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Welcome to the Derbyshire Federation of WI's. Derbyshire House is open to callers 10:00am - 2:00pm Monday to Thursday.
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Closed Fridays, Council Meeting days and Bank Holidays. Affiliated to the National Federation of Women's Institutes, 104 New Kings Road, London SW6 4LY.

05/11/2026

Have a look at Diane McHarg's column in the October issue of Derbyshire Life Magazine...

04/11/2026

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These are the photos of the competition entries taken by Dorothy West, a Communications Sub Team member, at the Winding Wheel yesterday. Well done to all the prize winners and a big thank you to all those members who entered the competitions. 💯😍

04/11/2026

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Patrick Grant from 'The Great British Sewing Bee' on BBC was our fourth and final speaker for the day. He obviously had a great following of fans in the audience! He was extremely generous with his time, signing copies of his book 'Less' and posing for selfies with WI members at the lunch break before his talk. He told us about working on the programme, how competitors are selected and the amazing store of material held. We also learned about his company 'Community Clothing' the tag line is 'Clothes that do GOOD'! Check it out: www.communityclothing.co.uk

04/11/2026

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Our third speaker of the day, after lunch, was Sally Murray who, with her husband, started the company 'Just Ice' selling ice cream to support victims and promote awareness about Modern Slavery. Sally was a very lively and enthusiastic speaker. She is from Derby and happy to speak to WIs about her charity. Email: [email protected] Note: We think this would be a brilliant local charity for WIs to support. 🍦🍨

04/11/2026

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Our 2nd speaker yesterday was Prof. Paul Mealor who told us wonderful stories about his work with the Royal Family and the Military Wives +++. He got a standing ovation at the end of his talk and there wasn't a dry eye in the building. Fabulous! 🥲😊

04/11/2026

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Here you can see our first speaker of the day at The Winding Wheel on 3 November, Karen Millhouse the Archivist from Derbyshire Records Office. She gave us a fabulous insight into what is stored at the Office and how precious and valuable much of it is. DFWI have organised visits there and now we feel sure individual WI members will go along to find out more. 😊

04/11/2026

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DFWI Chair, Rosie, welcomed everyone to the Winding Wheel and introduced Trustees and WI Advisers by reading a wonderful poem written by Ruth who sadly couldn't be with us. This was followed by the singing of 'Jerusalem' led by Diane. 🎶🎵

04/11/2026

MORE PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY'S AUTUMN CELEBRATION COMING LATER

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04/11/2026

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Just some of the fabulous stalls offering great opportunities for shopping at the Winding Wheel yesterday!🛍

04/11/2026

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Aly & Jenny Federation Secretary and Finance Officer setting up on the stage with Sherri, Trustee and Link Editor.

Address

Derbyshire House, Sherwin Street
Derby
DE221GP

Telephone

01332 342 596

Website

http://www.thewi.org.uk/derbyshire

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