Caterham WI

07/03/2026

08/02/2026

Embracing a Halloween theme for our October meeting, our guest speaker April Lewis delved into the history of witch trials and witch hunters.

08/02/2026

In addition to our monthly meetings .wi aim to meet for a coffee or evening social on the first Friday of every month.
In October we visited Caterham's newly opened Lego cafe. The cafe allows visitors to buy time to sit and build from their extensive collection of Lego sets.

04/10/2025

For hundreds of years women were persecuted for witchcraft. Our guest speaker April Lewis will explain the reasons behind the witch craze, the interrogation techniques, introduce us to infamous witch hunters and explore some of the key witch trials in the UK.
Date: Wednesday 15th October 2025
Time: Doors open at 7:30pm for 7:45pm start.
Location: Harestone Hall, Ground Floor, Caterham URC Church Halls. Our welcome desk will be by the main doors.
Free for members, £6 for guests which helps to cover our speaker and hall fees.
If you're interested in joining us please get in touch via our website.

20/09/2025

Rachel Strachan from Rebalance Healing - Rachel Strachan performed a restorative Sound Bath at our September meeting. Once everyone was snuggled up in the candle light Rachel took us on an auditory journey, using instruments such as crystals bowls, gongs and ocean drums to guide us into stillness through the soothing vibrations of sound. Some members fell asleep, some experienced an emotional release and others felt a physical release of tension.

The hour passed in a flash and we were all slowly brought back to reality ready to enjoy some cake and social time before drawing the winner of our special raffle prize to mark the 110th anniversary of the WI, which was a special edition Emma Bridgewater WI mug.

We didn’t film or take any photographs during the sound bath to ensure that everyone could feel completely comfortable.

29/08/2025

Life at .wi during 2024-25. Every Wi has a unique personality as the programme is steered by the interests of the members. Caterham Wl meet on the third Wednesday of the month from 7:30pm.
For more information about our upcoming meetings and how to join us please see our website. (Link in bio)

Meetings featured:
Midsummer Pub Walk to The Fox
Shuffleboard with The English Shuffleboard Co
Pickleball
Barbie Street Dance workshop with Star Dance Academy
Mincemeat Making
Honest Oche Darts Coaching
Observatory Visit at Croydon Astronomical Society
Delta Chocolate Workshop
Decoupage with Bee Blossom Crafts

12/08/2025

For our last meeting before the summer holidays we held a Poppy themed Crochet and Natter Picnic on the lawn. We sipped on Pimms, ate poppy seed & lemon cupcakes and swapped beach reads.

A quick pre-meeting poll had indicated that our crocheting skills were not as competent as you might stereotypically expect from the
WI. Cath endeavoured to teach us how to crochet a poppy with the support of a couple of other talent super crafters.
Some of the committee recoiled at their initial vision of us being able to send dozens of poppies to a project in Corsham where they are making a huge cascade of over 10000 crafted poppies.

Some ladies finished their poppy on the night whilst others went home with a project to occupy them over the summer. Many of us were grateful to have four months until Remembrance Sunday.

What was clear is that our enthusiasm to learn has not been snubbed out and we hope to run some smaller crochet support sub-group sessions in the autumn.