Almost half of WI members recently surveyed have experienced violence themselves or know someone who has experienced a form of violence in their lifetime according to research published today by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI). A third of these cases were domestic violence and almost a quarter was rape or sexual assault.
Today the NFWI and WRAP are launching the result of the Love Food Champions project, showing how Love Food groups across England successfully cut their food waste by half over a four month period.
Keep Britain Tidy will turn the clock back half a century as it launches the biggest litter pick in history. Thousands of organised clean-ups will take place as Keep Britain Tidy calls for a return to 1950s values – when people cared about their environment.
Hampshire Federation of Women’s Institutes passed a resolution calling for legalisation of brothels in October 2007. The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) is unable to comment on the resolution as it applies to the Hampshire Federation only and does not constitute a national mandate.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) today welcomed the launch of the ‘End Violence Against Women’ campaign (EVAW) template strategy for an integrated, cross-Government department approach which will help to end violence against women.
Delegates at the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (the NFWI) AGM in Liverpool yesterday passed a resolution urging the Government to provide treatment and therapy for those with severe mental health problems in a more appropriate and secure residential environment than prison.
WI members from all over Lancashire and Cheshire will be attending this year’s Annual General Meeting of the National Federation of Women’s Institute (NFWI).
Imagine a world with less methane gas (a potent greenhouse gas with a high global warming potential) and fewer landfill sites. You can help create one simply and easily by – composting! And what better time to start than during Compost Awareness Week in May, which the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) is delighted to support.
After years of absence from the Ideal Home Show the National Federation of Women's Institutes is back and is encouraging visitors to take up its Carbon Challenge. Cookery demonstrations is one way in which the WI has been involved throughout the Show's history. And in 1951, the year of the Festival of Britain, there was even a WI 'ideal home.'
The NFWI will celebrate the past three years of sustainability and climate change projects across the Women’s Institute network at its 90@90 closing conference on 5 March 2008. The 90@90 project covers a range of individual lifestyle changes through various projects including: EcoTeams, lift-sharing, home composting and local food sourcing. Speakers at the conference include Joan Ruddock, minister for climate change.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) has announced the launch of its Love Food Champions project as part of a campaign to reduce food waste.