NFWI Annual Review 2015-2016

in a variety of sports – from hula hooping, walking
and abseiling to Zumba, horseriding and
clubbercise.
Powys Radnor Federation
hosted the annual
Federations of Wales
Conference. The excellent
eve of conference concert
‘Robyn of Radnor’ was
written by a young member
and performed by WI members. The Conference
the following day, held in Llanelwedd was
successful, and the speakers included Julia
Roberts, NFWI Hon Treasurer; Diane McCrea,
Chair Natural Resources Wales; Dr Anwen Mair
Jones, Lecturer in Physiology
and Health; and Carolyn Hitt,
broadcaster and journalist.
Gwynedd Meirionnydd
Federation hosted the
NFWI-Wales enclosure at the
Royal Welsh Show on the
theme ‘Home Spun’ and the
National Eisteddfod held in Abergavenny was
hosted by Gwent Federation on the theme
‘Pathways’.
36,630 NEW
MEMBERS JOINED
THE WI IN 2016
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THE WI IS WHAT YOU
MAKE OF IT
“HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A TYPICAL WI MEMBER?” THIS QUESTION IS
ASKED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, USUALLY IN DISCUSSION WITH THE NFWI
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME:
THERE IS NO SUCH THING. EACH AND EVERY WI IS AS DIVERSE AND UNIQUE
AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR 220,000+ MEMBERS
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