Secretary: Eirwen James Ceredigion Office hours: Thursday 10-12.

April 2018 Charity Registration No 501389 Ein Swyddfa 11 Cambrian Place Aberystwyth SY23 1NT Chairman’s Message / Gair gan y Cadeirydd 01970 612 831 It is with great sadness that we have heard that the [email protected] president of Felinfach WI, Pauline Bambrey has www.facebook.com/ceredigion.wi passed away. We offer our sincere condolences to https://twitter.com/ceredigion_WI her family and friends. WI Diaries 2019 - Cost - £4.70. Please return Welcome to Carole Lovell, WI Adviser, Dihewyd WI, form to Anne George, Garth Fawr, Llanilar, Aber- who has recently moved to Ceredigion Judy Lile ystwyth. SY23 4SL by Thursday 17 May. ‘Meet the Board’- at Waun Fawr Community Hall Cheques please made payable to CFWI. on Saturday 7 April (10 -12.30 or 1.30-4pm) or at Elizabeth Bell Photographic Competition Pontgarreg Memorial Hall SA44 6AJ on Saturday 14 A Year in your WI. Your entry for the Federation April,10 -12.30 only. Teas and coffees supplied. round to be at Ein Swyddfa by Thursday 14 Feb- You will have been contacted to confirm details. ruary 2019. Don’t forget when posting photo- Dr. Eleanor James Bursary -Three bursaries of graphs online or for competition - it is important £330 to be drawn at the Spring Council Meeting are that you have the permission of those who are available for a Denman course. You cannot apply if identifiable. Enclosed are questions and queries you have received a Dr. Eleanor James bursary in relating to this competition answered by NFWI. the last two years. Bursaries to be used within 24 General Knowledge Quiz, Friday 22 June 7pm months. Maximum of two entries per WI. Please Llanrhystud Hall SY23 5BT. £5 per team of 3. return to Ein Swyddfa by Monday 23 April. Cheque please payable to CFWI. Please return to The Betty Seaton Evans Award - This year’s com- Linda Moore, Oak House, Falcondale Drive, Lam- petition is for three WI press reports and one photo- peter. SA48 7SB by Wednesday 13 June. Please graph. Please send to ein Swyddfa by Monday bring a card/small table if possible. Observers £1. September 24. ‘Not in my Name’ - White Ribbon Logo Competi- Craft Workshop - Saturday 21 April, Dihewyd Vil- tion -2018 Create a key ring in any craft medium. lage Hall. Jackie Swetman - fabric cakes. Eluned Closing date Tuesday, 31 July 2018. Davies - folded star patchwork. Please return form Inviting WI Advisers to your Annual Meeting to Eluned Davies, Bryniau, Dihewyd, Lampeter, by 2018. These meetings are free and a visit is rec- Friday 6 April. £15 please payable to CFWI. ommended. Please return enclosed form to Ein Earth Day Sunday 22nd April. 2018 theme is Swyddfa by Thursday 31 May. Bags,Bottles & Straws: Building a Single-Use Plas- Denman Cup Competition 2018 - Write a diary tics Free World. extract based on ‘The Day that changed my life’. Literary Lunch - Friday 27 April with M.R.Hall au- 500 words - see form for details. Federation thor of ‘A Life to Kill’.12 for 12.30pm The Cliff Hotel, round closing date - Wednesday 27 June. Gwbert. 2 course meal at £18. Please return menu Please return to Judy Lile, Glanhaul, Llanilar, Ab- choice and cheque to Judy Lile, Glanhaul, Llanilar, erystwyth. SY23 4NZ. The top 3 will go on to the Aberystwyth. SY23 4N by Monday 9 April. NFWI competition. Entry paid by CFWI. ACWW Walk - Monday, April 30 at 10.30 am WI’s Got Talent - Saturday evening 14 July. Aberaeron to Llanerchaeron. One way walk option- Why not give it a go? Winning performance will al. Bring picnic or buy food at the café. Walk option to be noted on form. £3 payable to CFWI.(ACWW go on to the ’Anything Goes’ competition in New- project on back of cheque). Please return form to town on Saturday 29 September.15 minutes to Judy Lile, Glanhaul, Llanilar, Aberystwyth.SY23 stage, perform and clear the stage. 4NZ by Wednesday 25 April. Archive evening - Celebrating the suffrage Spring Council Meeting - Tuesday 1 May 2018 movement, Friday 20 July - at the Memorial at Theatr Felinfach 7pm. Theme - Llanerchaeron. Hall, Aberaeron. Due to the success of last year's Speakers include Tim Newby, Heddwen Cadwala- Bake Off we will be holding another. The competi- der and Olivia Jones. Entry - £3.50. Please pay at tion will be for a "trench cake" . Recipe available the door. All friends and family are invited. on application. NFWI Wales Annual Conference Tuesday 17 April 2018: Dolfor, Newtown. Day trip. Coach - approx. £20. Bus timetable enclosed. Please return form by Thursday 12 April. NFWI Annual Meeting 2018, Cardiff - Wednesday 6 June 2018. Day trip. Observer ticket and bus fare £38. An observer agenda /ticket has been acquired for all those who requested one. Cheques please made payable to CFWI. Please send to Dinah Gibbons, Brynblodau, LlwyngroesSY25 6PY by Monday 21 May. Delegates will receive their own mailing from NFWI and do not pay. Resolutions - Mental health matters is ahead of the second placed resolution by over 14,000 selec- tions. The first time that over 100,000 selections have been cast by members. The NFWI Board of Trus- tees has agreed that this one resolution will go forward to the Annual Meeting. Wording is as follows: Mental health matters as much as physical health. The NFWI urges all WI members to recognise the importance of parity between mental health and physical health, and take action to make it as accepta- ble to talk about mental health issues as much as physical health issues, and to lobby government for better support for mental illness. Next steps - WIs should now consider how they wish their delegate to vote at the Annual Meeting in Cardiff on 8th June. All WIs get one vote on the resolution – for or against. The link delegate represent- ing your WI will contact you for your decision before the event. WIs can also choose to give discretion to your delegate to decide how to vote after hearing the presentations and debate at the Annual Meeting. Delegates’ Get Together meeting - 22 May 7pm at Ein Swyddfa. Your voting procedures will be ex- plained at this meeting. Link WI details are enclosed and the WI sending a delegate noted in bold. Spring Rally Saturday 26 May - Llanfarian Hall. All enquiries to Eluned Davies, Rally Secretary, not to Ein Swyddfa. Closing date Friday 18 May. Contact details - 01570 470 371 [email protected] Federation Visit to Denman 28- 30 September - Please send all further payment to Susan Barratt your new Denman Ambassador. Next payment due by 20th April. Cheques made out to CFWI. MCS - April is MCS Month - MCS representatives please ensure that the system is up to date and boxes ticked to show that members have paid. ‘Take me Home’ - Nafas - Loneliness Campaign. Saturday 5 May. Why not leave some flowers on a bench or give someone flowers as part of this campaign? Cardiff March 10 June -To commemorate 100 years since the passing of the Representation of People Act 1918. for more information - visit www.processions.co.uk. Wear white, green or purple to create an impact. EIN SWYDDFA CLOSED FOR BANK HOLIDAY and Thursday 5 APRIL Enclosures - Betty Seaton Award faq / Literary Lunch Menu / Denman Cup Competition entry form / WI Links / Wales Conference bus timetable / General Knowledge Quiz form Wonderwool Wales Royal Welsh Showground Builth Wells 28 - 29 April 2018 Saturday 10am - 5.30pm. Sunday 10.00-4.30pm. The largest wool & natural fibre show in Wales. A must for all knitters, crocheters, felters, spinners, weavers & dyers. www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk Louche Theatre at The Morlan Centre Aberystwyth Kindertransport

Friday 27 April, Sunday 29 April 7pm / Saturday 28 April 2.30pm & 7.30pm £9.50 (Conc £8) WI members £7.50. Box Office 01970 612617 or online on www.louchetheatre.com 07949 667343 Nine year old Eva ends up in Manchester -sent by her parents from Germany. Written by Diane Samuels and directed by Harry Durnall.

Date Event Venue Closing Sat 21 April Craft workshop Dihewyd Village Hall Fri 6 April Tues 17 April NFWI Wales Annual Conference. Dolfor, Newtown - Day Trip. Tues 1 May Spring Council Meeting Theatr Felinfach 7pm £3.50 at the door Sat 26 May Spring Rally Llanfarian Hall Friday 18 May Friday 22 June General Knowledge Quiz Llanrhystud Hall Wed. 13 June Sat 14 July WI’s Got Talent Llanrhystud Hall Friday 20 July Archive evening Memorial Hall, Aberaeron For your diary Sat 30 June Tregaron Farm Walk Pencefn Drysgol, Tregaron 2 pm For your diary