Portchester Village W.I.

11/07/2026

Manny Martins was our guest speaker at PVWI July meeting. He gave us a very interesting talk about ‘planning the D Day landings . Combined Operation Pilotage Project’ Much of this happened locally at Hayling Island. I think nine of us knew the importance of this .
Congratulations to our members of PVWI quiz team who were given medals 🥇 . They will be competing in the finals in September after winning against Castle Creek.
No PVWI meeting is without a raffle and refreshments. Thankyou to everyone who helped with this on a very hot evening

26/06/2026

Brilliant day on the Blue funnel Solent 4 river cruise from Southampton today. Great to be on the water on a lovely day . Excellent commentary and extremely well organised. We all enjoyed the provided food and all our members enjoyed another fabulous day out .

18/06/2026

Marion hosted her annual fundraising charity coffee morning in her garden today with nearly 30 PVWI members enjoying themselves in the sun with delicious home baked cakes and refreshments . This year we have chosen to support the Dementia Care hub at Portchester.
A big thankyou to Marion who hosted and everyone who attended

12/06/2026

PVWI guest speaker was the brilliant Keith Barron, originally from Portchester, who was on the Great British Bake off. It was great to hear Keith’s journey with his baking and application process for the show. Keith brought in some delicious Viennese whirls ,oat pecan and cranberry cookies and pistachio, white chocolate and apricot cookies which were thorough enjoyed by us all.

15/05/2026

It was our annual AGM at PVWI yesterday. Our president was sadly stepping down after 4 years of doing an amazing job for us all . Marion Brooks will be remaining on the committee and continue with all her fantastic ideas for events . We are all thrilled to elect Margaret Martins as our new president who is a long standing committee member. It was a very busy and social meeting and this was followed by refreshments and fish and chips .

10/04/2026

A small video from last nights meeting

10/04/2026

Great evening at PVWI with Tony from Kaira sound therapy who gave a demonstration of sound healing . Amazing to hear all the different sounds and how everyone responds to them

13/03/2026

PVWI had a very interesting talk from Aimee -community safety officer , regarding fire safety in our homes. Some of our members have already booked home safety visits after hearing the presentation from Aimee .
On Sunday several members did a sponsored ‘triathlon’ for charity. Those that were at the meeting last night were excited to receive medals 🥇 for their achievement . 🤩Sponsorship money is still being collected for this event

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

6 members from Portchester Village WI took on a challenge to raise money for their chosen charity Portsmouth Hospital Charity Trust, by completing a
Triathlon……. of sorts!!! they swam 64mts, cycled 2km and walked 1km. Our thanks go to Louis for spurring us on and to Cams Sports and Leisure centre for allowing us to use their facilities. A great time was had by all, and the afternoon ended with some well earned refreshments.