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Gloucester Road WI is a diverse group of women with some amazing skills and experience. The ages range from 20+ something, right through most of the decades!
We meet at 8pm on the third Tuesday of every month at St Bonaventures Parish Hall
What we get up to
Well, there is more to WI than ‘Jam and Jerusalem’, but of course bake-offs and eating cakes are still very important! At our monthly meetings we cover WI business and then engage in a craft activity or listen to a speaker; these have been very diverse over the few years; from learning about icing cupcakes, arm knitting, Bollywood dancing, engaging very happily in cheese and wine tasting (from local independent shops) and listening to inspiring speakers such as the amazing women adventurers who rowed around the UK and extremely thought-provoking talk on torture…there’ll be something for everyone.
Our full programme for this year
Membership for 2025/26
The WI membership year runs from 1st April to 31st March and the fee for the 2025/26 membership year is £51.00.
Renewals for current members:
Thank you to those of you who have already renewed. Welcome back!
If you’re still intending to rejoin, please do so as soon as you can.
You can renew at any time but if you haven’t done so April 1st, we will need to charge the £7.00 cash visitor donation. (Please note that there is no pro rata membership option if you were a member in the past 12 months
You don’t need to fill out a form this year, but please email us if any of your contact details have changed – so that the National WI database (the MCS) holds correct information for you and you can continue to receive information from us.
In March, we sent an email to all members to remind you of this and our bank details for payment. Please get in touch at info@gloucesterroadwi.org if you did not receive the email and would like to be reminded of the payment details.
New members:
Please request a membership form from info@gloucesterroadwi.org
- All new members are welcome to submit an application with payment anytime and will be processed on a first come, first served basis.
- If, in the unlikely event that we’re unable to offer you membership due to lack of spaces, we’ll be in touch to refund your payment as soon as possible.
Email info@gloucesterroadwi.org
We pro rata our fees for new members or those who have not been members in the preceding year. When you join will determine the fee you pay.
The pro rata fees for the membership year 2025 -2026 are:
Joining between 1 Apr – 30 Jun costs £51.00
Joining between 1 Jul – 30 Sept costs £38.25
Joining between 1 Oct – 31 Dec costs £25.50
Joining between 1 Jan – 31 Mar costs £12.75
Visitors
Women are welcome to try out our WI attending up to 3 times a year before they are required to join. We ask for a £7.00 cash donation per meeting.
Find out more about the benefits of being a member
How the membership is used
As a WI we receive a percentage of your 12 month membership, with the remainder going to the wider WI to pay for a variety of services and work nationally.
The income received directly by our group is used for expenses such as hire of meeting rooms, purchase of materials for meetings, speaker fees and any ad hoc member activities that we feel we can support.
In addition to the income from membership fees we also aim to fund-raise within the group and this will be used both for additional group income and also for charity donations.
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