Weston on Trent WI

20/04/2026

We are always grateful to the speakers who come along to our monthly meetings, and it's lovely when they stay in touch. Abigail Wastie has told us about this event that might be of interest, and is part of the wider Derbyshire Makers programme. Please Share.

18/04/2026

Looks like its going to be a fantastic community event and glorious Spring weather!

17/04/2026

11 am Talk - A Community Cider Press! This sounds Brilliant! And if you head down to the hall a bit before you might be in time to grab one of our bacon or sausage cobs!

16/04/2026

This Saturday...in the Village a wonderful community event Weston On Trent Earth Day, lots of our members are involved! and we'll be running the cafe from 9-11 serving breakfast cobs, refreshments will be available throughout the day in the village Hall and up at the Friends of St Mary the Virgin Church- Weston on Trent. Do take a look at the programme, there are some wonderful talks lined up. And if you are having a Spring Clean/ clear out please see the info attached about donating pretty patterned cotton duvet covers for Aquabox for their Sanitary pad project, - we found out about it in march when they came along for a talk, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

13/04/2026

What a lovely meeting! The hall was full, and the creative juices were flowing! We were joined by Vicky from Pottery Homes who led a pottery chicken workshop… she’ll glaze and fire them and bring them back to our AGM in May ( the committee are clever with ideas like that!!) The whole evening was thoroughly relaxing and enjoyable, huge thanks to Vicky! And to Linda and Sue for helping with refreshments and Jacky for closing the meeting with a poem.
This Saturday we will be in the village hall serving sausage and bacon cobs at theWeston on Trent Earth Day cafe - do come along this is a fantastic community event with a full programme of activities.
Next month we’ll be enjoying Gin! A plant swap, and being reunited with our works of art!

09/04/2026

Sharing, ahead of Weston on Trent's community event Weston on Trent Earth Day if you are having a Spring Clean and have any unwanted patterned cotton (- see post image) please bring them along on the day, they will go to such a worthwhile project.

At Weston On Trent Earth Day we will be collecting the materials below to enable Aquabox...a local charity...to make washable feminine hygiene products to give to refugee camps and other women in need. Please do come along on the 18th to weston village hall to join in the environmentally friendly fun and donate any spare quilt covers etc you may have. As my grandma used to say...waste not want not. x

09/04/2026

Our Latest programme!

30/03/2026

A couple of years ago Abigail Wastie came along to our meeting to chat about sustainable wardrobes… she is organising these two wonderful events this Spring, please share!

09/03/2026

Yes, Colin from Aquabox! We were blown away by your talk about Aquabox! Already, our WhatsApp chat is full of our members telling us how much they enjoyed the evening.

In their own words, " Aquabox is a charitable organisation dedicated to ensuring access to safe drinking water." It was so interesting to hear about how the charity started and the valuable work it does.

Colin demonstrated the filter and unpacked a Aqua- Aid Humanitarian box ( apparently, Scout and School groups get the chance to repack it under timed conditions ! ). These boxes are filled with the most practical and thoughtful items, and with compassion we were all taken with the"San Pads" washable sanitary items. We will be organising a fabric collection for these in the future.

We cannot recommend Colin and this talk highly enough, and perhaps suggest that if you have Open meetings, this might be one that your community might find very interesting. Please take a look at www.aquabox.org for details, and worth noting that they welcome tours of their warehouse in Wirksworth.

Our members are invited to our planning meeting upstairs in the village hall next Monday, 16th, 19:30.

Next month, members are looking forward to a pottery evening.

09/03/2026

This evening, we had the pleasure of handing over the money we raised for Hannah's Hope Charity to Wayne. Thanks to all of our members and to the community who came along to support our pop-up cafes and community event, together you raised £1000 for a brilliant local charity.