About Us
Background
Our WI was founded in December 1947 by a group of women living in the village of Dunchideock and went on for 68 years until sadly, with only 11 members, our WI was officially suspended on 15th November 2015. There were 20 members at the inaugural Dunchideock WI meeting held in the Schoolroom (Village Hall). During the following year up to 29 members were recorded in attendance at the monthly meetings. Prior to December 1947, the two nearby villages of Dunchideock and Shillingford had met together as one WI (account records still held go back to 1930). The Record of the Inaugural Meeting held in Dec. 1947 states the reason for the separation was due to "Shillingford and Dunchideock were increasing in numbers, Dunchideock wished for evening meetings, Shillingford afternoon, cars could not be used. So it had been decided to have two separate Institutes." Shillingford continued as a separate WI for a number of years. Training for WI Members The WI Moodle is a training website for the National Federation of Women's Institutes. Access is for WI Members only - to obtain your login information to access this site please contact your own local MCS Rep. The Devon Federation of Women's Institutes (DFWI) is located at :- County House 56 Heavitree Road Exeter EX1 2LH Tel: 01392 255386 |
If you wish to Join us in the future when we have enough members to open our WI again we would love to hear from you. To phone us or send in a message on any of our subjects please click on Contact Us for details.
WI Membership Fee For your information, the annual WI membership fee is currently £34.70 (2015) and is due in January each year. As a WI member you will receive 10 copies of NFWI Life magazine and also 10 DFWI News Letters throughout the year. Open Meetings When the Dunchideock WI was active visitors were welcome to Open Meetings where the topics were of general interest and where non-members, men as well as women, could join us for the talk and refreshments before the WI business meeting. For visitors to the Open Meetings there was a charge of £2.50 per visit. The Belvedere Group - Still Active Dunchideock WI was a member of the Belvedere Group. The group now consists of 6 local WIs and a Group Secretary (Alexis Swain: 01392 833353). The 6 WIs are: Bridford, Christow, Chudleigh, Dunsford, Longdown and Trusham. All 6 WIs meet twice a year and each WI takes it in turn to host the meeting. The President and Secretary of each WI and the Belvedere Group Secretary also meet together twice a year. Key NFWI document download
Constitution & Rules for WIs (2002) |