About the WI

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The Women’s Institute (WI) was formed in 1915 to revitalise rural communities and it encouraged women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. Since then the organisation’s aims have broadened and the WI is now the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK. The WI celebrated its centenary in 2015 and currently has over 210,000 members in around 6,600 WIs.


The WI plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.

Kelsall WI was founded in 1933. We celebrated our 85th Birthday in June 2018, in some style as you can see from the photos below; 2023 will be our 90th birthday so watch out for some more celebrations! Currently we have 43 members. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Kelsall Methodist Chapel, Chapel Green, starting at 7.30 pm. Visitors and new members are always welcome so have a look at our Gallery, Walking pages and Archive to see what we get up to; see our Contacts page to get in touch.

                         


Updated April 2022