Women's Group
Began as Young Wives over 40 years ago. But young wives get older and
in 1973 we became the Women's Group, open to anyone not just
"wives" (men are not excluded but they rarely make an
appearance!)
We are an Ecumenical group meeting alternate Tuesday evenings at
7.45pm from the middle of September to the end of May. We have a modest
annual subscription and a small payment for tea/coffee each meeting to
pay for speakers fees and use of the room.
We begin with a short act of Worship and have a varied selection of
speakers, slide shows, members evenings and occasional outings. We have
devotional evenings around Easter and Christmas.
During the Summer we meet for Coffee evenings once a month at Church to "keep in touch".
For the last 20+ years we have had various fund raising events, the
annual giant book sale, concerts, Coffee Shop, demonstrations, tea
dances and ho-downs. During 2009/2010 we raised over £500 for the Parkinson's Disease Society.
Joan Jarratt, Former President of the Womens Group, presenting a cheque for
£550 to Gillian Brady, Regional Fund Raising Manager of the
Stroke Foundation
Our charity for 2010/2011 is Henshaw's Society for the Blind.
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