Bowes Belles WI Information Page

02/06/2026

🧵✨ Cross Stitch Workshop with Just Jeni Stitches ✨🧵

Join us for a relaxing, creative morning of stitching in this beginner-friendly workshop - perfect for complete newbie or anyone wanting to try a new craft.

📅 Saturday 27th June
🕙 10:00am – 1:00pm
📍 Wrekenton Methodist Church
💷 £15 per person
👥 Open to female friends and family!

Hosted by Just Jeni Stitches, this workshop gives you everything you need from start to finish. Jeni will guide you step-by-step through all the techniques to help you confidently start, stitch, and complete your own cross stitch piece - ready to take home and display.

✨ No experience needed
✨ No supplies needed
✨ Just turn up and enjoy

By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a finished piece you’ve made yourself!

🎨 Choose your design:
🌸 Fun women’s quotes with floral motifs
🧵 WI-inspired sampler design
🪡 Selection of non-WI samplers

There’s something for every style, from simple and relaxing to a slightly more detailed challenge.

✨ Extra kits are usually available if you’d like to take another project home.

Come along, unwind, and discover how satisfying cross stitch can be! 💛

Book here! https://forms.gle/wVnxuHTEHvW1rAPV7

23/05/2026

Afternoon Tea Week is on the horizon! 🫖✨
Gather your WI friends, catch up over cake and scones, and make it a date to remember. Have you booked your table yet?
https://forms.gle/q5d9yjFKCCodjWSA9

23/05/2026

We’re delighted to tell you that our Federation’s upcoming Pick and Plodge has now been formally registered with Sunderland Coastal Team, Durham Wildlife Trust, and the Climate Coalition.

This collaboration places our WI community at the heart of regional conservation efforts, and we’re proud to be taking part in something that supports both local wildlife and national climate action.

We hope this will be a truly successful event and look forward to seeing you all there

12/05/2026

We had a great evening welcoming Emily and Giselle from Durham Wildlife Trust, who gave a really interesting talk on Nature in Recovery and practical nature-based solutions. It was a really interesting and informative session. 🌿

They also gave us some great ideas for future Walking Belles destinations - watch this space!🚶‍♀️

A big thank you to everyone who brought and bought plants for our charity plant sale. Your support helped raise valuable charity funds and helped make the evening a real success. 🌱

Find out more about Durham Wildlife Trust here:

Durham Wildlife Trust's purpose is to protect wildlife and promote nature conservation in County Durham, the City of Sunderland and the boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Darlington. Through the management of more than 50 nature reserves and a variety of species and habitat recovery projects,...

09/05/2026

It really was an excellent tour!

A truly insightful visit to South Tyneside Crematorium this morning where we were given the opportunity to go behind the scenes and gain a greater understanding of the cremation process.

Many common myths and misconceptions were dispelled, and it really reinforced just how important it is to plan your funeral or at the very least make your wishes known to your loved ones.

A huge thank you to the staff for being so welcoming, informative and open in sharing their knowledge and experience. It was a genuinely valuable and thought-provoking visit.

If you would like to explore these conversations further, details of the local “Be Death Positive and Take Control” Death Café sessions can be found here https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/22149/Be-Death-Positive-and-Take-Control

08/05/2026

07/05/2026

Good morning ladies ☀️🧶

Just a reminder that our next Knit & Natter is this coming Saturday 9th May, 10am–12 noon at Wrekenton Methodist Church 😊

Looking forward to a couple of hours of knitting, crocheting, chatting and plenty of tea & cake! ☕🍰🧵

See you all Saturday! 🥰

29/04/2026

🌱 Charity Plant Sale – We Need You! 🌱

Ahead of our meeting on 12th May, we’ll be holding a charity plant sale from 6:45pm – 7:15pm, and we’d love your support!

If you have any spare plants, shrubs, vegetables, herbs (or anything green and growing!), please bring them along to donate.

All funds raised will go into our charity pot, and members will vote on which local charity receives the donation.

Any leftover plants can either be taken home by the person who brought them or donated to a local community garden 🪴🎍

Thank you for helping us make a difference!

26/04/2026

Delighted and incredibly proud that our very own Secretary, Christine, has taken the reins as Chairman 🎉

A new chapter begins, and we couldn’t be in better hands - wishing you every success in your new role! 💚

Tyne and Wear South Federation are delighted to inform members that Christine Parker was elected Federation Chair today.

We are sure she will take our Federation into the future with confidence, vision, and inspiration.

Sending Christine our warmest wishes for the future.