Non Members £47 On this bread making course you will learn, and take home, white and brown bread, bun dough, naan breads, pittas and flatbreads.  You will be working with dried and fresh yeast.  Your tutor Hilary Hicks, who has been teaching cookery for 30 years, has a passion for baking and loves passing on […]

Non members £39 Another in our Heritage Craft series, this is the first time we are offering this technique.  The workshop begins with the history of canal art before practicing strokes that make up the design and finish with painting a tea pot.  Worksheets and all materials and equipment included.  Participants need only to be […]

Non members £22 A wonderful opportunity to see the famous Hedingham Castle snowdrops and experience a private tour of the Castle itself with one their historians.  Ticket price includes tea/coffee and a cake in the Keep Tea Room. Access - Some parts of the grounds present varying degrees of difficulty for those with mobility issues, […]

We are delighted to welcome members to WI Centre for the opportunity to help choose speakers for our Panel of Speakers Book.  You will experience taster presentations from up to 5 new speakers.  Tea and coffee will be available but please bring your own mug. This is a members only meeting.

The Osteoporosis Assessment Service will be visiting WI Centre with their heel ultrasound scanner (McCue CUBAClinical) which does not use X-rays but safe ultrasound signals. The bone density measured in the heel is strongly related to the hip and spine and is an excellent surrogate scanning site for osteoporosis assessments.  A small amount of ultrasound […]

Non members £31.50 Straw plaiting is a heritage craft and we are pleased to welcome Paul, a master thatcher to lead this workshop. This is the first time we have offered this craft at WI centre. Your day will start with preparing the straw to enable it to be plaited. The techniques of plaiting, joining […]

We are delighted to welcome members to WI Centre for the opportunity to help choose speakers for our Panel of Speakers Book.  You will experience taster presentations from up to 5 new speakers.  Tea and coffee will be available but please bring your own mug. This is a members only meeting.

Non members £24 Some of you might remember your grandparents making a rug from rags and now you have an opportunity to learn this skill yourself. You will be making a small pompom which can be turned into a brooch or a hanging decoration. Lynne ​will bring a mixture of colours and all the equipment […]

Join us to continue our historical walks around Colchester led by yellowbadge tour guide, Kate.  This tour covers the history of Colchester and includes St Botolph's Priory, Tymperlys, Trinity Street Church and the Red Lion Hotel.  You will learn about the historic Roman Wall and its many gates, the Roman Circus and witchcraft and plaque […]

The NFWI Annual Meeting for 2025 will be entirely virtual. Come along to our live screening and watch along with other WI members. There will be a nominal fee to help cover costs.  Currently we are registering interest in this event and will confirm location (WI Centre or nearby) and details soon. This is a […]

We are delighted to welcome members to WI Centre for the opportunity to help choose speakers for our Panel of Speakers Book.  You will experience taster presentations from up to 5 new speakers.  Tea and coffee will be available but please bring your own mug. This is a members only meeting.

Non members £27.50 Continuing our focus on Heritage crafts and customs we will be again serving an Afternoon tea. The C&CC team will serve your tea which will have been prepared by Angela Flynn. Vegetarians and gluten free diets can be catered for. After tea, James Marriage will give a short talk, with animation, on […]

We are delighted to welcome members to WI Centre for the opportunity to help choose speakers for our Panel of Speakers Book.  You will experience taster presentations from up to 5 new speakers.  Tea and coffee will be available but please bring your own mug. This is a members only meeting.

The Osteoporosis Assessment Service will be visiting WI Centre with their heel ultrasound scanner (McCue CUBAClinical) which does not use X-rays but safe ultrasound signals. The bone density measured in the heel is strongly related to the hip and spine and is an excellent surrogate scanning site for osteoporosis assessments.  A small amount of ultrasound […]

We are delighted to welcome members to WI Centre for the opportunity to help choose speakers for our Panel of Speakers Book.  You will experience taster presentations from up to 5 new speakers.  Tea and coffee will be available but please bring your own mug. This is a members only meeting.