WI Groups
WIs are placed into one of 35 groups with other local WIs. Many groups get together to run a larger meeting for all of their members once or twice a year. This enables members to not only have access to speakers that may ordinarily be out of their WIs range, but also to allow members from different WIs to mix, share stories and best practise and make new friends. It’s a wonderful opportunity for all concerned.
Normally, each group has a specific WI Adviser allocated to them to support and guide them in the day-to-day running of their WIs, however due to a current shortage of Advisers, WIs may call upon any Adviser (contact details were emailed to committees on 16/12/21) or WI Centre for assistance.
Groups are also allocated a specific Independent Financial Examiner (IFE) to examine WI accounts at the end of each year and they are also available throughout the year for additional help and advice. WIs are not obliged to use our IFEs but we do encourage them to do so as they have an extensive understanding of WI accounting. Allocated IFEs are listed with the Groups below, but you may contact any of the IFEs if, for example, you have used them in the past (contact details were emailed to committee on 16/12/21), or contact WI Centre for assistance.
Following is the list of all groups and their IFEs as at December 2021. Below the main list is a list in alphabetical order by WI for ease.
Group | IFE | Institute Name |
Audley | Pat Pratley | GIBSON (SAFFRON WALDEN) |
LANGLEY | ||
SEWARDS END | ||
Blackwater | Sandra Baker | GOLDHANGER, LITTLE TOTHAM & TOLLESHUNT MAJOR |
SILVER END | ||
TIPTREE PRIORY HEATH | ||
TOLLESBURY | ||
TOLLESHUNT D’ARCY | ||
WITHAM | ||
Castle | Sandra O’Sullivan | RIDGEWELL |
SIBLE HEDINGHAM | ||
THE MAPLESTEADS | ||
WICKHAM BISHOPS | ||
WICKHAM ST PAULS | ||
Cobbin | Carmela Claxton | CHURCH LANGLEY |
HARLOW | ||
MORETON & DISTRICT | ||
NORTH WEALD | ||
ROYDON VILLAGE | ||
Colne Valley | Judith Abrams | COLNE ENGAINE |
GOSFIELD | ||
GREENSTEAD GREEN | ||
HALSTEAD | ||
STISTED | ||
Crouch | Marlene Shepherd | BRADWELL ON SEA |
BURNHAM ON CROUCH | ||
MAPLIN | ||
ST LAWRENCE BAY | ||
TILLINGHAM & DENGIE | ||
Estuary | Viv Stansfield | ALRESFORD |
BRIGHTLINGSEA | ||
ELMSTEAD MARKET | ||
GREAT BROMLEY | ||
ST OSYTH | ||
THORRINGTON EVENING | ||
WIVENHOE | ||
Flete | Verity Brome | BRISCOE (PITSEA) |
CANVEY ISLAND | ||
FURTHERWICK | ||
KNIGHTSWICK | ||
SOUTH BENFLEET | ||
Flitch | Carmela Claxton | BARNSTON |
DUNMOW | ||
EASTONS & TILTY | ||
FELSTED | ||
Forest | Karen Powell | CHIGWELL |
CHINGFORD | ||
EPPING | ||
THEYDON BOIS | ||
WALTHAM ABBEY ICENI SISTERS | ||
WOODFORD WONDER WOMEN | ||
Greenfields | Judith Bowland | BADDOW BEES |
GREAT BADDOW | ||
MARCONI BELLES | ||
MOULSHAM LODGE | ||
NEW CITY GIRLS | ||
NORTH SPRINGFIELD | ||
TILE KILN | ||
Hanningfield | Marlene Shepherd | EAST HANNINGFIELD |
GALLEYWOOD | ||
MILLWOOD | ||
PURLEIGH | ||
SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS | ||
WOODHAM FERRERS | ||
Hatch | Karen Powell | BLACKMORE |
DODDINGHURST | ||
FOX HATCH | ||
NAVESTOCK | ||
Ingrebourne | Karen Powell | FIRST LADIES (BARKING & DAGENHAM) |
HAROLD WOOD EVENING | ||
HORNCHURCH HARMONIES | ||
RAINHAM CLOCKTOWER | ||
RAINHAM VILLAGE BELLES | ||
RM1 | ||
THE BRENTWOOD BELLES | ||
Le Sokens | Viv Stansfield | BRADFIELD EVENING |
CLACTON ON SEA | ||
FRINTON ON SEA | ||
GUNFLEET | ||
HOLLAND HAVEN | ||
THORPE LE SOKEN | ||
WEELEY | ||
Mandeville | Sandra O’Sullivan | ALDHAM |
CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE | ||
EARLS COLNE | ||
FEERING | ||
GREAT TEY | ||
KELVEDON | ||
PAYCOCKES | ||
Mayflower | Verity Brome | BILLERICAY |
DOWNHAM | ||
LITTLE BURSTEAD | ||
WICKFORD | ||
Mildmay | Judith Bowland | HADFELDA |
HEYBRIDGE | ||
LITTLE BADDOW | ||
SANDON | ||
SPRINGFIELD AFTERNOON | ||
TEA N TIARAS (CHELMSFORD) | ||
Milford Hall | Karen Powell | BUTTSBURY (BILLERICAY) |
MAY FLOWERS (BILLERICAY) | ||
SOUTH GREEN (BILLERICAY) | ||
STOCK HARVARD | ||
THREE STONES | ||
Mountfitchet | Pat Pratley | ELSENHAM |
MANUDEN | ||
STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET EVENING | ||
UGLEY | ||
Oak | Pat Pratley | GREAT & LITTLE SAMPFORD |
GUILDHALL GIRLS THAXTED | ||
LITTLE WALDEN | ||
RADWINTER | ||
Parklands | Carmela Claxton | CHIGNALS & MASHBURY |
ORCHARD SPRINGS | ||
ROXWELL | ||
WALTHAMBURY | ||
WRITTLE EVENING | ||
Ray | Verity Brome | BROADWAY BELLES |
HADLEIGH CASTLE | ||
HADLEIGH VILLAGE | ||
LEIGH AFTERNOON | ||
LEIGH EVENING | ||
SOUTHEND SISTERS | ||
WESTCLIFF ON SEA | ||
Rochford Hundred | Margaret Spencer | BARLING & LITTLE WAKERING |
GREAT WAKERING EVENING | ||
PAGLESHAM | ||
ROACH | ||
ROCHFORD | ||
THORPE BAY & SOUTHCHURCH | ||
Roman River | Sandra O’Sullivan | BIRCH & LAYER BRETON |
FINGRINGHOE | ||
THE STROOD | ||
THE WIGS | ||
WEST MERSEA | ||
Roothings | Carmela Claxton | GREAT HALLINGBURY |
HATFIELD BROAD OAK | ||
HIGH RODING & GT CANFIELD | ||
MATCHING | ||
SHEERING | ||
Spinners | Sandra Baker | BLACK NOTLEY |
DOLPHIN | ||
GREAT & LITTLE LEIGHS | ||
GREAT NOTLEY | ||
RAYNE | ||
W.I.N.G’S (WI NOTLEY GREEN) | ||
Spring Valley | Judith Abrams | BOXTED |
GREAT & LITTLE HORKESLEY | ||
LEXDEN | ||
MAGDALEN WOOD | ||
MILE END | ||
WEST BERGHOLT | ||
Sweyne | Margaret Spencer | ASHINGDON VILLAGE |
HOCKLEY HAWKWELL | ||
HOCKLEY VILLAGE | ||
RAYLEIGH MILL | ||
RAYLEIGH MOUNT EVENING | ||
WINK (RAYLEIGH) | ||
Sylvia Pankhurst | Karen Powell | EAST EDGE SISTERS |
FOREST GATE | ||
HACKNEY WICKED WOMEN | ||
WANSTEAD | ||
Thames | Verity Brome | BULPHAN |
CHADWELL ST MARY | ||
CHAFFORD HUNDRED | ||
FOBBING & CORRINGHAM | ||
LANGDON HILLS | ||
LINFORD & DISTRICT | ||
NORTH STIFFORD | ||
ORSETT | ||
WEST TILBURY | ||
Viking | Viv Stansfield | EVES CORNER |
GREAT TOTHAM EVENING | ||
MALDON WYCKE | ||
MUNDON | ||
Virtual | Karen Powell | THE VIRTUAL VIXENS |
WILD AT HEART | ||
Windmill | Judith Bowland | FRYERNING |
GREAT & LITTLE WARLEY | ||
HALL GREEN (HUTTON) | ||
SHENFIELD & HUTTON MORNING | ||
Woodland | Marlene Shepherd | CRANHAM ENGAYNE |
NELMES | ||
OGLETHORPE | ||
THORNDON |
Institute Name | Group |
ALDHAM | Mandeville |
ALRESFORD | Estuary |
ASHINGDON VILLAGE | Sweyne |
BADDOW BEES | Greenfields |
BARLING & LITTLE WAKERING | Rochford Hundred |
BARNSTON | Flitch |
BILLERICAY | Mayflower |
BIRCH & LAYER BRETON | Roman River |
BLACK NOTLEY | Spinners |
BLACKMORE | Hatch |
BOXTED | Spring Valley |
BRADFIELD EVENING | Le Sokens |
BRADWELL ON SEA | Crouch |
BRIGHTLINGSEA | Estuary |
BRISCOE (PITSEA) | Flete |
BROADWAY BELLES | Ray |
BULPHAN | Thames |
BURNHAM ON CROUCH | Crouch |
BUTTSBURY (BILLERICAY) | Milford Hall |
CANVEY ISLAND | Flete |
CHADWELL ST MARY | Thames |
CHAFFORD HUNDRED | Thames |
CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE | Mandeville |
CHIGNALS & MASHBURY | Parklands |
CHIGWELL | Forest |
CHINGFORD | Forest |
CHURCH LANGLEY | Cobbin |
CLACTON ON SEA | Le Sokens |
COLNE ENGAINE | Colne Valley |
CRANHAM ENGAYNE | Woodland |
DODDINGHURST | Hatch |
DOLPHIN | Spinners |
DOWNHAM | Mayflower |
DUNMOW | Flitch |
EARLS COLNE | Mandeville |
EAST EDGE SISTERS | Sylvia Pankhurst |
EAST HANNINGFIELD | Hanningfield |
EASTONS & TILTY | Flitch |
ELMSTEAD MARKET | Estuary |
ELSENHAM | Mountfitchet |
EPPING | Forest |
EVES CORNER | Viking |
FEERING | Mandeville |
FELSTED | Flitch |
FINGRINGHOE | Roman River |
FIRST LADIES (BARKING & DAGENHAM) | Ingrebourne |
FOBBING & CORRINGHAM | Thames |
FOREST GATE | Sylvia Pankhurst |
FOX HATCH | Hatch |
FRINTON ON SEA | Le Sokens |
FRYERNING | Windmill |
FURTHERWICK | Flete |
GALLEYWOOD | Hanningfield |
GIBSON (SAFFRON WALDEN) | Audley |
GOLDHANGER, LITTLE TOTHAM & TOLLESHUNT MAJOR | Blackwater |
GOSFIELD | Colne Valley |
GREAT & LITTLE HORKESLEY | Spring Valley |
GREAT & LITTLE LEIGHS | Spinners |
GREAT & LITTLE SAMPFORD | Oak |
GREAT & LITTLE WARLEY | Windmill |
GREAT BADDOW | Greenfields |
GREAT BROMLEY | Estuary |
GREAT HALLINGBURY | Roothings |
GREAT NOTLEY | Spinners |
GREAT TEY | Mandeville |
GREAT TOTHAM EVENING | Viking |
GREAT WAKERING EVENING | Rochford Hundred |
GREENSTEAD GREEN | Colne Valley |
GUILDHALL GIRLS THAXTED | Oak |
GUNFLEET | Le Sokens |
HACKNEY WICKED WOMEN | Sylvia Pankhurst |
HADFELDA | Mildmay |
HADLEIGH CASTLE | Ray |
HADLEIGH VILLAGE | Ray |
HALL GREEN (HUTTON) | Windmill |
HALSTEAD | Colne Valley |
HARLOW | Cobbin |
HAROLD WOOD EVENING | Ingrebourne |
HATFIELD BROAD OAK | Roothings |
HEYBRIDGE | Mildmay |
HIGH RODING & GT CANFIELD | Roothings |
HOCKLEY HAWKWELL | Sweyne |
HOCKLEY VILLAGE | Sweyne |
HOLLAND HAVEN | Le Sokens |
HORNCHURCH HARMONIES | Ingrebourne |
KELVEDON | Mandeville |
KNIGHTSWICK | Flete |
LANGDON HILLS | Thames |
LANGLEY | Audley |
LEIGH AFTERNOON | Ray |
LEIGH EVENING | Ray |
LEXDEN | Spring Valley |
LINFORD & DISTRICT | Thames |
LITTLE BADDOW | Mildmay |
LITTLE BURSTEAD | Mayflower |
LITTLE WALDEN | Oak |
MAGDALEN WOOD | Spring Valley |
MALDON WYCKE | Viking |
MANUDEN | Mountfitchet |
MAPLIN | Crouch |
MARCONI BELLES | Greenfields |
MATCHING | Roothings |
MAY FLOWERS (BILLERICAY) | Milford Hall |
MILE END | Spring Valley |
MILLWOOD | Hanningfield |
MORETON & DISTRICT | Cobbin |
MOULSHAM LODGE | Greenfields |
MUNDON | Viking |
NAVESTOCK | Hatch |
NELMES | Woodland |
NEW CITY GIRLS | Greenfields |
NORTH SPRINGFIELD | Greenfields |
NORTH STIFFORD | Thames |
NORTH WEALD | Cobbin |
OGLETHORPE | Woodland |
ORCHARD SPRINGS | Parklands |
ORSETT | Thames |
PAGLESHAM | Rochford Hundred |
PAYCOCKES | Mandeville |
PURLEIGH | Hanningfield |
RADWINTER | Oak |
RAINHAM CLOCKTOWER | Ingrebourne |
RAINHAM VILLAGE BELLES | Ingrebourne |
RAYLEIGH MILL | Sweyne |
RAYLEIGH MOUNT EVENING | Sweyne |
RAYNE | Spinners |
RIDGEWELL | Castle |
RM1 | Ingrebourne |
ROACH | Rochford Hundred |
ROCHFORD | Rochford Hundred |
ROXWELL | Parklands |
ROYDON VILLAGE | Cobbin |
SANDON | Mildmay |
SEWARDS END | Audley |
SHEERING | Roothings |
SHENFIELD & HUTTON MORNING | Windmill |
SIBLE HEDINGHAM | Castle |
SILVER END | Blackwater |
SOUTH BENFLEET | Flete |
SOUTH GREEN (BILLERICAY) | Milford Hall |
SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS | Hanningfield |
SOUTHEND SISTERS | Ray |
SPRINGFIELD AFTERNOON | Mildmay |
ST LAWRENCE BAY | Crouch |
ST OSYTH | Estuary |
STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET EVENING | Mountfitchet |
STISTED | Colne Valley |
STOCK HARVARD | Milford Hall |
TEA N TIARAS (CHELMSFORD) | Mildmay |
THE BRENTWOOD BELLES | Ingrebourne |
THE MAPLESTEADS | Castle |
THE STROOD | Roman River |
THE VIRTUAL VIXENS | Virtual |
THE WIGS | Roman River |
THEYDON BOIS | Forest |
THORNDON | Woodland |
THORPE BAY & SOUTHCHURCH | Rochford Hundred |
THORPE LE SOKEN | Le Sokens |
THORRINGTON EVENING | Estuary |
THREE STONES | Milford Hall |
TILE KILN | Greenfields |
TILLINGHAM & DENGIE | Crouch |
TIPTREE PRIORY HEATH | Blackwater |
TOLLESBURY | Blackwater |
TOLLESHUNT D’ARCY | Blackwater |
UGLEY | Mountfitchet |
W.I.N.G’S (WI NOTLEY GREEN) | Spinners |
WALTHAM ABBEY ICENI SISTERS | Forest |
WALTHAMBURY | Parklands |
WANSTEAD | Sylvia Pankhurst |
WEELEY | Le Sokens |
WEST BERGHOLT | Spring Valley |
WEST MERSEA | Roman River |
WEST TILBURY | Thames |
WESTCLIFF ON SEA | Ray |
WICKFORD | Mayflower |
WICKHAM BISHOPS | Castle |
WICKHAM ST PAULS | Castle |
WILD AT HEART | Virtual |
WINK (RAYLEIGH) | Sweyne |
WITHAM | Blackwater |
WIVENHOE | Estuary |
WOODFORD WONDER WOMEN | Forest |
WOODHAM FERRERS | Hanningfield |
WRITTLE EVENING | Parklands |