- Members: 48
- Meetings: Every 1st Thursday at 7:15pm
- Address: Orwell Room, Kesgrave Community Centre IP5 1JF
- Activities:
- Annual Visit to The Hut Felixstowe
- Bi-Annual Table Top Show
- Cakes for Kesgrave Town Council Fun Day and Tea Dances
- Christmas Lunch
- Craft Group
- Scrabble Group
- Yearly Craft Day
Kesgrave WI is a warm friendly group who welcome visitors to join us to experience our meetings.
All members are greeted in the foyer of the community Centre by at least one of the committee.
During the year we aim to offer a variety or interesting speakers along with some ‘hands on’
meetings led either by a visiting tutor or by one of our talented members.
We generally invite our speakers to talk first. After our speaker we have a social time enabling
members to enjoy coffee and biscuits whilst catching up with each other and getting to know
new members and visitors.
The business section of our monthly meetings is led by our two presidents and other committee
members.
We have a good link with other local WI’s, often visiting for meetings or supporting social events.
We do still sing Jerusalem at the end of our meetings as requested by our members.
2024/25 Programme
7th Mar Ann Fox – Director of Fair Trade Shop in Ipswich – Fair Trade stall on the night.
4th Apr Suffolk Constabulary – Rural Crime Officer
2nd May Penny Simmonds – Reflexology
6th Jun Andrew Brown – The Work of the Samaritans
4th Jul An American Evening
1st Aug Garden Meeting in Kesgrave Community Centre Conservatory
5th Sep Tim Holder – The Story of Suffolk Charities
3rd Oct Richard Harvey – From Bandsman on the Royal Britannia to Coffee!
7th Nov Annual Meeting and Bi Annual Table Top Show
5th Dec Dorothy O’Grady – Ways with Wrapping – Demo and Hands on
9th Jan Bag Beetle
6th Feb Maria Cook – The Blood Runners
6th Mar Steve Everitt – Minsmere at 75