Committee 2026 – 2027

Each year any member has the opportunity to be proposed to serve on the committee. If we have too many nominations, members attending the Annual Meeting in February, can then vote for new committee members. When we need a new President she is then elected by the membership from those on the new committee.

On 13 February 2026 we held our Annual Meeting. Biddy stood down as Secretary and came off the Committee, but we welcomed Jo Scott on to the committee.

Left to right Jo Scott, Christine Farquhar, Julie Andrews, Sarah Hatchard, Julia Clarke and Wendy Richley.

  • President: Christine Farquhar
  • I oversee the day to day running and future planning for our WI. I conduct both the Committee and Monthly meetings. I have the responsibility of making final decisions on matters arising both from the Committee and the Monthly meetings.
  • Secretary: Julie Andrews
  • I write the minutes and agenda for both Committee & Monthly meetings, receive and relay all the information cascaded down from WI National Office each week to the Committee and members. Correspond with the EKF and other bodies and make the bookings for the Lads’ Club.
  • I am also the Webmaster.
  • Treasurer: Wendy Richley
  • My role is to manage the finance of our WI, to prepare the annual budget and make sure that at the end of year our account is balanced, approved by a WI examiner and presented to the members. At each monthly meeting I give an update of the bank balance and ensure that all income is banked, receipts are filed, cheques issued and bank transfers are carried out, and that insurances, rents and subscriptions etc are paid.
  • Membership Secretary: Dawn Neale and Sarah Hatchard
  • We deal with all matters to do with membership and the recruiting of new members. We also take the Register at monthly meetings. Dawn is the named MCS rep entering member’s details into the NFWI database.
  • Speakers: Julia Clark
  • My role, with input from other members and the committee, is to select the speakers for some of our Monthly meetings. I then contact each speaker to make a firm booking and help to produce the programme for the following year. I am the point of contact for the speaker and will either meet and greet them when they arrive to give their talk or arrange for that to be done. I also arrange the vote of thanks rota .
  • Other Roles: Jo Scott
  • I organise the sales table and resfreshment rotas and help out wherever needed.