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Arts Sub-Committee
Arts Sub-Committee handle an array of creative competitions and one-day schools. Subjects include: music, drama, public speaking, painting, calligraphy, 3-D decoupage, parchment craft etc. A variety concert is also organised every third year.
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Balmoral Sub-Committee
The WI’s input at the annual Balmoral Show is organised and handled by this Committee. They provide a social centre for members, their families and friends to meet at the WI Rooms within the Balmoral Park Showgrounds, Lisburn.
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Homecraft Sub-Committee | Home & Garden Sub-Committee
Members of the Homecraft Sub-Committee actively promote craft through one day schools and craft fairs/ craft weekends. Their aim is to encourage interest in traditional and modern handcraft. The Home & Garden Sub-Committee tutor those who wish to learn/improv...
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International Sub-Committee
Responsible for keeping members up-to-date with the work of our ‘umbrella’ organisation – Associated County Women of the World. Members contribute to various projects which have been carefully vetted and selected by the ACWW Projects Committee. The main e...
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Magazine & Leisure Sub-Committee
The Magazine & Leisure Sub-Committee handle the production of the Ulster Countrywoman, the WI’s in-house magazine. The Committee also organises several competitions: scrapbook – which encourages each Institute to produce a colourful and detailed scrapbook...-
Arts Competition & Coffee Morning
The Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland held their annual Arts Competition and Coffee Morning on 14th February 2020 in Federation House, Belfast, hosted by members of the Arts Sub-Committee. There was a wonderful display... -
Christmas Event 2019 – ‘Christmas Joy!’
Almost 500 ladies from Institutes across the province descended on the Armagh City Hotel on Saturday 23rd November for the Home and Garden Sub-Committee’s annual Christmas Event. This year’s gathering was entitled ‘Chr... -
Festival of the Spoken Word 2019
The Arts Sub-Committee hosted the annual Festival of the Spoken Word in Richhill Presbyterian Church Hall on Saturday 12th October 2019. The opening remarks were by Arts Sub-Committee Chairman Lesley Dowds, who warmly welcome... -
WI at the City of Belfast Autumn Flower Show 2019
This year the City of Belfast Autumn Flower Show ran on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September in Botanic Gardens, Belfast and the Women’s Institute was once again asked to run a class for members. Over the two days, the m...
