In light of the latest advice from the government with regard to COVID-19, we are now meeting up face to face from October 2021’s monthly meeting.
For some meetings, there may still be an option to join via Zoom for those who wish – see the monthly Newsletter for details.
Keep in touch via this website, social media and our online newsletter to keep you updated of any further changes to our programme or clubs.
Stay safe everyone.
The Gloucester Road WI is a diverse group of women with some amazing skills and experience.
We formed in 2011, and currently have over 50 members who meet monthly and engage in an activity or listen to a speaker. We also fundraise for local charities and participate in the national WI campaigns and initiatives.
Membership for 2022 opens in April and costs £44 per year. You can also attend meetings on a trial basis before joining. If you have any further questions about joining our vibrant and active WI please get in touch.
17 January : Swishing! - Start the New Year with a Swish!
6 December : Our Christmas Party! - Christmas Party!
Review November: Styling with Elise! - Styling session with Elise!Currently, our meetings are face to face with an online option via Zoom due to the COVID 19 Pandemic
Meetings are free to members and we do accept visitors with a donation.
Stepping out of your comfort zone with Zoe Langley-Wathen of Head Right Out.
Falling in Love.. with Wasps! With our own Dr Emily Bell, a lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at University of Bristol.
How to recognise the signs of ovarian cancer and hear our stories of Beat the Bias!
Note our meeting is one week later than usual due to the Easter holiday
Join us for a floristry workshop and plant swap
Lawn bowls at St Andrews and our 10th birthday party celebration!
Graffiti workshop
What is Craftivism? With contributions from our Knit and Stitch group, led by Hannah Lowery.
Summer Social and get together
Apple Tasting
Our Annual General Meeting and Hallowe’en craft
Styling yourself, and creating a capsule wardrobe – with Christmas sparkle from Elise Heptinstall-Holmes of Redefined Styling.
Christmas Party – Tuesday 6 December from 7pm
Additional charges may apply for extra events or activities.
Programme may be subject to change at short notice for absolutely any reason.
We meet at 8pm on the third Tuesday of every month in the:
Bristol St Andrew’s Bowling Club,
Derby Road,
St Andrews,
Bristol
BS7 9AQ
On 17th January we will be holding a swishing event. If you’ve never been to a swishing event before, it’s a clothing swap. Bring any clothes and accessories you no longer wear and in return, help yourself to some new items for your wardrobe. You’ll also be helping your purse and the environment as we reuse, repurpose and recycle old bags, belts, clothes and accessories. Please arrive from 7.30 to help display your donations. The meeting will officially start at 8pm at St Andrews Bowls Club.
On 6 December, we had our annual Christmas Party. Fizz and raffle tickets were sold to raise money for our charity The Square Food Foundation. Everyone brought a dish to share, some from the late, great 2013 Gloucester Road Cook Book! Hannah Lowry won the skittles (again!) and Jo Furney won first prize in the raffle, which was an epic hamper! We also announced our new programme, which can be viewed on our programme page.
In November, we held ad a Personal Styling session with Elise Heptinstall-Holmes of Redefined Styling.
We discussed how to build a capsule wardrobe, what colours to choose, how to use accessories and more!
In October, we held our Annual General meeting to review our annual report and finance report for the year.
Our finances are healthy and we agreed we had had a good mix of different types of event at our monthly meetings. We discussed ideas for next year’s programme.
We discussed how to bring back our Wild Women group who held adventurous and sporty meet ups to try different things like paddle boarding and wall climbing.
We did some pumpkin carving to celebrate Hallowe’en, and some members carvings were very impressive!
In November, we are holding a Personal Styling session with Elise Heptinstall-Holmes of Redefined Styling.
We will be discussing how to build a capsule wardrobe, what colours to choose, how to use accessories and more!
In October, we will be holding our Annual General meeting to review our annual report and finance report for the year.
We are also going to be carving pumpkins, (or other veg) to celebrate Hallowe’en.
In September, we celebrated the apple in all its forms!
We tasted apples, apple juice and of course, cider! Members brought their spare apples and we had an apple pressing, and had competitions for apples, apple based foods and apple crafts, an apple quiz and a cider tasting!
Join us for September’s meeting when we will be celebrating the apple in all its forms!
We are going to be tasting apples, apple juice and of course, cider! We will have apple pressing, competitions for apples, apple based foods and apple crafts, an apple quiz and a cider tasting!
Unfortunately it poured down and our Summer Social in St Andrew’s Park was rained off! Instead we went to the Bristol Flyer and had an indoor social instead.
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