday. Emma Arnold, Catherine Blain, Gillian Brown, Natalie Briggs, Julia Crook, Angie Grant, Sophie Grincourt, Emma Haberton, Laura Jennison, Beverly Jackson, Cheryl Long, Sally Moore, Anne Moore, Anne Myers, Marije Nicklin, Gillian Nunn, Faye Pinker, Rachel Richards, and Hannah Veil, all did …
International Women’s Day serves as an important opportunity to celebrate women’s accomplishments, to raise awareness about gender disparities, and to promote support for women. Here are five facts about International Women’s Day that we thought you might find interesting! It’s been celebrated for over 100 yearsNow marked annually on the 8th of March, International Women’s Day was first honoured in 1911 in …
Since many people will this evening be celebrating the birthday of Robert Burns with a Burns supper, we thought we’d take the opportunity to share with you some photos from a very Scottish meeting we held last year! For our September meeting, we twirled, pas de basqued and polkaed our way around the hall in an energetic ceilidh. We’d been …
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 …
Last month, our first ever Dragon Boat team took on the challenge of Bradford Dragon Boat Festival. Our ‘Boating Belles,’ who were all completely new to the sport, put in an impressive 115 hours of training between them in the run up to the annual fundraising festival, benefitting from the expertise of local team, The Yorkshire Sharks. Actually, some of …
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 …
This year not only sees the return of Bradford’s Dragon Boat Festival, but Baildon Belles WI’s first ever Dragon Boat Race team! On Sunday 3rd July, our team will be racing in The Multi Charity Championships, raising funds for our charity of the year, Zarach. The festival is a much loved local event, organised by the community for the community, …
A little over a week ago we met at St John’s Church Hall for our Annual Meeting of 2022, looking back on the 2021/2022 membership year. It was a fairly quiet meeting due to the nearing Easter holidays and the fact that our weekend away began the next day! Still, we enjoyed looking back on the year and catching up …
Dear Members and Friends, As you may remember, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) announced last year a new initiative which allows WIs greater flexibility over their portion of the membership subscription. This was largely in response to the fact that many WIs were not able to offer meetings to their members during 2020 and some of 2021. The initiative therefore gives WIs …
On 25th March we hosted our Annual Meeting. All the usual business took place, but like never before! Instead of meeting in our church hall venue, we took to Zoom where we’ve now been meeting virtually for a year. We enjoyed a look back on the year with lots of photos and memories in the President’s Report, which was seen …