Author: sotonettes
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Book Club scores
After a few months of Book Club meetings, a few people suggested that each book could be scored out of 10 to help keep a record of those books most enjoyed by the Sotonettes but to also help guide people looking for a great read. Unfortunately a simple suggestion is never simple and everyone quickly…
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Women in business!
The world has just finished celebrating International Women’s Day – did you do anything special to mark the date? While we’re all thinking about women and their impact on society, here’s a very inspiring blog post from Hannah Farmer, last year’s President, about her newest venture in business… Last year I made the decision to leave…
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Inspiring Women Working Together Conferences
This spring the National Federation of Women’s Institutes is holding a series of conferences for WI Presidents up and down the country. The Inspiring Women Working Together Conferences are a chance for representatives of every WI in England and Wales to get together, hear more about what the National Federation does, and form links with WIs we’d never normally…
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International Women’s Day
In case you didn’t know – it doesn’t get a huge amount of media interest so you may not – it’s International Women’s Day today (Saturday 8th March). The origins of this day lie in a group of female factory workers in New York who wanted to campaign for better conditions back in 1908. 15,000…
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Spring & Autumn WI Council meetings
All Sotonettes members have been invited to the 2014 Hampshire Federation Spring Council Meeting – the details are below. The Sotonettes are part of the Hampshire Federation – they run all sorts of events throughout the year but the two big meetings in the Spring and Autumn really pull the crowds in! We have one…
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Birthday Cake!
A few of you have asked for the recipes for our birthday cakes – if you’re a keen baker, treat yourself and your friends with this one – everyone said it was delicious! This year’s birthday cake (above) was a Honey Chocolate Cake. I decided to make this cake with Fairtrade ingredients as it’s Fairtrade…