This afternoon we have opened a new Women's Institute Rowanberrys WI in #waterlooville I have volunteered to be the treasurer, so a new skill for me to learn. #WomenEmpowerment

Basic Car Maintenance yesterday at @kwik_fit Low Fell. A great evening where we learnt about tyre treads & punctures, how to check & fill coolant fluid, wiper fluid, break fluid & oil, & how to change a tyre. Such an informative session! Women's Institute @WILifemagazine

Love this! Well done Bleadon WI. The 'Bed by Nine' disco sounds right up our street! Great cause in Children's HospiceSW too :) Brilliant, BBC Somerset

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WI advocate Pippa was on BBC Newsnight last night, echoing the experiences many women told us about #autism & #ADHD in our #ThinkingDifferently report.
Pippa is in our 1st NFWI podcast (!) coming soon!
Watch the clip on iPlayer (starts c18mins in)
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Linking to our Thinking Differently: Autistic and ADHD Women and Girls campaign, singer-songwriter B R O N W E N is reflecting on her ADHD diagnosis and its impact on her daily life.

We hope to see you tomorrow (Friday, 05 April) for the formation meeting of a new Women’s Institute group (Women's Institute) at Rowans Hospice, from 1:00 – 3:00pm in the Seminar Room at the Hospice 💚

Find out more: buff.ly/3UXiog9

#WI #WomensInstitute #Purbrook

Women's Institute Nuffield Trust Thank you to all the women at Women’s Institute for your advocacy for women who experience significant gender bias & inequality of access to NHS because of their Autism and ADHD. Your campaign has helped to change things for many girls and women in the UK☂️

The NFWI welcomes this new Nuffield Trust report, which echoes & reinforces what our members are telling us right now about women's specific challenges around autism & ADHD diagnosis, stigma, and support. thewi.org.uk/media-centre/b…

🚨 NEW: Today we have published new analysis through our QualityWatch programme looking at demand for autism and ADHD services nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/the-…

Today is #AutismAwarenessDay . Last week, we took our 'Thinking Differently' campaign to Parliament, & met with MPs including Caroline Nokes MP - the Chair of the Women & Equalities Committee - to highlight the challenges faced by women w/ autism. You can support the campaign locally…

April's WI Life is out and we’re counting down to the  #GeneralElection2024 , asking, ‘How can we put the WI’s campaigns front and centre?’. Also this issue: tackling food waste; life as a National Trustee; six WI authors tell their stories; Spring crafts and easy traybake suppers!

This year’s Not in my Name competition is to Design a Mug depicting the campaign to end violence against women.

Visit My WI to find out more about Not in my Name and to download the competition guidelines.

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If you would like to receive future bulletins and campaign updates straight to your inbox, sign up here: thewi.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ba…

Two more authors to share for Hexham Book Festival; susie white and Wendy Moore.

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#hbf #hbf 24

#TheBigLunch is back!

We’ll be joining in with our Eden Project Communities - #TheBigLunch 🎉 bringing people together to share friendship, food and fun on 1-2 June!

Find everything you need to get involved in your local community!

edenprojectcommunities.com/the-big-lunch

Great to meet Pippa Simov at the launch of an important Report ⁦Women's Institute⁩

Great to support another brilliant Women's Institute campaign today on understanding the experiences of autistic and ADHD women and girls.

Delighted to join Women's Institute in supporting women with Autism and ADHD at their event. I, also, welcome the government's move to allocate £850m for expanding school places, providing up to 6,000 new spots for children with special educational needs.

For Hexham Book Festival we are supporting a number of female authors who will be attending and talking about their books and we’re excited to start sharing these with you.

To kick it off we have @jackiekaypoet and Cathy Newman.

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“Angry that I've been struggling this whole time & not knowing why, validated that my experience is real and other people are with me in this. Happy [following diagnosis] that I now know more about myself and understand myself better.”

One of the recommendations from our…