Welcome to the Northumberland Federation
– a thriving and vibrant Federation
Whether you are a member, thinking of joining us or just visiting the region, I would like to welcome you to Northumberland.
Northumberland is one of the least known and most unspoilt regions in England. It contains the Cheviot Hills reaching to the Scottish Borders, some 50 miles of coastline of ‘outstanding natural beauty’ and, of course, Hadrian’s Wall, Holy Island and the Farnes.
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As a charity, we do our best, fundraising via member fees, events, and other activities, but we are able to do so much more for our members and the wider community through your generosity, thank you!
The Northumberland Federation of Women’s Institutes (WI) was formed in 1918 to revitalise rural communities and encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War.
Since then the organisation’s aims have broadened and the WI is now the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK.
The Northumberland Federation of WIs celebrated its centenary in 2018.
The WI plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.
The WI is based on the ideals of fellowship, truth, tolerance and justice. The organisation is non-sectarian and non-party political. WIs are charitable and everything they do must be consistent with that special legal status.
Members and counting
We now have 111 WIs around the Federation with membership numbers ranging from 9 to 90.
Latest News
From the Treasurer…
You should all by now have had the opportunity to look at the Financial Statement for 2023-2024. If you have any questions regarding the statement would you please email the office and any queries will be answered asap. I am pleased to say that we have turned our...
Message from the Chair…
Another month has gone by very quickly and by the next Newsletter we will have left British Summertime behind until March 2025, it doesn’t bear thinking about does it? If your WI entered a team in the quiz and were successful in reaching the final, well done and good...
Important news about Cresswell House access
*****This is important information to be cascaded to all members.****Whilst the office access continues to be restricted during Nancy's absence you can all help by contacting the Committee Chairs directly with any queries rather than by leaving messages at Cresswell...
Upcoming Events
Our Next Event
We run events at Cresswell House, our Federation office in Seaton Burn as well as around the Federation.
From walking netball, to sugar-craft, join us for a talk on Claude Monet, or support the campaign to reduce plastic in our seas.
Each of our sub-committees run a variety of events which you can view by clicking one of the links below.
Alternatively you can view our events calendar here
Federation Quiz – Final
The winners and runner up teams from each of the heats will be competing against each other at the f...
October 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
