Search

Gloucester Road WI

The WI for Bristol's most interesting and independent high street. Meeting the 3rd Tues monthly.

20 June: Nordic Walking

This month we get to try a taster of Nordic Walking. We’ll meet at the bowling club as normal but then we’ll head over to St. Andrew’s park, and then head back to the club for our WI business after we’ve had our trial at nordic walking. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing.

Review May: Anna Freeman

Review April: Poly-printing

18 May: Anna Freeman

Local author of ‘The Fair Fight’

Anna will talk to us about female boxers in 18th Century Britain and attitudes to women in sport. The Fair Fight is set in Bristol and is being made into a film. So come and hear her speak before it hits the big screen.

Review March: FoodCycle

A really enjoyable meeting from FoodCycle.
Here are some resources that may be useful:
Food Cycle – http://www.foodcycle.org.uk
Incredible Edible – http://ediblebristol.org.uk
Sims Hill Shared Harvest – http://simshill.co.uk
The Community Farm – https://www.thecommunityfarm.co.uk
Real Economy – https://www.realeconomy.co.uk
Chutney recipe (I just change the veg according to what I have a glut of) – https://madeinhackney.org/recipes/recipe/spiced-pumpkin-chutney (this site is a great resource for using surplus food)
Lander workers alliance – https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/

21 Mar: FoodCycle

How we can all work towards this year’s resolution

We hear from FoodCycle on, what is food waste? why it matters? and what we can all do to help to reduce food poverty.

Review February: Yoga with Yogawest

Review January: Aromatherapy

21 Feb: Yoga

This month we’ll be hearing from Diana Penny one of the yoga teachers from our local YogaWest. We’ll hear about the basic principles of yoga with demonstrations of some of the techniques.

Blog at WordPress.com.

Up ↑