What's on in Wiltshire
Monthly WI Quiz Night
Third Wednesday of the month with "doors open" at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start
Free of charge
Lesley Holdway (Membership Advisor) invites you to a scheduled weekly Zoom Quiz Night. It is for fun, friendship and a bit of knowledge.
Learn to Play Mahjong
Last Friday of the Month 10.30am - 12.30pm
Contact WI House to check for spaces (01380 739340)
WI House
Devizes
£5 per person per session
Have you ever wanted to learn Mahjong? WFWI are now giving you an opportunity to find out how this 19th Century Chinese tile game is played. Come along to WI House where our tutor will explain the concept of this intriguing game.
Resolution Selection Meeting
Wednesday 8th January
6.30pm
Via Zoom
A chance to hear more about the shortlisted resolutions and arguments for and against and to garner information that they can take back to their WIs to help their members makes their choice.
"Show the Love" Workshop
Friday 10th January 2025
10.00am - 1.00pm or
1.30pm – 4.30pm
WI House, Devizes
(stairlift available)
£8.00 per person
​To tie in with “Show the Love” this workshop will teach you to create green hearts in a variety of mediums to include paper, knitted and crochet. An opportunity to join like-minded crafters for a chat, to learn a new skill and discuss the ways you can help the Climate Coalition achieve their goals.
Closing date: 6th January
Silver Swans: An Introduction to Ballet for Over 55s
Wednesday 15th January
7.00pm
Langley Burrell Village Hall
Chippenham
SN15 4LL
£15.00 per person
Silver Swans Beginners Ballet is for people over 55 with little or no ballet experience.
Jacqueline is going to talk to us about the method and provide a demonstration. She is happy to answer any questions you may have and will give us the chance to join in from our seated positions.
If you are looking for information on a low impact exercise class or just interested in the concept, then come along and join us.
Closing date: 7th January
Wiltshire Sky at Night: Blackett Observatory
Wednesday 22nd January
6.30pm-8.30pm
Blackett Observatory
Marlborough, SN8 1PA
£8.00 per person
The Blackett Observatory at Marlborough College is home to the largest refracting telescope in Wiltshire. It gives astounding views of the celestial bodies above Wiltshire.
Only open for group visits, we are being given a “guided tour” of the night sky by a director of the observatory.
Closing date: 14th January
Treasurer's Training: Getting Ready for Year End & Making it Easy for Your IFE
Tuesday 28th January
1.30pm - 4.00pm
Tuesday 11th February
10.00am - 12.30pm
WI House, Devizes
(stairlift available)
£5.00 per person
​Training session for all Treasurers to prepare for the financial year end to ensure all information is up to date for your Independent Financial Examiner.
Please bring laptop/account book with you.
Secret Spitfires: Britain's Hidden Civilian Army
Sunday 2nd February
2.30pm - 5.30pm
The Deanery CE Academy
Peglars Way
Wichelstowe
Swindon SN1 7DA
£20.00 per person
An Afternoon with Karl Howman, best-selling author and director of “Secret Spitfires”
We will begin watching, in its entirety, the film Karl has written and directed, followed by a Q & A session with the author and a book signing.
In September 1940 the Luftwaffe almost devastated the spitfire factories in Southampton. Production was moved to secret locations in Wiltshire, staffed by the Women of Wiltshire, children and non-combatant men, who built a fleet of spitfires in barns, sheds, bus depots and garages. This is their story.
Closing date: 20th January
Board Games Club
Wednesday 5th February
(then first Weds of the month)
WI House
17 Couch Lane
Devizes SN10 1EB
£5.00 per person per session
WFWI would like to invite you to join like-minded people for a tea/coffee, a chat and a board game. We shall be offering a choice of games every month and a chance to make new friends and revisit old pastimes.
Kew Gardens Orchid Festival Coach Trip
Tuesday 18th February
Coach Pick Up Points
Chippenham 7.45am
Wroughton 8.15am
Devizes 8.50am
Amesbury 9.30am
£45.00 per person
From beaches and rainforests to deserts and mountains, Peru offers a varied landscape which is home to over 3000 species of orchid, and an incredible array of wildlife. This beauty and biodiversity will inspire a series of stunning horticultural displays and living sculptures in the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew Gardens in London.
With time to visit other attractions in the gardens including the Glass House and Pagoda.
There are a variety of cafes and restaurants offering hot and cold food to buy and, of course, gift shops.
Closing date: 21st January
The Mitford Sisters with Gillian Cane
Wednesday 5th March
1.30pm
Market Lavington Community Hall
St. Mary's Road
SN10 4DG
£20.00 per person
The six Mitford sisters gained widespread attention for their stylish and controversial lives as young people, and for their public political divisions between communism and fascism. They were, by anybody’s standards, outrageous, both shocking and appalling in equal measure yet remain enduringly fascinating.
Gillian Cane was one of the earliest female recruits who trained as an Army officer at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. She was the first woman ever to serve with The Royal Green Jackets, and the only woman at the time. She was a director of the Army & Navy Club, London and currently works at Oxford University.
Closing Date: 5th February
Filming Wildlife to Saving Lives: Fergus Beeley
Friday 28th February
2.00pm - 4.00pm
​Langley Burrell Village Hall
Manor Farm Lane
Chippenham SN15 4LL
£20.00 per person
Closing Date: 30th January
Fergus Beeley produced many BBC Natural Worlds programmes such as ‘Highland Heaven’, ‘The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco’ and ‘White Falcon, White Wolf’. He also Produced BBC Planet Earth – ‘The future and Life of Birds’ with David Attenborough, as well as many other award-winning documentaries including Stoats in the Priory (1994) which is still the most repeated BBC film in their archive.
Fergus retired from the media and retrained as a combat medic technician and volunteered on the battle frontline in Ukraine in 2022. He subsequently founded and is CEO for Medevac Frontline, a charity sending teams of highly trained volunteer UK Paramedics to humanitarian disasters overseas.