Horsford WI

01/04/2026

29/03/2026

07/03/2026

Our members enjoyed a fabulous New Years celebration meal at The Recruiting Sergeant. We had a wonderful time, great company with lots of giggles. Our food was delicious, very generous portions at a great price. The service was exceptional, the staff are super friendly and attentive, nothing was too much trouble. Thank you to everyone who made it such a memorable and special time together 💚

25/02/2026

International Women's Day 2026

Soroptimists in Norwich are celebrating IWD a week late this year!
They are extending an invitation for tea and a talk:

Saturday 14th March 10-12noon
at the Octagon , St Peter Mancroft church , Norwich

There is currently a national campaign in Soroptimists on raising Awareness of Cervical Cancer.

Learn more about the WI campaign to raise awareness of the subtle signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer here:
https://www.thewi.org.uk/campaigns/key-and-current-campaigns/see-the-signs

International Women's Day Sunday 8th March 2026

18/02/2026

Non members welcome, come on your own or with a friend, we will make teams up on the day!

11/02/2026

The Cuppa Care Bus aims to bring people together and tackle loneliness - whether you just want to get out of the house, meet new people, chat about something that’s worrying you or get information and advice – we have friendly people on board our Cuppa Care bus who can help.

Our team will be visiting Norwich on Thursday 12th February!

Find us at Orbit Housing Association, St Anne's Quarter, King Street from 10am to 2pm

More info available at https://www.hearfornorfolk.org.uk/cuppacare/

10/02/2026

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NORFOLK FEDERATION DURING FEBRUARY?
You can find the Mailing, Newsletter, Magazine and Application Forms for Federation events on our NEWS web page
https://norfolk.thewi.org.uk/news
photo: Jasmine

10/02/2026

VIA has arrived 🥳🥳🥳

Our brand-new and improved home for learning is officially LIVE - bringing together inspiring courses, fresh ideas, and skills to explore at your own pace.

Open to everyone who loves learning.
And for WI members?
Free access to most courses.

Start something new. Pick up where you left off. Learn simply because you want to.

Explore VIA now - https://via.thewi.org.uk/utm_source=thewisocial&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=via_launch_feb_2026&utm_content=feed_post

08/02/2026

08/02/2026

With Norfolk WI – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

07/02/2026

Our next visit to Urban Clay, Thursday 12 March.

Our event in November was a great success, the ladies at Urban Clay are fabulous hosts, we had such fun getting creative, so many choices and ideas to get us started. The best coffee and the cakes are delicious! We will definitely be returning in November to get that Christmassy feeling!!!

06/02/2026

Chris Gay from Lowland Rescue visited us at our February meeting . Chris is the Training Officer for the Norfolk Lowland Search & Rescue organisation that fills the gap between Mountain Rescue Teams and HM Coast Guard.

Formed in 1999, their Search Technicians offer the Police and Emergency Services a specially trained team, to assist with the search for vulnerable missing persons throughout Norfolk.

The association is a charity and the teams are volunteers, trained in medical skills from first aid to advanced medical care, and are able to care for any casualty or vulnerable person who they find until that person is safely in the hands of the emergency services. They also specialise in water searches for the police, who in Norfolk have no water or diving unit, which is surprising as so many accidents happen on the broads. Volunteers are not paid for their time, fuel or personal equipment.

Norfolk have a specialist dog unit that can search a specific area 3 times faster than a team of 6 people, so very worthwhile. All dogs are pets of lowland rescue professional experienced volunteers, they are pets first and then trained as search dogs by their owners.

It costs £18,000 per year to keep them going, this is without the cost of their equipment . With 55 volunteers in Norfolk, they are hoping to grow these numbers this year as they need a large pool of people to call upon to enable teams to be made up, as many who work cannot always get away when needed.

This was a fascinating talk, very informative and we are delighted that our members raised a donation of £100.

For more information, to get involved or to make a donation please click on the link

https://norlsar.org.uk/about-us/