2026

Fashion Show – Saturday 25th April – Bromsgrove South School

13:30 Doors open – refreshments and raffle tickets will be available to buy (cash only). 14:00 – 15:30 Fashion show (includes and interval). 15:30 – time to purchase clothes and accessories. Tickets will be available at our February meeting.

2025

December 2025 – WI Christmas tree – Worcester Cathedral

19th November 2025 – The banner provided by WFWI was erected outside the village hall today by Jennie and Fran R.

11 November 2025

We made a collection of new items to give to New Starts so parents who are registered for the food bank can go and select gifts to give their children at Christmas – there were about 175 items collected. Once again we had an overwhelming selection of excellent gifts. The word from New Start was ‘Awesome’.

A collage of everything we collected.

Activity Books

Books

Chocolate

Clothes, lunch box & dinner set

Colouring Books

Craft Kits

Cuddly Toys

Games and Toys

Pens, paints and Crayons

Toiletries and Make up

Monday 20th October 2025 – 18 blankets, 9 cardigans and 3 hats off to Hamlin.

Tuesday 14th October 2025 – we made a collection of toothbrushes and toothpaste as part of the WI campaign ‘Dental Health Matters’. They were taken to the Food Bank at New Start in Bromsgrove who were ‘over the moon’ with our donation.

Thursday 19th June 2025 – The planter

Thursday 12th June 23 more blankets for Hamlin Fistula plus a donation of £65

Tuesday 13th May – a collection was made at our AGM

For delivery to the New Start Food Bank on Wednesday 14th May

Thursday 8th May – VE Day Picnic at Joyce’s – we were blessed with a dry day, albeit a bit chilly.

Friday 7th March – International Women’s Day – coffee at Rowberrys at 10:30 with a light hearted quiz about women.

2024

Friday 20th December – 6:30pm – Finstall Village Hall Carol Service.

Wednesday 18th December – 2pm – Hillside Group Carol Service led by Fairfield WI at St Mark’s Church, Fairfield. Please bring mince pies for tea in Church Hall afterwards. Parking is limited, so please car share.

November 2024 – We made a collection of new items to give to New Starts so parents who are registered for the food bank can go and select gifts to give their children at Christmas – there were about 180 items collected:

Arts and Crafts

Books

Toys & Games

Colouring, Puzzle & Sticker Books

Cuddly Toys

Clothing

Cosmetics & Miscellaneous

Sweets & Chocolates

1st October 2024 – Another 17 blankets plus cardigans, hats and jumpers ready to go to he Hamlin Fistula Project.

28 September 2024 – Rose has done an amazing job of clearing all the diseased leaves from our Queen’s Canopy Crab Apple Tree. Hopefully next year it will be disease free.

Skittles – 14th and 21st October at Clent – please let Sue S know if you want to go along. They won both games

The Planter – 20th June 2024

The Planter – 21st May 2024

Friday 10 May, 7 pm – WFWI Skittles – We are in the semi-final! There are 5 teams. Knockout system. . Archdeal Leisure Centre, Worcester. Please let Sue S know if you are available.

A very close run match that ended in a draw which was decided by a one ball play off between the team captains, which sadly we lost 6-5.

Monday 15 April – WFWI Skittles – Catshill, playing St Catherine’s. Let Sue S know if you are available. All welcome, but only 6 can play.

Friday 12th April 7 pm – WFWI Skittles. PRACTICE at CLAINES. We now know that we need to practice and not wing it. Everyone is welcome to try skittles. If you want to come and have a go, contact Sue and lifts will be arranged.

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March 2024 – 23 blankets and £54 were given to The Hamlin Fistula Project.

Friday 15 March at 7 pm WFWI Skittles at Claines British Legion, playing SPArkles. . A narrow victory for our team.

2023

Thursday 14th December 2023 – Group Carol Concert hosted by Finstall Cross WI

2 pm. St Godwald’s Church, Aston Fields.
Organised by Joyce and including a modern nativity
play by Julia H. Mince pies, stollen, shortbread biscuits,
tea and coffee.

23 November 2023 – FWI Skittles Thursday arrive 7 pm. Playing against
St Catherine’s WI. Anyone can attend but only six can play. £3 each.

Thursday 5th October 2023 – Our trough if flower

Tuesday 3rd October 2023 – The fruit has ripened on our Queen’s Canopy Crab Apple Tree

Friday 29th September – Coffee Morning for Cancer Relief MacMillan Fund  at Finstall Village Hall.  10 am – 12 noon. Please invite family and friends. So far many have signed up to help and offer cakes.  I am sure more cakes will be required and we can sell any off  that are left over. When bringing cakes please label and also regarding allergies.

We raised £697 plus quite a lot of people signed the gift aid forms. A magnificent total and an event enjoyed by all – visitors and those who helped make it such a success.

3rd August 2023 – our Queen’s Canopy Tree has its first fruits

30th June 2023 – 24 more blankets ready to go to Hamlin Fistula

30th May 2023 – Our Queen’s Canopy Tree – the side shoot was damaged and has been removed, so it is back to a single stem tree.

8th May 2023 – Afternoon Tea at our President’s home in honour of the Coronation of King Charles III

23rd March 2023 – County Quiz – 4 of our members attended and came third out of a group of 15 teams. There were two halls running the same quiz with a total number of 37 teams. Our team were only 8 points off the overall winners,

23rd March 2023 – Litter Pick, Finstall. Meet at The Cross at 11:00.

Seven of our members collected 7 bags of rubbish as part of the Great British Spring Clean rounded off with a visit to The Cross Inn for a well deserved lunch.

14th March 2023 – The tree we planted as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy in Spring 2022 is in bud

January 2023 – A new sign for our trough

November 2022 – Each Christmas our WI collects Presents for the Lonely that are distributed by the Salvation Army.

A great team effort to attach labels to 63 gifts

Spring 2022 – We planted a tree to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee

Autumn 2020 trough

Litter pick September 2020

Lunch with Jules Hudson

10th Birthday Party

Autumn trough

Huxley Cup 2019 entrant from a member of Finstall Cross

Summer trough

Group Meeting April 2019

Happy Hallowe’en

Bromsgrove Standard 2/2/18

Finstall Cross WI and Finstall and Cofton Hackett WI donated a flower trough to Finstall village hall, commemorating Worcestershire WI’s centenary celebrations.

MEETING 12th December – CANCELLED

If you have a gift please try and get it to a committee member by Friday or bring to the Christmas Meal on Thursday. Take care everyone!

Thurs 14th Sept – Litter pick – Dodging the showers but managed to pick up quite a lot of litter.

Sat 3rd Jun – Garden Party 2- 4.30 Dress code – Summer finery. There will be some male singers, a bring n buy, tombola, scones with cream and jam. Bring a seat if possible. Pease come and have fun.

Committee working hard planning exciting things for our WI.

Jenny and Jenny in the WI Life.

Thursford trip and midnight feast

Helping out at the Village Hall

During our October meeting we welcomed Trudy Berlet, a bereavement support midwife at Worcester Royal Hospital, in order to present her with 105 handmade knitted and crocheted forget me nots for giving out to bereaved parents.

Quiz Night – Saturday 15th October

Saturday 3rd September – Finstall Village Hall Flower & Veg Show

Visit to the Carpet Museum in Kidderminster.

Clean for the Queen – Friday 4th March 2.00pm at Alison’s

Well done to all. 20 bags in total.

Finstall carol Service on Friday 18th December at 6.30pm.

Carol Service at All Saints Church on Thursday 10th December at 2.00pm.

Jenny and Jenny at the Climate Change Lobby in London.

Very successful litter picking on Tuesday 7th July around Finstall and lovely coffee and cakes that followed.

New Year Meal 28th January at Grafton Manor

Quiz Night – Saturday 17th October

In 2018 the Worcestershire Federation of the WI will be celebrating 100 years.

Christmas Carol Service is on Tuesday 16th December at 7.00pm at Dodford Church.

We will be knitting teddies.

http://www.teddiesfortragedies.org.uk/indexworld.html