A few photos from the Christmas Fair on November 30th at Ararat Church, where we raised £100 for our charity: Wales Air Ambulance.
Whitchurch WI is a friendly and welcoming group. Monthly meetings and special interest groups; outings; competitions. Ararat Church Hall, 2nd Monday each month, 2pm.
Monday, 16 December 2024
December 2024 Meeting
The speaker for December was Peter Davis – a poet. He informed us that
his love of poetry was inspired by a past Reverend of Ararat Church,
Reverend George Evans, because he used to quote from 'The Hound of Heaven' by
Francis Thompson. Peter stated that even though poetry may not be everyone's cup of tea, as a topic for a WI meeting was highly appropriate for three reasons: firstly poetry is creative, and the WI is creative; secondly we all have lines of poetry in our minds – and he called for suggestions which many members provided; and finally the WI's anthem is 'Jerusalem' by William Blake.
The format for his talk was to quote several poets on a particular topic and then round up with a piece of his own poetry on that topic. Some subjects were whimsical, some amusing, some touching, and some serious and thought provoking. His poetry was most approachable and enjoyable.
The rest of the meeting was dedicated to socialising and eating the wonderful food that everyone had brought to share. The Christmas spirit was rounded off by finishing with a rendition of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' with each table allocated one of the numbers to sing and mime to. Everyone was in good voice and had a jolly time.
Friday, 6 December 2024
IT course 28 Nov 2024 – Apps
The smaller number of attendees allowed for 1:1 help throughout so the format became more interactive than usual.
We started with everybody visiting the Ararat website.
We then had a general introduction to working on-line, with explanations and hints on e.g. icons, cookies, tabs, bookmarks, using audio input and output, etc.
We practiced using QR codes on our devices.
The main part of the time was spent on learning about and downloading a wide range of Apps = quick access to favourite websites, available from Appstore (i-phones) or google play (android). Apps can be deleted by ‘press & hold’ the icon which will bring up an option to delete.
Examples of useful Apps:
Ask Silver – a government approved system which you can join and it will use WhatsApp to notify you of the latest scams.
Screenshot – capturing what is on the screen to enable it to be sent onwards. On android this is done by holding Off and Vol down simultaneously – the shot is saved in Gallery.
Shopping on-line – download Apps from chosen stores.
U-Switch – government-approved site for comparing and choosing utility providers.
BBC Sounds – a free App for podcasts (audio documentaries), music, live radio, on-demand programmes and audio-books.
TV 0nline – some free e.g. BBC, ITV, and some subscription e.g. Netflix and Prime.
YouTube – free – vast range of instructional videos.
Seeing AI – aim the screen at text – it will narrate what it sees.
Health – NHS Wales online can include booking appointments, requesting repeat prescriptions, looking at your health ecord (varies with each GP centre).
Torch – built in to most phones. For android, swipe down from top of screen to find torch icon. For i-phone ask Siri or use control centre.
Another fascinating session – many thanks to Lucy and to the BT volunteers.
Sunday, 1 December 2024
Newsletter – December 2024
December meeting:
9th December in Ararat Church Hall, Whitchurch Common, 2 pm.
Main speaker – Peter Davis: ‘Everyday Life – That’s Poetry For You.’
The December meeting is the Christmastime gathering and always an enjoyable event, with buffet food to share, a host of seasonal clothing on display, and this year table decorations to vote for.
Outings:
Details of outings, sign-up sheets and payment are all available at the meeting.
The 2025 outings are being planned, so look out for notifications in future newsletters.
HOTTER SHOES – this visit was well attended on November 12th with many members benefitting from the offers.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA – this event took place on November 19th. Although the visit was a little shorter than expected, it was enjoyed by all who attended.
The ‘SWING INTO CHRISTMAS’ concert at the RWCMD on the 23rd November, as part of the Down for the Count Orchestra’s 2024 tour, was thoroughly enjoyed by 9 members.
IT TRAINING with AbilityNet – the second session took place on November 28th. It was a smaller group this time which meant that members had one-to-one attention from the volunteers. The next session will happen in the new year.
Our Charity – Wales Air Ambulance
Whitchurch WI had a stall at the Ararat Christmas Fair on November 30th. There was plenty left over from the summer fete to stock the stall, plus a table where Nor’dzin would write your name in Tibetan script. Liz, Marilyn and Yvonne staffed the stall and we thank them for their time and energy. £100 was raised through their efforts.
Information
Link to the Glamorgan Newsletter.
MyWI site (registration and log in required)
Survey ‘Count Me In’ about shaping the future of the WI (registration and log in required)
Groups:
Choir: The choir will meet again in January. Date to be confirmed.
Book Group: Wednesday 11th December / 11.00 am / La Cucina da Mara, Whitchurch
Craft Group: Monday 16th December 2024 / 10.30 am / 41 Cherry Orchard Road, Lisvane
Tangle Art Group: Wednesday 18th December / 2.00 pm / 5 Court Close, Whitchurch
Family History: Monday 6th January / 2.00 pm / 113 Pantbach Road
Sunday Lunch Group: will meet again in January. Date to be confirmed.
Poetry and Prose Group: Monday 27th January 2025 / 11.00am / The Ark coffee bar, Ararat.
The 2025 outings are being planned, so look out for notifications in future newsletters.
HOTTER SHOES – this visit was well attended on November 12th with many members benefitting from the offers.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA – this event took place on November 19th. Although the visit was a little shorter than expected, it was enjoyed by all who attended.
The ‘SWING INTO CHRISTMAS’ concert at the RWCMD on the 23rd November, as part of the Down for the Count Orchestra’s 2024 tour, was thoroughly enjoyed by 9 members.
IT TRAINING with AbilityNet – the second session took place on November 28th. It was a smaller group this time which meant that members had one-to-one attention from the volunteers. The next session will happen in the new year.
Our Charity – Wales Air Ambulance
Whitchurch WI had a stall at the Ararat Christmas Fair on November 30th. There was plenty left over from the summer fete to stock the stall, plus a table where Nor’dzin would write your name in Tibetan script. Liz, Marilyn and Yvonne staffed the stall and we thank them for their time and energy. £100 was raised through their efforts.
Information
Link to the Glamorgan Newsletter.
MyWI site (registration and log in required)
Survey ‘Count Me In’ about shaping the future of the WI (registration and log in required)
Groups:
Choir: The choir will meet again in January. Date to be confirmed.
Book Group: Wednesday 11th December / 11.00 am / La Cucina da Mara, Whitchurch
Craft Group: Monday 16th December 2024 / 10.30 am / 41 Cherry Orchard Road, Lisvane
Tangle Art Group: Wednesday 18th December / 2.00 pm / 5 Court Close, Whitchurch
Family History: Monday 6th January / 2.00 pm / 113 Pantbach Road
Sunday Lunch Group: will meet again in January. Date to be confirmed.
Poetry and Prose Group: Monday 27th January 2025 / 11.00am / The Ark coffee bar, Ararat.
Following meeting:
13th January in Ararat Church Hall, Whitchurch Common, 2 pm.
Main speaker – Rosemary Chaloner: ‘My Life as a Butlins Redcoat’
13th January in Ararat Church Hall, Whitchurch Common, 2 pm.
Main speaker – Rosemary Chaloner: ‘My Life as a Butlins Redcoat’
๐ ๐ Merry Christmas to One and All ๐๐
and a Happy New Year!
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Stay Safe On-line
IT training session, 31 October 2024 with Lucy Walsh of AbilityNet
Stay Safe On-line
After a quick overview of useful aspects of devices, Lucy told us about a range of on-line scams and gave pointers for dealing with them, e.g.
Anything official will be addressed to you by name, so check
Don’t click on any links
Family impersonation scams – ask them a question that only your family members could answer
Don’t allow remote access
On suspected fake websites look for the s on https in the address line and the padlock sign
Beware fake rewards and prizes, also
Fake endorsements by well-known people or celebrities e.g. by Martin Lewis
Download and use a parking app as it is very easy for scammers to stick a false QR code onto the front of a parking meter
Specific types of scams mentioned included romance scams, pet scams and energy scams.
People fall for scams for two main reasons:
Fear of losing out (re special offers)
Fear of problems / retribution if you don’t do what they suggest.
In summary, if someone has approached you and you find yourself with your phone / device in one hand and your credit card in the other hand, put one down and think again!
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Newsletter 187 – November 2024
NOVEMBER MEETING
Main speaker, Rosemary Chaloner, presents “Angels in the Line of Fire” – about nurses in WW1.
We also will be hearing from Becky Davies who is seeking volunteers for a social history project. She is wanting women born between 1930 and 1958 to give interviews about their families' experiences during WW2.
HOTTER shoes – Tuesday November 12th at 4.30pm
TOUR OF THE RWCMD
19 people have signed up for this.
Date: Tuesday 19th November 10am. Meet inside the entrance to the college.
IT TRAINING
This IT training is free and tailored to people aged 65+. The first session was much appreciated by those who attended. The second session will be on 28th November at 2pm. The session will cover downloading apps and managing health on-line.
OUR CHARITY – WALES AIR AMBULANCE
As we still have some items left over from the Summer Fete, we have booked a pitch at Ararat Christmas Fair on Saturday 30th November 12.00 – 4.00pm. Do come along on the day. (Anything left will be disposed of and we do not want more items to sell.)
SOUTH WALES LISTENS:
This is a police platform enabling residents to send messages (not reporting crimes) directly to the local PCSO and neighbourhood Policing team. They will let you know about local engagement events, crime prevention advice and occasionally significant police activity in the area. It is on-line, but “Cuppa with a copper” still exists.
Contact: www.southwaleslistens.co.uk. It’s free but you have to sign up to give or receive information.
DECEMBER MEETING
This is our Christmas meeting and refreshments will be our usual sharing buffet. Please bring a maximum of 8 items of food on a plate.
As it’s our Christmas party, please wear something Christmassy and, if you can bring a table decoration, these will be judged by the members by placing a coin alongside their favourite.
Date: Monday 9th December at 2pm.
Speaker: Peter Davis, ‘Everyday Life – That’s Poetry For You.’
GROUPS:
• Please note change of usual venue this month
Choir: The choir meets every Wednesday morning, 11.30-12.30, except for the Wednesday of the Rhiwbina WI meeting. Meetings will be in the Memorial Hall, Rhiwbina
Book Group: Wednesday 13th November 11.00 am at 5 Court Close, Whitchurch*
Craft Group: Monday 18th November 2024 10.30 am at 41 Cherry Orchard Road, Lisvane*
Tangle Art Group: Wednesday 20th November 2.00 pm at 5 Court Close
Family History: Monday 25th November 2.00 pm 113 Pantbach Road
Sunday Lunch Group: Sunday 1st December 1.00 pm at The Butchers Arms Rhiwbina.
Poetry and Prose Group: no date yet.
Angels in the Line of Fire
Rosemary Chalmer presented an informative and fascinating insight into the role of women in WWI. The eestablishment of nursing as a profession began with Elizabeth Fry in the 1840s, and was contiunued by Florence Nightingale. The Welsh nurse, Betsy Cadwaldr, worked with her during the Crimean war at Scutari Hospital in Istanbul.
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In 1914 the British goverment started recruiting nurses because they knew war was coming. The Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Service had been established in 1902 (known as the QAs) and then the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) in 1909. The QAs were trained professional nurses, and the VADs were middle-class women orgainised and trained by the St Johns Ambulance and the British Red Cross. The third important nursing organisation in WWI was the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANYs). This group of women came from the well-off classes and they provided their own vehicles to be used as ambulances. Their role was to transport the wounded from the front line to medical centres for treatment. Rosemary provided many interesting details in her talk, such as that the ambulances were not allowed to use their headlights and removed the windscreens from their vehicles so they could see more clearly. She explained that there were also hospitals establised on trains and on ships. Nurses from all these organisation worked on the Western Front and the Eastern Front.
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Angylion yn y llinell Danio
Cyflwynodd Rosemary Chalmer gipolwg addysgiadol a hynod ddiddorol ar rรดl menywod yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Dechreuodd sefydlu nyrsio fel proffesiwn gydag Elizabeth Fry yn y 1840au, ac fe'i parhawyd gan Florence Nightingale. Bu'r nyrs Gymreig, Betsy Cadwaldr, yn gweithio gyda hi yn ystod rhyfel y Crimea yn Ysbyty Scutari yn Istanbwl.
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Yn 1914 dechreuodd llywodraeth Prydain recriwtio nyrsys oherwydd eu bod yn gwybod bod rhyfel ar ddod. Roedd Gwasanaeth Nyrsio Ymerodrol y Frenhines Alexandra wedi'i sefydlu ym 1902 (a elwir yn QAs) ac yna'r Detachment Cymorth Gwirfoddol (VAD) ym 1909. Roedd y QAs yn nyrsys proffesiynol hyfforddedig, ac roedd y VADs yn fenywod dosbarth canol a drefnwyd ac a hyfforddwyd gan y St. Ambiwlans Johns a'r Groes Goch Brydeinig. Y trydydd sefydliad nyrsio pwysig yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf oedd yr Iwmyn Nyrsio Cymorth Cyntaf (FANYs). Roedd y grลตp hwn o fenywod yn dod o’r dosbarthiadau cefnog a gwnaethant ddarparu eu cerbydau eu hunain i’w defnyddio fel ambiwlansys. Eu rรดl oedd cludo'r clwyfedig o'r rheng flaen i ganolfannau meddygol i gael triniaeth. Darparodd Rosemary lawer o fanylion diddorol yn ei sgwrs, megis nad oedd yr ambiwlansys yn cael defnyddio eu prif oleuadau a thynnu’r sgriniau gwynt o’u cerbydau er mwyn iddynt allu gweld yn gliriach. Eglurodd fod yna ysbytai hefyd wedi'u sefydlu ar drenau ac ar longau. Roedd nyrsys o'r holl sefydliadau hyn yn gweithio ar Ffrynt y Gorllewin a'r Ffrynt Dwyreiniol.
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Friday, 25 October 2024
Kelmscott Manor
32 members enjoyed a trip to Kelmscott Manor, the former home of Williams Morris and his family. First there was a stop at a nearby garden centre allowing time to browse and also have some lunch. Then tea and biscuits on arrival at the Manor, along with a short talk giving some background on William Morris’ connection to it. We were then split into 3 groups, each with a guide, to have a tour of the house and see some of the collection housed there. It was a long but enjoyable day.
Report by Liz Jervis
Monday, 21 October 2024
October meeting
Our speaker for October had to cancel because of ill health, so the committee put together a programme of activities.
To begin, Lucy Walsh from AbilityNet gave a short talk on what her charity has to offer to help people make use of technology, such as mobile phones and computers.
Their volunteers visit people in their own homes to help. Lucy said that her role was to deliver sessions on entry-level topics, e.g. how to use a smart phone; what does 'browser' mean; how to use an app; understanding jargon; scam awareness and so on. The sessions are interactive and there are also BT volunteers there to offer a hands-on experience.
The sessions are not 'training' – there is no certificate at the end. They are to increase confidence. The sessions are free, last about 1 hour, and are funded by BT in order to bring IT (Information Technology) into the community.
For this meeting, the membership had been divided into eleven groups, with each group 'hosted' by a committee member. The object was to encourage people to get know other members beyond their usual group. A question and answer session was first taking it in turns to be questioner or respondent. Then we played Beetle, which everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy. The afternoon finished with refreshments and more mingling, and the opportunity to buy books, puzzles, games and cards to boost fundraising for our charity.
Thank you to the committee for organising an enjoyable meeting.
Cyfarfod mis Hydref
Bu’n rhaid i’n siaradwr ar gyfer mis Hydref ganslo oherwydd afiechyd, felly lluniodd y pwyllgor raglen o weithgareddau.
I ddechrau, rhoddodd Lucy Walsh o AbilityNet sgwrs fer ar yr hyn sydd gan ei helusen i’w gynnig i helpu pobl i wneud defnydd o dechnoleg, megis ffonau symudol a chyfrifiaduron.
Mae eu gwirfoddolwyr yn ymweld รข phobl yn eu cartrefi eu hunain i helpu. Dywedodd Lucy mai ei rรดl oedd cyflwyno sesiynau ar bynciau lefel mynediad, e.e. sut i ddefnyddio ffรดn clyfar; beth mae 'porwr' yn ei olygu; sut i ddefnyddio ap; deall jargon; ymwybyddiaeth sgam ac yn y blaen. Mae'r sesiynau'n rhyngweithiol ac mae gwirfoddolwyr BT yno hefyd i gynnig profiad ymarferol.
Nid 'hyfforddiant' yw'r sesiynau - nid oes tystysgrif ar y diwedd. Maent i gynyddu hyder. Mae’r sesiynau am ddim, yn para tua awr, ac yn cael eu hariannu gan BT er mwyn dod รข TG (Technoleg Gwybodaeth) i’r gymuned.
Ar gyfer y cyfarfod hwn, rhannwyd yr aelodaeth yn un ar ddeg o grwpiau, gyda phob grลตp yn cael ei 'gynnal' gan aelod o'r pwyllgor. Y nod oedd annog pobl i ddod i adnabod aelodau eraill y tu hwnt i'w grลตp arferol. Roedd sesiwn cwestiwn ac ateb yn cymryd eu tro yn gyntaf i fod yn holwr neu'n atebydd. Yna chwaraeon ni Chwilen, ac roedd pawb i weld yn mwynhau'n fawr. Gorffennodd y prynhawn gyda lluniaeth a mwy o gymysgu, a chyfle i brynu llyfrau, posau, gemau a chardiau i hybu codi arian i’n helusen.
Diolch i’r pwyllgor am drefnu cyfarfod difyr.
Saturday, 12 October 2024
Newsletter 186 – October 2024
WELCOME!
Our speaker for the October meeting is Lucy Walsh from AbilityNet, a charity providing specialist services and impartial support to allow digital access to all. She will give us an outline of free IT support for older people and disabled people.
This will be followed by some group activities. There are also tables of items for sale left over from the fete: craft equipment, jigsaw puzzles, craft and gardening books and good quality second hand toys. Money raised will be towards our charity, Wales Air Ambulance. Cards are also on sale raising money for Marie Curie and people living with Alzheimer’s. Bargains to be had!
ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA (RWCMD)
‘SWING INTO CHRISTMAS’ with DOWN FOR THE COUNT ORCHESTRA at the RWCMD.
DATE: Saturday 23rd November 2024 at 2.30 p.m. Tickets £30.40 – 25 places available.
Payment is due immediately please. Elizabeth Woods will distribute the tickets at the November meeting.
SIGN UP if you want to:
… go to HOTTER shoes to take advantage of their offer of a 30% reduction on full price and 10% on sale items. (Minimum of 10 people required for this offer.) There will be a free raffle, a glass of wine or soft drink, and ‘nibbles’. Make your own way there.
DATE: Tuesday November 12th at 4.30pm.
… join a TOUR OF THE RWCMD
Please note, 30 people have already indicated they are interested in this visit. Now is the time to confirm that you want to go and pay Please indicate on the sheet at the front.
DATE: Tuesday 19th November 10am. £4.50 per person.
FOREST FARM WALK
DATE: Tuesday 15th October 2pm.
Meet in the Car park, Forest Farm Road, CF14 7JJ
See Sheila if you want any more information
CHRISTMAS CAKES
Yes, Christmas cakes! Chris Soughton is again making Christmas cakes to raise money for our charity. The cakes will be made in loaf-tins, (approx 8" x 4"), will be a rich fruit-cake mixture and have marzipan and icing (decorated) on top.
Price £12 – please tell Chris if you wish to order. Finished cakes delivered at the December meeting.
GROUPS:
Choir: The choir meets every Wednesday morning, 11.30-12.30 except for the Wednesday of the Rhiwbina WI meeting. Meetings will be in the Memorial Hall, Rhiwbina
Book Group: Wednesday 16th October 11.00 am at La Cucina da Mara
Tangling: Wednesday 16th October at 2.00pm 5 Court Close
St Mary's Gardens: Working parties 10.00 – 12.00 Thursday 24th October AND Tuesday 5th November which will be followed by the AGM and lunch in The Fox and Hounds
Craft Group: Monday 21st October 10.30 am 24 Lakelands Court, Rhydypenau Road
Family History: Monday 21st October 2.00pm 113 Pantbach Road
Sunday Lunch Group: Sunday 27th October 1.00pm Llanishen Golf Club.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: Monday 11th November at 2pm.
Speaker: Rosemary Chaloner. Subject: ‘Angels in the Line of Fire.’
Thursday, 12 September 2024
Becoming and Artist in Retirement - Sue Trusler
Sue began by reading from her book Time to Start your Art: 'If I can paint so can you!'
After 37 years working in finance, she retired and bought a narrow boat. On the outside it was covered with pictures of dolphins and she knew that they had to go. She and her husband had expected rest and relaxation but it turned out that they had to restore the boat . Not being able to find a canal artist to paint traditional roses, Sue decided to have a go at painting them herself. Using acrylics, she copied roses from books, and came to realise that a soft and flowing touch was needed. She also realised that she only needed to learn to paint one rose really well because then she could repeat it in different sizes, orientations, and colours. Using the same approach with painting leaves she developed some satisfactory results.
Having enjoyed painting the roses, their conservatory became a makeshift studio and Sue painted roses on watering cans, jugs, plant pots and everything! Later she moved on to watercolours and inks, making greetings cards, bookmarks and also printing her designs on fabric for cushion covers. She also creates photo books of her paintings and of inspiring photographs of things she wants to paint. She sent some of her canal boat roses to the Paint and Draw magazine, and they featured them. She joined the Orchid Society and entered their competitions three times, achieving two second places and at last first place. She then wrote an article for the Orchid Society Journal encouraging others to paint. This was her message throughout her talk: you can do this too.
Sue stressed that she painted for enjoyment and had no wish to turn it into a business despite a string of successes: giving a talk to thirty members of a women's art society; writing a book about her experience of beginning to paint; being part of a group of artists whose work was displayed in Times Square, New York; and being part of an 'Artists Talk' exhibition in tubes stations in London.
One venture that she was clearly delighted about was being asked to run a children's art class in Penarth during the half term holiday. She devised her 'art family' of introducing painting to children: characters who use a spiky, dotty, wobbly, smooth or curly method to make art. The class went really well and Sue told us that she found it moving to see just how much work the children had produced and how much they had enjoyed themselves. She eventually brought this method together in her 'Art Family' book. Sue contributes profits from sales to charity, makes calendars for charity, and donates painting to City Hospice. She is most prolific and inspired us all with her seemingly boundless energy and enterprise in producing artwork.
Dod yn Artist ar Ymddeoliad - Sue Trusler
Dechreuodd Sue drwy ddarllen o'i llyfr Time to Start your Art: 'Os caf beintio, gallwch chi!'
Ar รดl 37 mlynedd yn gweithio ym maes cyllid, ymddeolodd a phrynu cwch cul. Ar y tu allan roedd wedi'i orchuddio รข lluniau o ddolffiniaid ac roedd hi'n gwybod bod yn rhaid iddynt fynd. Roedd hi a'i gลตr wedi disgwyl gorffwys ac ymlacio ond daeth yn amlwg bod yn rhaid iddynt adfer y cwch. Gan nad oedd yn gallu dod o hyd i artist camlesi i beintio rhosod traddodiadol, penderfynodd Sue roi cynnig ar eu paentio ei hun. Gan ddefnyddio acryligau, copรฏodd rosod o lyfrau, a daeth i sylweddoli bod angen cyffyrddiad meddal a llifeiriol. Sylweddolodd hefyd mai dim ond un rhosyn yr oedd angen iddi ddysgu paentio un rhosyn yn dda iawn oherwydd wedyn gallai ei ailadrodd mewn gwahanol feintiau, cyfeiriadedd a lliwiau. Gan ddefnyddio'r un dull gyda phaentio dail, datblygodd rai canlyniadau boddhaol.
Pwysleisiodd Sue ei bod yn peintio er mwynhad ac nad oedd ganddi unrhyw ddymuniad i'w droi'n fusnes er gwaethaf cyfres o lwyddiannau: rhoi sgwrs i ddeg ar hugain o aelodau cymdeithas gelfyddydol i ferched; ysgrifennu llyfr am ei phrofiad o ddechrau paentio; bod yn rhan o grลตp o artistiaid yr arddangoswyd eu gwaith yn Times Square, Efrog Newydd; a bod yn rhan o arddangosfa 'Artists Talk' mewn gorsafoedd tiwbiau yn Llundain.
Un fenter yr oedd yn amlwg wrth ei bodd yn ei chylch oedd cael cais i gynnal dosbarth celf i blant ym Mhenarth yn ystod gwyliau hanner tymor. Dyfeisiodd ei ‘theulu celf’ er mwyn cyflwyno paentio i blant: cymeriadau sy’n defnyddio dull pigog, dotiog, sigledig, llyfn neu gyrliog i wneud celf. Aeth y dosbarth yn dda iawn a dywedodd Sue wrthym ei bod yn teimlo ei bod yn brofiad teimladwy i weld faint o waith yr oedd y plant wedi'i gynhyrchu a faint yr oeddent wedi mwynhau eu hunain. Yn y diwedd daeth รข'r dull hwn ynghyd yn ei llyfr 'Art Family'. Mae Sue yn cyfrannu elw o werthiannau i elusen, yn gwneud calendrau ar gyfer elusen, ac yn rhoi paentiadau i City Hospice. Mae hi'n doreithiog iawn ac wedi ein hysbrydoli ni i gyd gyda'i hegni a'i menter ddi-ben-draw i gynhyrchu gwaith celf.
Newsletter 185 – September 2024
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!
We hope you have enjoyed the ‘summer’ break.
Have
you remembered to return your Smarties tubes filled with 20p and £1
coins? (Our charity this year is Wales Air Ambulance.) When you hand
them in, collect a raffle ticket: there is a prize far the lucky winner!
Today, we welcome our speaker, Sue Trusler who is going to tell us about ‘Becoming an Artist in Retirement’.
KELMSCOTT MANOR
If
vou have signed up to go on this trip on Wednesday 2nd October, and
haven't yet paid the balance or paid at all yet, you need to pay today
please. See Gill Irwin.
Coach departs at 9.15am from outside Ararat. Lunch is NOT included but food is available at a Garden Centre near Kelmscott. The visit to the Manor is in the afternoon and we will not depart from there before 4.30pm.
ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA (RWCMD)
Apologies, but we cannot give you a date yet for this ‘behind the scenes’ tour. Hopefully details will be available ready for the next meeting.
‘SWING INTO CHRISTMAS’ with DOWN FOR THE COUNT ORCHESTRA at the RWCMD.
Saturday 23rd November 2024 at 2.30p.m — Tickets £30.40 – 25 places available. Please see Elizabeth Woods today to sign up. Tickets distributed in November. Payment by 14th October – either at the monthly meeting or via Internet Banking, reference RWCMD.
GLAMORGAN CORRESPONDENCE – please see
the notice board especially if you are interested in the Autumn
Circular Federation Walk, Rhossili, Singing Yoga or the Craft Spectacular
at Margam.
HOTTER shoes.
For the W.I. Hotter offer a
30% reduction on full price, and 10% on sale items for an organised party
of 10 PEOPLE MINIMUM and ON A SPECIFIC DATE. It would be at 4.30pm and you
would make your own way there.
Dates are now limited, but Sheila is willing to organise this for
Tuesday November 12™. There will be a sheet to sign up at the next
meeting.
GROUPS:
Book Group: Wednesday 11th September, 11.00 am
at La Cucina da Mara
Choir: Wednesday 11th September, 11.30-12.30 in the
Memorial Hall, Rhiwbina
Craft Group: Monday 16th September,
10.30 am at 24 Lakelands Court, Rhydypenau Road
St Mary's Gardens: Tuesday
17th September, 10-12 noon... Working Party – all welcome.
Tangling
group: Wednesday 18th September and Tuesday 1st October, 2pm at 5 Court
Close
Sunday Lunch: Sunday 21st September, l pm at Llanishen Golf
Club
Poetry and Prose Group: Monday 30" September, 11 am at Ararat Centre
for the Community
NEXT MEETING
Date: Monday 14” October at 2pm.
The
scheduled speaker is unable to attend due to illness. There will be a
short presentation before a social (and sociable!) session with a
variety of group activities. Also, bring some cash with you because we
will have a table sale of craft equipment, jigsaw puzzles, craft
and gardening books and good quality second hand toys. PLEASE – DO NOT
BRING ANY ITEMS TO SELL
See whitchurch-wi-cardiff.
Sunday, 14 July 2024
Whitchurch Fete - June 2024
Whitcurch WI had a stall at Whitchurch festival on June w9th 2024. The weather was kind, there were a generous number of donations, and plenty of volunteer helpers. This year the stall was offering jigsaws, children's games, and craft items.
This is one of our major fundraising events of the year, and we raised £350 for Wales Air Ambulance.
Thank you to everyone who helped on the day, and for your generous donations.
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