Information for WI's

Health and Safety

NFWI have issued the following documents in February 2024, the latest version of these documents can be found on MyWi at the following link https://mywi.thewi.org.uk/essential-information/wi-policy-and-guidance#health-and-safety

NFWI Health and Safety Policy 2023

First Aid Guidance

NFWI Risk Assessment Form and Example

Health Safety Guidance letter from Heather Stoney

Subscriptions for April 2024 to March 2025

Payments will be due from members in April 2024, the membership subscription for 2024 is £48.00 for the full year

The distribution of the 2024 subscription is:

Pro-rata subscription for new members in their first year:  New members joining the WI in 2023/24 for the first time, or who have not been a member of any WI in the period 1/4/23 to 31/3/24 will pay a pro-rata subscription depending on the quarter in which they join. See the rate per quarter and the distribution in the table below: Please forward these payments by the end of the quarter.

** Note the Total Subscription due will be determined by the amount of your WI Share which can now be set by your WI Committee – the National and Federation Shares are fixed. For further details this link in MyWI - https://mywi.thewi.org.uk/essential-information/subscription-rates.

Gift Aid

Confirm with all members who have previously completed Gift Aid forms that they are still paying sufficient Tax in order to amend your Gift Aid Records for future claims, they do not need to sign a new form each year. - any queries please contact Hazel Smyth or Pam Myers for assistance.

Gift Form 2024 Download Here or from the NYW Download Page here

Subscriptions for April 2023 to March 2024

Payments will be due from members in April 2023, the membership subscription for 2023 is £46.00 for the full year

The distribution of the 2023 subscription is:

Pro-rata subscription for new members in their first year:  New members joining the WI in 2023/24 for the first time, or who have not been a member of any WI in the period 1/4/23 to 31/3/24 will pay a pro-rata subscription depending on the quarter in which they join. See the rate per quarter and the distribution in the table below: Please forward these payments by the end of the quarter.

** Note the Total Subscription due will be determined by the amount of your WI Share which can now be set by your WI Committee – the National and Federation Shares are fixed. For further details this link in MyWI - https://mywi.thewi.org.uk/essential-information/subscription-rates.

Gift Aid

If the WI wishes to claim Gift Aid on this years subscription(and up to 4 years previously) please ensure that the 2023-2024 Gift Aid form is completed - any queries please contact Hazel Smyth or Pam Myers for assistance.

Gift Form 2023 Download Here or from the NYW Download Page here

Subscriptions for April 2022 to March 2023

Same Costs as 2021-2022

New members joining the WI for the first time, i.e. who have not previously been a member of any WI in the past 10 years, will pay a pro-rata subscription.
The rates are as follows:

** Note this is the maximum amount a WI will charge and is determined locally by the WI Committee

Don't forget to submit the Agent's portion of subscriptions from all new joiners after April 2022 - it is recommended you submit immediately you receive the subscription from the member.

NYWFWI - Subscription Subsmission Payment Form - download word version here or pdf version here

Gift Aid

Your Secretaries will have received a lot of information on Gift Aid from NFWI. Does your WI do Gift Aid? If it does you will have to go back to your members with all the new information and ask them if they still want to do it as it is significantly different and not so beneficial for individual Wis. Members need to know if they are Income Tax payers and if they already Gift Aid to other organisations ie. National Trust, Royal British Legion etc before completing the New Gift Aid Declaration.

Please use this link for further guidance https://mywi.thewi.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/314486/WI-Gift-Aid-Guidance-Aug-2018.pdf

The gift aid form can be downloaded here

Membership Support team

Sue Earl-Armstrong Chair  - smea48@yahoo.co.uk
Anne Harrison - anneandmauriceharrison@btinternet.com
Margaret Merrall - mjmerrall@yahoo.co.uk
Sue Butters - susan.butters12ripley@gmail.com

WI Subscription Flexibility

The subscription from April 2021 to March 2022 is £44, of which £12.10 (27.5%) goes to the NFWI, £10.30 (23.4%) to the Federation, and £21.60 (49.1%) to the WI. This means the minimum amount to be collected from each member in April 2022 is £22.40 (National FWI+ Federation) and WIs have flexibility over charging the remaining £21.60.

Please bear with us, we are doing all we can, within the Government Guidelines and are preparing our programme behind the scenes to open up as soon as we are allowed.

In order to do this we now need Committees to discuss the above ‘Subscription Flexibility Guidance’ and make your own informed decisions. The attached communications from NFWI will provide you with further information and answer any questions you may have. We hope you feel as inspired as we do by this initiative and that this will help us all to retain as many members as possible. Covid 19 has caused so many problems and such heartache for so many, we need to get back together as women united in the most wonderful women’s organisation in the world.

Once you have collected your subscriptions please send them to Alma House as soon as possible using the attached form.

Letter for WI Committees - download here

Subscription Flexibility Guidance - download here

YouTube Channel Creation

YouTube is an online facility that is being used by some WI's and members to share knowledge in "How To's" eg Crafts Video etc. Spa Sweethearts WI  have created some notes on "how to" create your own Youtube Channel or a one for your WI.

The notes for a personal channel are as follows and for a one for use by a WI are available at this download link.

Follow these instructions to create a channel that only you can manage using your Google Account.

1.   Sign in to YouTube on a computer or using the mobile site.

2.    Try any action that requires a channel, such as uploading a video, posting a comment or creating a playlist.

3.    If you don't yet have a channel, you'll see a prompt to create a channel.

4.    Check the details (with your Google Account name and photo) and confirm to create your new channel.

Looking for catering for your outing?

Contact any of the following who offer coffee/lunch/teas/high teas

Kirby Malzeard WI 01765 650130/01765 451612 Coffee or  HIgh Tea

Glasshouses WI 07428229970

Course Cancellation Insurance

The cost of courses and the possibilty that you may need to cancel due to unforeseen cicumstances can be offset by insurance  eg Federation WI Visit 2018. The leaflet available at this link provides a policy to cover course cancellation fees.