Williams Club - Farnham

Williams Club - Farnham Club helping people with sight loss in Farnham There is no membership fee and no charge for the monthly meetings.

Membership is open to all visually impaired people living in Farnham, and, for as long as the member attends the club, we also welcome their partner as a visitor. The Club was started in the late 1950s by Mr Ben Williams and his sister Evelyn. They ran the club for 30 years until 1986 when they handed over to a committee. In recognition of their work, the club has been renamed “The Williams Club – helping Sight Loss in Farnham” Now about 30 people regularly attend our meetings.

On Saturday 18th April, Katie represented The Williams Club as the Guest of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Farnham at thei...
19/04/2026

On Saturday 18th April, Katie represented The Williams Club as the Guest of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Farnham at their Peace Dinner.

5 Charities received a Certificate of recognition for their work within the Community, they were Farnham Assist, The Food Bank, Hedgehogs, Farnham Lions and The Williams Club. The 5 charities had reserved tables.

There was a nice talk about Islam and what the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association are doing to stop wars, their philosophy is "Love for All, Hatred for None".

This was followed by a delicious spicy dinner.

The Guests were made very welcome and were very well looked after. The Community willingly answered questions – even the silly ones such as the lives of women in their Community and why they wear different hats.

Many thanks to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Farnham for their kindness.

The Williams Club for People with Visual Impairment in FarnhamOn April Fools day afternoon, the members of the Williams ...
05/04/2026

The Williams Club for People with Visual Impairment in Farnham

On April Fools day afternoon, the members of the Williams Club Farnham came along to the monthly meeting at Farnham Baptist Church.

The April’s meeting had the wonderful Lauren Wayland the Curator/Manager of Farnham Museum. Lauren took us all for a tour through the amazing historical building of Wilmer House, home of the Museum. She started outside the building with the current work that is happening on the Grade 1 listed house. We were given a panel of bricks for everyone to feel what the new yet old bricks are like.

She took us through to the entrance, telling us about the history of the House and then painting pictures in our minds of what the Georgian rooms, staircases, windows, panelling, etc would have looked like, along with allowing us to touch some of the panelled carvings.

During her chat with us she handed round some of the artefacts from the museum, such as a Stone Age flint tool, an owl jug. She also passed some artefacts round for the members to guess what they would have been used for for example a pair of sugar cutting tongs and a cup for administering medication.

Lauren also chatted about the future plans for the Museum and how she would appreciate ideas from the Williams Club Members, of how to make the Museum more accessible to all people and possibly “road test” some interpretations/exhibitions.

After taking questions and chatting to the Members, they gave their rousing thanks to Lauren.

We were treated to a delicious tea provided by the wonderful team from Bourne WI.

The afternoon closed with the infamous raffle (with lots of Easter Eggs and Chocolate as prizes) plus best wishes for Easter Holiday.

For further information about the Williams Club please visit us on Facebook williamsclubfarnham; check out our website www.williamsclubfarnham.co.uk or email: [email protected]

The members of the Williams Club for the Visually Impaired of Farnham, celebrated the first day of sunshine this year by...
26/02/2026

The members of the Williams Club for the Visually Impaired of Farnham, celebrated the first day of sunshine this year by singing and dancing. The February meeting was held in the afternoon of the 4th at The Farnham Baptist Church, where we were entertained by the amazingly talented and versatile musician Harry Bassett. Harry had the Members joining in with various songs both singing and dancing, and we all sang with gusto plus doing all the chorography movements to “Sweet Caroline”. He also led us in to some very loud communal singing of Happy Birthday to all our February Birthday Celebrators.

The team of Bake Natter and Roll Farnham WI ensured that the Williams Club Members were well fed with an enormous afternoon tea that they provided. Harry also played BNR’s song that should be their theme tune “Shake Rattle and Roll” of course.

The next get together of the Club will be for lunch at Squires Garden Centre and the next full meeting of the Williams Club will be at 2.00pm on Wednesday April 1st.

For further information about the Williams Club please visit us on Facebook williamsclubfarnham; check out our website www.williamsclubfarnham.co.uk or email: [email protected]

With very Best Wishes to all Members, Families, Helpers and Friends of the Williams Club for 2026. Lots of love from Je...
31/12/2025

With very Best Wishes to all Members, Families, Helpers and Friends of the Williams Club for 2026. Lots of love from Jenny and of course Lilli xx 😀

Thursday was a Carol Singing day for some of the members and volunteers from the Williams Club.We were invited in the af...
10/12/2025

Thursday was a Carol Singing day for some of the members and volunteers from the Williams Club.

We were invited in the afternoon by Rodney Bates, the Manager of Farnham Assist to Farnham Baptist Church and join them along with other Farnham Groups and Councillor George Murray the Mayor of Farnham, for a traditional Carol Service.

In the evening the Farnham Castle Trustees invited Farnham Charity Volunteers to come and join them at a Christmas Concert held in the Great Hall at the Castle. Once again Councillor George Murray the Mayor of Farnham joined us - such a busy man. We were entertained by the amazing young singers of Farnham Youth Choir. We, the audience also had to join in with some of the carols - and just like our Williams December meeting, we even had to do a Carol with actions!

Many thanks to the Farnham Assist and Farnham Castle Trustees for their kind invitation and hospitality.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all

t was a joyful Christmas atmosphere on Wednesday 3rd December for the meeting of the Williams Club for the blind and par...
07/12/2025

t was a joyful Christmas atmosphere on Wednesday 3rd December for the meeting of the Williams Club for the blind and partially sighted of Farnham. We were entertained by “Accord” the wonderful a ca****la choir with their conductor Sue. We had marvellous songs interspersed with Carols that we the audience joined in with and one where not only did we have to sing but we had to do “actions” as well!

We were treated to a fabulous afternoon tea provided by the amazing team at Farnham Baptist Church rounded off with a delicious home made Christmas Cake.

The 2026 programme was presented to the members highlighting that we will have the pleasure of listening too various musical entertainers, talks, quiz as well as the popular Seaside Outing in June and a Strawberry Tea in July.

As a Christmas Gift each member was given a of a pot of hyacinths to take home.

The first 2026 meeting of the Williams Club will be on Wednesday 7th January, starting at 2.00pm at the Baptist Church Farnham. New Members and Volunteers are most welcome, there is no membership fee. For further information please check out our website www.williamsclubfarnham.co.uk or email: [email protected]

The Members of the Williams Club for the Visually Impaired of Farnham, had a Right Royal Afternoon on 5th November. We ...
06/11/2025

The Members of the Williams Club for the Visually Impaired of Farnham, had a Right Royal Afternoon on 5th November. We were graced with the company of our very own royalty - King Bob and Queen Sue along with Princess Monique and Jenny and not forgetting our 4-legged Princess Lilli - all adorning our royal garb.
Jenny had devised a Royal Quiz which had questions ranging from the easy - which Royal lived at Hampton Court, and the taxing - how many rooms including bedrooms and staff rooms are there at Buckingham Palace? (Answers at the end of this article) The members were also tested on their knowledge of royal cakes, preserves and flowers. The competing teams were all given titles of Royal Houses and there had to be a tie breaker at the end of the quiz between the Royal House of Stuart and the Royal House of Tudor and the winning team was the Stuarts.
As well as the quiz we were regally fortified with a magnificent tea provided by the wonderful team from Alice Holt WI. To end our meeting we had the Infamous Williams Club Raffle.
The Williams Club meets monthly, usually on the first Wednesday of the month between 2.00pm and 4.00pm often at the Baptist Church, Farnham. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd December when we will be celebrating Christmas in style with the wonderful singers of Accord, so we will all be adorning our Christmas Jumpers at the meeting.
The Club is in the process of pulling together an exciting Calendar of Events for 2026, which we will announce at the Christmas Meeting. New Members and Volunteers are most welcome; there is no membership fee. For further information please check out our website www.williamsclubfarnham.co.uk or email: [email protected]
And the answers to the questions are: Henry VIII and 775 rooms!

On Wednesday 2nd July 2025 the Williams Club of Farnham had a wonderful Strawberry Tea hosted by St Thomas on the Bourne...
19/10/2025

On Wednesday 2nd July 2025 the Williams Club of Farnham had a wonderful Strawberry Tea hosted by St Thomas on the Bourne, who also provided an excellent and scrumptious afternoon tea.

We were honoured to have the Farnham Town Mayor, Councillor George Murray, come as our guest to our Tea. Councillor Murray joined in the laughs and chatter with our members.

Some lovely pictures of the Williams Club Summer Seaside outing to Hayling Island Sailing Club on the 4th June 2025. Th...
19/10/2025

Some lovely pictures of the Williams Club Summer Seaside outing to Hayling Island Sailing Club on the 4th June 2025.

The sun shone all day, the food and service at the Sailing Club in Hayling Island was excellent.

Just to Remind you all about the events that are coming up at the Williams Club for the rest of the 2025Wed 5th November...
17/10/2025

Just to Remind you all about the events that are coming up at the Williams Club for the rest of the 2025
Wed 5th November: Our Quiz Afternoon – a "Bit of a Royal Do"
Teas provided by Alice Holt WI.
Get out your tiaras and poshest royal robes and enjoy our Royal Quiz, hosted by our Chair Jenny and her little dog Amethyst Princess Sophie, who is known to all as Lilli - and we all know she is too posh to walk. The quiz will then followed by a delicious afternoon tea provided by the Ladies of Alice Holt WI.
Wed 3rd December: for our Christmas Party with In Accord
Teas provided by Farnham Baptist Church.
Put on your Christmas Jumpers and enjoy the wonderful afternoon with singing provided by the talented ladies of In Accord who are conducted by the amazing Sue (our former Chair). After all the joyful singing we will be treated to a scrumptious Christmas afternoon tea provided by the team of Farnham Baptist Church.
Our Meetings start promptly at 2pm and finish by 4pm at the Farnham Baptist Church, GU9 7HA
To put a smile on your faces, I have attached a picture of Lilli and Jenny in their "Royal Ball Gown".— feeling excited.

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Farnham
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