2019 IS THE FEDERATION CENTENARY YEAR!
We have some great events and initiatives planned to commemorate 100 years since the founding of the East Sussex Federation, These will be advertised throughout 2019. Watch out for more information! This list should give you a taste of what is happening. Centenary Craft Day, Crowborough Community Centre, Saturday April 6 This year, the ever-popular
Schedule for South of England Show 2019
The Schedule for the 2019 show at Ardingly has now arrived! Download it here, and keep a watch out for further publicity. 2019 summer show schedule for web use
AT LAST – A new location in the East of the County for ESFWI Arts and Crafts events
As from the start of 2019 we’ll be adding yet another venue to our list for regular Craft and Art workshops. We know that members in the east of our county may have felt a bit neglected when it comes to workshops, and now we are able to respond. We will be using Pett Village
Two great ‘Mid-Centenary’ events for ESFWI this summer.
This is the famous Flower Carpet in the Grand Place in Brussels, enjoyed by a group of WI members on a Federation trip in August. ‘Mid-Centenary’? Yes – we have two rounds of centenary celebrations here in East Sussex. In 1917 the original Sussex Federation of Womens’ Institutes was founded, and in 1919 that Federation
Lady Denman Cup 2018 – our East Sussex Winners!
The theme this year was ‘The Day that Changed my Life’. First prize was won by Pauline Cherry, Rodmell and Southease WI. Second was Marina Bridges from Mile Oak WI, and third was Mary Mustin from Buxted WI. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all that entered! Pauline’s winning piece will be published in
Please be patient with us!
Over the summer period we are changing to a new Website Editor. This means that this site will not be as up-to-date as you normally expect it to be. We’ll try to get new events added, but in the meantime, don’t forget to check in the printed WI News, or look at the postings all