Hello
…and a belated Happy New Year to you all.
I do hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and are now looking forward to what the next few months have to bring.
I always feel that this is a strange time. Lots of people make New Year Resolutions, but how long to we keep them up?
One I am really trying to keep to is to get out and about more.
During lockdown our daily walk was a blessing and it’s easy to forget how much just getting out into the fresh air raised our spirits—I want to get that feeling back! Maybe I will start counting my steps…
By the time this reaches you, your WIs will have hopefully had their Resolutions meeting and maybe some of you attended the Zoom presentation. I hope you have found the Resolutions interesting this year and have made your choices.
Please remember that your votes need to be with the Federation by 14 February at the latest, either via your WI or directly from yourselves.
At the moment, your Federation Trustees are busy arranging our Annual Council Meeting, the first face to face meeting since 2019. We are so excited to be doing this and I really hope that many if you will be able to attend.
You will see that we have changed the venue this year. We have done this to try to make it easier for all areas of the Federation to be able to get there—it has excellent transport links.
However, the downside is that there is very limited parking, other than in local pay-for car parks. I am sure you will understand that finding suitable venues in our area is quite difficult; we think that this venue offers lots of benefits and I do hope that you will come along and enjoy the day.
Also coming up is the NFWI Annual Meeting in Cardiff. As you know, there has been a reduction in the number of tickets available; this was because of the lower numbers who applied to go to Liverpool last year. I know that some of you have been disappointed as you have been unable to attend, but don’t forget you can join in the day via Zoom. Details are available on the WI website.
Let’s hope more of us will be able to attend next year!
As we look forward to the warmer weather, we are hoping to do more to bring individual WIs together. Do you have any ideas? What would you like to see Middlesex doing? Do let us know your thoughts.
Finally, have you ever thought about joining the Federation Board as a Trustee?
It isn’t an onerous job and we are a friendly bunch! It is an interesting way to find out more about the WI in general, both locally and nationally and really won’t take up too much of your time. Our meetings are hybrid, both face to face and via Zoom, so please don’t worry if attending County Office in West Drayton is a problem.
If you are interested, please get in touch with me or any Trustee.
Angela