At TG we believe in supporting our Guilds and offering guidance when it is requested. We have no formal powers to intervene in the running of a Guild, but may take advisory action, including a visit, if we become aware that the Guild has problems.
We send our Guilds two information mailings a year, plus a membership return. The beginning not the end: As we celebrate the centenary of some women getting the vote and the progress made since then, we know there are still many inequalities in our society. As our founders were involved in the original fight for equality, we see the centenary as a reason to raise awareness of the issues that women across the world continue to face.
We fight on. Campaigning is part of our DNA. But don't worry if it's not your 'cup of tea', campaigning is not mandatory. You can be involved with TG for all the other great reasons. What next? So if this has made you consider joining TG instead of the WI, why not find out more information about TG, see if there is a Guild near you, and if there is, why not pay them a visit?
To share this page on your social network, click on the logo of the social network you wish to share the page on. Click to close. This form will be sent to TG HQ. From hosting regular sporting events and craft workshops to creating projects that teach members skills in cookery and floral arrangements, the WI community thrives in bucolic bliss.
But the most notable part about being in the WI is the campaigns, with significant ones from history including the call for equal pay and the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, which targeted littering in the countryside and ultimately led to the Litter Act.
Each WI holds 11 meetings throughout the year to come up with new initiatives and plans for action. Membership entitles you to eight copies a year of the WI magazine, regular newsletters and an invitation to the annual WI meeting, which unites representatives from WIs across the UK to vote on key resolutions. In , she was appointed President of the Sandringham WI, a role she maintains today. Simply follow this link! Only two years later, the National Federation of WIs, a democratic, non-party political and voluntary organisation, is formed and mainly led by women who were involved in the suffrage movement.
WI members pass the first resolution in , urging local authorities to take advantage of the government scheme for state-aided housing. By then WIs have opened.
It was specially composed for the WI and adopted because of its links with the suffrage movement. Little did the WI members know that their "performance" at the Annual Meeting in London would start a tradition that continues to this day. In , the British Government asks the Women's Institutes to help with preparations for the potential evacuation of children to the countryside in the event of war.
Additionally, the WI, now a force of over It is also during the s that a WI resolution demands equal pay for men and women.
After the war, in , Denman College , the WI's centre for learning, first opens its doors to students. After passing a resolution to start a national anti-litter campaign, the WI and 25 other UK organisations form the Keep Britain Tidy group. Looking back at the past 50 years, the WI has more than enough reason for a great celebration of its Golden Jubilee in During this memorable decade, WIs also greatly support the Freedom From Hunger Campaign in raising awareness of the problem of worldwide hunger and male nutrition.
Together, the existing 8. Still mainly supporting rural life, the WI also challenges issues of a more political nature, such as requesting a policy for recycling of waste , raising concerns about increased marine pollution and urging that more rented accommodation should be made available to alleviate homelessness.
During the Great Jam Debate, the NFWI successfully lobbies for members to be exempt from having to register with the local authority to sell jam to the public.
Now a charitable company, the s opens with the celebration of the WIs 75 th anniversary. Shortly after, in , the NFWI becomes a founding member of the Fair Trade Foundation and, throughout the decade, continues to establish partnerships with other organisations, such as Carers UK, to further develop and strengthen its campaigning efforts.
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