Event Reports
WI @ Balmoral Show – Back, Bigger & Better for 2023!
Women’s Institute members and friends were delighted to bring the famous WI Hall back to Balmoral once again for the 154th Show, which ran from 10th – 13th May 2023. Members of the public passing by the iconic yellow and bl...
WI Competitions at Balmoral Show 2023 – Winners Revealed!
We can now reveal the results of the WI’s Homeskills & Handcrafts Competitions at this year’s Show. All the Competitions were open to both WI members and non-members, with classes in Floral Art, Cookery, Craft and eve...
WI Members Support ACWW’s ‘Women Walk The World’ Campaign 2023!
On ACWW Day, 29th April (or close to this date), Women Walk The World events commence around the globe! Lots of our WI Areas and Institutes support this great cause each year, embarking on sponsored strolls across the province ...
Music Festival 2023
The Federation’s annual Music Festival was held in Templepatrick Presbyterian Church Hall on a wet Saturday, 22nd April, however, the soggy weather outside certainly didn’t put a dampener on the lively proceedings indoors! ...
Bowls Final 2023
The Bowls Is Back! The Magazine and Leisure Sub-Committee hosted the Federation Bowls Final in Connor Presbyterian Church, Kells on 25th March 2023. It was great to be back for the Bowls, particularly after the Pandemic had p...
Annual General Meeting 2023
Annual General Meeting 2023 The AGM was held in the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Thursday, 30th March 2023 and it was a great day with a packed audience! The Executive Committee was delighted to be able to host such a large-scale...
United Nations NYC – Federation Chairman Margaret Broome at CSW67
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) was held in New York from 6th to 17th March 2023. Representatives of Member States, UN entities and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organisations fro...
Scrapbook Competition 2023
Each year entrants to the Scrapbook Competition use various craft techniques, materials, photography and layouts to compile a vivid, colourful scrapbooks and single pages depicting the story of their Institute’s activities fr...
Mary Boyd Competition – 2022 Winners Revealed!
As the Federation celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2022 and members embarked on a mission to tackle climate change, the International Sub-Committee thought it would be appropriate to incorporate a Recycling theme into its ann...
Arts Festival Competitions & Coffee Morning 2023 – Theme: ‘A Place To Wander’
The theme for the Arts Festival this year was ‘A Place To Wander’. There were classes in Painting, 3D Decoupage, Calligraphy and Good Handwriting, with an array of stunning artwork was submitted by members from across the...