Hanley Castle WI

Hanley Castle WI Welcome to the new page for Hanley Castle Womens Institute. We hope to include news of our events, campaigns and groups.

We are a large group with members of all ages and interests but would welcome new members at any of our meetings. The Womens Institute - Inspiring Women

We had a lovely evening last night watching a demonstration of regional Indian cooking from expert Suki's Kitchen Storie...
19/06/2026

We had a lovely evening last night watching a demonstration of regional Indian cooking from expert Suki's Kitchen Stories. And we all got to taste the result at the end which was really yummy! 😃🥘👏

A busy meeting for our new President Kate Blance last Thursday. We welcomed Paul Bundy head of our wonderful village sch...
15/06/2026

A busy meeting for our new President Kate Blance last Thursday. We welcomed Paul Bundy head of our wonderful village school who told us all about the quiet space they are creating in the playground where children can go away from the noisy buzz of the traditional playground. Paul was so impressive & enthusiastic about the project which we are going help with by buying a story chair.
We then heard from Kate’s husband Ian about the fascinating history of St John from its start setting up a hospital in Jerusalem centuries ago through to its moves to Rhodes Cyprus & Malta. Its history in this country was interesting including strong historical connections in Hanley Castle through the Lechmere family. A brilliant evening👏Visitors always welcome at our meetings on 2nd Thursday of the month. 😃

Looking forward to Suki’s demonstration next week! Yum! 👏👏👏
10/06/2026

Looking forward to Suki’s demonstration next week! Yum! 👏👏👏

We have a new President! 👏Kate Blance will carry on the family tradition as her Mum was president around 30 years ago. O...
18/05/2026

We have a new President! 👏Kate Blance will carry on the family tradition as her Mum was president around 30 years ago. Our annual meeting was a moment to pat ourselves on the back as all our events & achievements were remembered. We were so pleased Worcestershire Federation of WIs chairman Helen Starks came to guide us through the meeting. Then it was time to relax & have a chatter with a cuppa! 👏😍

13/05/2026

GARDENS CALL-OUT

Calling all green-fingered readers! We’re looking for WI gardens to feature in upcoming issues of the magazine.

Every garden is special, and we’d love to hear about yours, whatever form it might take – from community projects and wellbeing spaces, to wildlife havens and flower meadows, to small gardens, balconies and allotments.

Email us at [email protected] with GARDENS in the subject line, and let us know what makes your green space so precious to you.
Include your name, WI and some photos of your garden – we can’t wait to hear from you!

She did it! Well done Kate Blance 👏🏃‍♀️👏🏃‍♀️👏🏃‍♀️👏🏃‍♀️👏👏👏
26/04/2026

She did it! Well done Kate Blance 👏🏃‍♀️👏🏃‍♀️👏🏃‍♀️👏🏃‍♀️👏👏👏

Wishing Kate Blance all the best when she runs in Sunday’s London Marathon in aid of St. Richard's Hospice Foundation Go...
24/04/2026

Wishing Kate Blance all the best when she runs in Sunday’s London Marathon in aid of St. Richard's Hospice Foundation Go Kate go! We are all so proud of you! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️👏👏👏

At our meeting last Thursday everyone was so pleased to see our President back after her illness that we gave her a roun...
14/04/2026

At our meeting last Thursday everyone was so pleased to see our President back after her illness that we gave her a round of applause 👏
Our speaker was the brilliant Paul Harding from Discover History. He told us all about the history of jokes & about the change in the calendar for the start of the year from April to January. This resulted in those that didn’t realise it being called April Fools! Who knew that! We saw photos of well used jokes as well as local April fool pranks such as the suggestion that the Elgar Statue was being moved to the top of the Malvern Hills! 🤣 As ever Paul was extremely entertaining - we thoroughly look forward to his yearly visit to us! 👏😃

On Thursday evening vice president Kate Blance opened the meeting. We had a very interesting talk by Dr Jean Emberlin fr...
15/03/2026

On Thursday evening vice president Kate Blance opened the meeting. We had a very interesting talk by Dr Jean Emberlin from Guide Dogs for the Blind. She brought along Vadar a puppy in training. It was fascinating to hear about the various stages the dogs have to go through & how long it takes.

The Skittles season is over. Our team didn’t win but what fun they had taking part!👏😄
09/03/2026

The Skittles season is over. Our team didn’t win but what fun they had taking part!👏😄

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