Membership Renewals 2024/2025

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 …

Visit us at Baildon Carnival 2023!

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. …

Congratulations, Boating Belles!

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 …

Baildon Scarecrow Festival returns for 2023!

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 …

Membership Renewals 2023

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 …

Annual Meeting 2023

We met on Thursday 30th April for our Annual Meeting of 2023, and as usual enjoyed looking back on the last membership year. As well as the Financial Report (thank you Treasurer, Emma) and Secretary’s Report (thank you Maryan), we also saw a Charity Report which showed what an amazing year of fundraising we’ve had for our current charity Zarach …

Five facts for International Women’s Day

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 …