Members page
2025 -2026
My Wi
My WI, the place to find everything you need to get the most from your WI membership.
The main purposes of the Women's Institute organisation are:
(a) to advance the education of women and girls for the public benefit in all areas including (without limitation): (i) local, national and international issues of political and social importance; (ii) music, drama and other cultural subjects; and (iii) all branches of agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health and social welfare;
(b) to promote sustainable development for the public benefit by: (i) educating people in the preservation, conservation and protection of the environment and the prudent use of natural resources; and (ii) promoting sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration;
(c) to advance health for the public benefit; and
(d) to advance citizenship for the public benefit by the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering.
Renewal subscription fee
2025 -26
£51.00 renewal fees are paid annually in March
Fees can be paid by:
BAC payment preferred - Online bank transfer to: Sunbury Village WI
Sort: 20-90-56 Acc: 03398609
Cheque - are no longer accepted please pay by cash or BAC
NB: Fees are distributed by our treasurer to pay the federation and NFWI membership fee share. This supports for example the monthly Life magazine and running costs for the charity.
Sunbury Village costs are broken down by rent, running costs such insurance, AGM delegate contribution, promotional materials, admin materials, website fees etc. The remaining income from subs is use to run our WI activities.
This year per person there is £2.28
Were a membership has lapsed see our Join Us page.
Subscription 2025/26 The NFWI Board of Trustees has set the membership subscription for the 2025/26 membership year at £51.00. This means there will be a £3 increase from the current membership year: £1.50 of this increase will go to WIs, 75p to federations and 75p to NFWI.
Dual Membership Dual members will pay the WI portion only to their second WI. If the WI is not utilising the flexibility policy, this will be £25.10. There is no pro-rata rate for dual membership, and the set fee will remain payable at any time during the year.
Sunbury Village WI cost breakdown
Annual reports and accounts
Community Support
Raffle
Thank you to members for supporting the raffle with gift donations and participation. The raffle proceeds go to support local charities.
A £100 donation for our 2024 chosen charity was presented to Families Thriving Together at our September 2024 WI evening.
A fun evening of bingo at our September 2023 WI evening helped raised money for our chosen charity for 2023 Surplus to Supper. Added together with the evening raffle takings a total of £60 was donated.
Knitters
Thank you, knitters
Sunbury Village WI members make twiddle muffs and blankets - in January 2023 we received a message of huge thanks from the Dementia lead at Ashford and St Peters Hospital who reported just how valuable they are at keeping people safe and amused.
Donations
The 2024 Christmas gift donation in support of St Saviours food bank appeal, co- ordinated by member Shelagh Bonnichon raised a whopping sum of £205. A message of thanks was recieved.
A collection at our March 24 WI evening raised £73.10 for the charity Cruse Bereavement who were our speakers on the night. For more information see our blog page Cruse Bereavement
A collect via our charity boxes raised a donation to Families Thriving Together of £60 at the May 2023 WI evening. They were so grateful they sent a letter of thanks.
A donation of £78.76 was made to the Brigette Trust following our charity night talk at the February WI evening 2023.
Christmas 2022 saw Sunbury Village WI support the St Saviour's appeal gifts - thank you to all our member for their overwhelming generosity.
At our March 2022 evening we supported our speaker, John Tye's Charity Dreamflight with a donation of £116.32 this local charity takes children with a serious illness or disability on their holiday of a lifetime to Orlando. . For more information visit https://www.dreamflight.org/
Community Events
Sunbury Village WI took part in the Village Jubilee celebration event on Orchard Meadow on the 4th June 2022, by hosting a local competition to find a cake to celebrate The Queen (WI President) in her platinum year. The competition was open to local people as well as WI members. The cakes were then sold to raise money for the The Sunbury Gallery development.
On the afternoon of Saturday 21st May 2022, Sunbury Village WI and Sunbury on Thames WI hosted a Platinum Jubilee Tea Party in partnership with Sunbury Neighbours for local elderly residents.
In the September of 2023 Sunbury Village WI along Teddington WI ran a Riverside Dip and Dabble event for the Middlesex Federation. The event was in support of the National WI campaign clean rivers for people and wildlife. See the event blog for all the details and photos.
Community Activities
On a slight damp October morning in 2023 a group of our WI members took to the streets and river bank in Sunbury Village for a litter pick. See our blog from more information,
