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Well done everyone who had a go at BSL at our Deaf Awareness & Sign Language meeting tonight! Huge thanks to @emmafc74 for educating us on how to support deaf people in the community and teaching us some words and phrases. Here’s the ladies signing Sisterhood! 💘

We’ve got a fab Murder Mystery WI meeting going on right now! Online of course! #womensinstitute #westealingwi #womenhavingfun #lockdownwi

Thank you to Holmfirth WI Pratty Flowers💙 for making headbands for our NHS heroes.

Researchers from Engineering at Leeds have developed a way of rapidly creating a ventilatory system for #COVID19 patients that can be made on a 3D printer. The system provides a low-tech solution based on redesigning an existing medical device known as a Venturi valve ⬇️

Some of our scrub bags have been delivered to support our nurses Women's Institute @WILifemagazine

The fabulous cake one of our members has baked for presentation to Bridlington hospital staff at the opening of the new “ wobble room”. Other members have crafted soft furnishings for the room.

Will you be dressing up for Friday’s VE celebrations to toast the heroes we lost and the sacrifices made ? #VEDay

Get moving with Pilates! We’ve teamed up with Vicky, a Senior Physiotherapist & Pilates Instructor (as well as founder of pilateslive.co.uk) to offer a series of online Pilates classes over the next few weeks. Try Vicky's first class: youtu.be/TUVbDx-Eycs #MyVirtualWI

Delighted to announce that University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences @ScienceLeeds has been awarded Silver Athena Swan Charter award shar.es/aHOZKZ @SueRWhittle julie aspden Anton Calabrese @IzBirds Keith Hamer Dugdale Research Group ergiola Zeqiraj Kwok Lab Benitez-Alfonso lab

So, this is what a WI meeting looks like these days! A quiz, a glass of wine and a lovely catch-up #zoommeeting #homebutnotalone Women's Institute Happy Bundays WI

Our latest makes on My WI include eco-friendly beeswax bags and DIY beeswax food wraps! Both projects are great for plastic-free alternatives for food storage. Members can find the step-by-step guides here: mywi.thewi.org.uk/interests/craf…

Members of Cannock WI in Staffordshire Federation have been keeping creative and industrious during lockdown! They've been sewing PPE items for NHS staff and knitting hearts for patients and their families who can't be together. Here is a snapshot of their lockdown activities.

Wonderful to hear Social Lites WI 🕷 Treasurer Lou featured on the BBC Woman's Hour series today on women who make a difference in their communities! You can hear Lou talk about her work with a local food bank via the link below from 33:19.

With more people eating at home right now, this #WorldFoodSafetyDay, Food Standards Agency are offering safety tips to help you make the most of the food. #HomeFoodFacts food.gov.uk/home-food-facts

A lovely story in the Nottingham Post about Cotgrave WI members knitting a colourful rainbow blanket to support ICU Nurse Meg who had a devastating fire at her flat: nottinghampost.com/news/local-new…

Don't miss our mouth-watering recipe of the week - Baked Sea Trout with Potato Terrine, Grilled Greens & Herb Yoghurt! This flavoursome feast by @DenmanCollege Tutor Ashley Keen is packed with British produce: thewi.org.uk/life-at-the-wi…

A member of Oakham WI has been using her knitting skills to make little hearts for local hospitals. One of a pair of hearts is given to the Covid 19 patient in hospital and the second one to relatives to take home with them.

More tempting diversions for your ‘lockdown leisure learning’ Zoom habit. @DenmanCollege are moving more & more of their courses online. There’s some great stuff to entertain you here & their tutors are always top notch... denman.org.uk/whats-on/

➡️Could your community group benefit from our Coronavirus community grant scheme? Recent grants awarded to Kings Club Project to provide children's craft materials & Bainbridge WI to stay in touch with vulnerable residents. Details at 👇 richmondshire.gov.uk/community-gran… #RichmondshireDC