Stony Nightingales WI

Stony Nightingales WI Stony Nightingales WI meets at Swinfen Harris Church Hall, on the second Thursday of each month. Currently the monthly meetings are online via Zoom.

Stony Nightingales WI usually meet at Swinfen Harris Hall, London Road, Stony Stratford on the 2nd Thursday of every month. The WI is the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK. It plays a unique role in enabling women to develop new skills and gives them opportunities to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities. The Women’s Institute was formed in 1915 with two clear

aims: to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. Since then our aims have broadened and we are now the largest women’s organisation in the UK. We celebrated our 90th anniversary in 2005 and currently have 205,000 members in 6,500 WIs.

08/04/2026

This Thursday is our meeting and we have Tim a wine merchant from the Pour House in Stony Stratford who will give us a talk on the production of wine and its variations and with some wine tasting, they will be small samples as this is quality tasting not quantity. And the wine will be on sale at the meeting if you are looking for a special gift or a treat for yourself.

We have a lovely article in the Stony Stratford Town Crier spring addition.

12/03/2026

Just to update you all that due to sickness our speaker for tonight has had to cancel, but we have been fortunate to get Sue Malleson from the Stony Business Association to stand in to talk about the work they do for Stony Stratford and the local businesses.

And will have our book and puzzle stall at the meeting tonight and an Easter raffle.

Visitors welcome.

08/03/2026

“I think realizing that you’re not alone, that you are standing with millions of your sisters around the world is vital.”
- Malala Yousafzai

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08/03/2026

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International Women’s Day is a time to come together and recognise the incredible achievements of women everywhere. This year, we’re shining a spotlight on the inspiring initiatives led by WI members who have generously given their time, care and skills to support other women.

ICYMI, we hosted our International Women’s Day webinar on Friday, and you can watch it back and hear these powerful stories:

Jane Sorrell and Bramhall WI (Cheshire Federation) shared how one speaker inspired meaningful action to support women in prison including establishing a regular book club.

Nicola Awni from GAP WI (Gwent Federation), a proud member of the Not in My Name Community Champions, who shared her passion for the campaign and the impactful work happening in Wales.

Jane Squirrell from Werrington WI (Huntingdon & Peterborough Federation), who spoke about setting up a prison crafting session – how it began, what they’ve learned, and the powerful impact crafting has had for both members and female residents.

Together, these stories show the strength of women coming together to uplift and empower others. Thank you for all you do, as members, supporters and friends of the NFWI to celebrate and inspire women everywhere.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/Cthz0kLJ0CY

10/02/2026

We have a treat this Thursday (12th February) for our monthly meeting, especially for Bridgerton fans as we have the Georgian Dancers of Amazing Grace who are volunteers from the Cowper & Newton Museum in Olney, dressed in full costume they will perform 18th century dances and talk about dance etiquette. All very Bridgerton.

Visitors are very welcome.

04/01/2026

Our next meeting on Thursday 8th January should be very lively with Laura Christie from Milton Keynes Dance Centre leading us in country dancing. Feel free to watch if you don't want to 'dosido' and 'promenade your partner'.

Afternoon SNWI. On this rainy afternoon I have time to post about our lovely day out to Birmingham last Thursday. 13 of ...
19/10/2025

Afternoon SNWI. On this rainy afternoon I have time to post about our lovely day out to Birmingham last Thursday. 13 of us visited the interesting Back to Backs - all about the living conditions of the damp, dark days of smoke coal filled Birmingham. We had a great guide called Wesley who actually lived in one of these houses and brought his antidotes to life. Unbelievably the Back to Backs were lived in from the 18th century to 1960s!

08/09/2025

Our next meeting is Thursday, 11th September at 7.30pm. We have Anna McEvoy from Stowe House Preservation Trust giving us a talk about the past, present and future of Stowe. Come along and join us for cuppa, natter and a slice of cake.

10/06/2025

Our June meeting this Thursday welcomes Doug Stuckey an archaeologist as our speaker. He will be giving us an historical talk about the areas of Stanton Low, Manor, Great Linford Ha-ha and Saxon Burial site at Wolverton, amongst others. I am sure this will be very interesting to find out what was in our local area.

We will have our book stall out at the meeting selling books and puzzles, and donations for the stall are welcome. Books are £2 and puzzles £3 all are good quality and some books are recent released editions.

Hope to see you there.

Good evening ladies, Please note that this Thursday is our members only meeting. Resolutions Meeting when we will review...
07/05/2025

Good evening ladies,

Please note that this Thursday is our members only meeting. Resolutions Meeting when we will review the resolution that has received the highest votes from WI members across the county which was 'Bystanders Can Be Lifesavers'. As you may recall our WI voted for 'Let's talk about incontinence'. S now decide as a WI if we are for or against the one with the most votes for our delegate to take forward at the annual meeting in June this year.

We will be singing Jerusalem at the meeting which is always lovely to hear and we will have printed words available.

The theme of our meeting will be in recognition of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, with a short quiz with a team prize. There will also be a cake baking competition. The recipe is attached. If you wish to take part simply bake your cake and bring it in. There is a prize for the winner.

You may like to wear a union jack t-shirt or a red, white and blue outfit. Join in if you prefer.

The pots should be back from last months meeting for those who took part in painting but if you can't make the meeting please don't worry we will let you know where you can collect yours from after the meeting.

We will have raffle tickets for sale on the night for the National WI raffle, please bring along some cash if you wish to purchase any of these.

06/05/2025

This Thursday 8th May is our members only Resolutions Meeting when we will review the resolution that has received the highest votes from WI members across the county which was 'Bystanders Can Be Lifesavers'.

The theme of our meeting will be in recognition of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, with a short quiz with a team prize and a cake baking competition, also with a lovely prize. And maybe wear red, white and blue if you can.

The pots should be back from last months meeting for those who took part in painting, but if you can't make the meeting please don't worry we will let you know where you can collect yours from after the meeting.

We will have raffle tickets for sale on the night for the National WI raffle, please bring along some cash if you wish to purchase any of these.

If anyone has any donations of good quality books or puzzles they would like to donate please bring them along as the sale of these are very beneficial to our funds.

'Save the Day' - please take note of our July meeting which is a very special presentation on the etiquette of afternoon tea with Baroness Bolsover. It is on 10 July at Roman Crown Hall at Bancroft Park (MK13 0RA) and this would be a great opportunity for you to bring along guests. There will be a fee of £5 for visitor and we would like to know numbers in advance to help with planning. We will help with transport for members who usually walk to our meeting if they are unable to get to the venue. More details to follow nearer the time. The change of venue is due to our hall not being available on the night.

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