The Earlsdon Women’s Institute’s first meeting took place at the Earlsdon Cottage, earlier today (Friday 11th June) and was attended by around 30 women and a roving reporter from BBC Radio Coventry. After the formalities had taken place (and we were handed the June newsletter), there was some discussion regarding where and when meetings would take place.
The main meetings would take place at St Barbara’s Church Hall in Rochester Road:
- Thursday 8 July 2010, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm
- Thursday 22 July 2010, from 2pm to 4 pm (although an alternative time of 1-3pm would be investigated).
No meetings would take place in August, but generally evening meetings would be on the second Thursday of each month, with daytime meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month.
As well as the main meetings, there are likely to be subgroups e.g. on various campaigns and these would take place at a variety of venues. Further details are given at the facebook page of http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=125655604122972&v=wall&ref=ts
There will be a questionnaire for members asking about the type of events and activities wanted and fencing, belly dancing and sky diving were mentioned! – exploding the traditional view of the Women’s Institute. I went along not knowing anyone and found everyone to be friendly and welcoming, and duly signed up! I wish the new W.I. every success.
Coventry City Council have announced that a successful triage service is to be extended to Earlsdon. The service has been running in Coventry since Christmas 2009 with the overall aim to reduce calls to ambulance services and admissions to A&E Departments. It is introduced in conjunction with the Safer Nights campaign – a programme to ensure that Coventry and Earlsdon are safe environments in which to socialise.
