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Campaigns and projects

Have your voice heard and make a real impact on local, national and international issues by getting involved in WI campaigns and projects. The WI Public Affairs team is always at the end of a telephone or email if you have any questions or want to show your support.

Close the Door on energy waste
The NFWI has teamed up with the “Close the Door” campaign to encourage as many people as possible to think before keeping shop doors open and wasting valuable heat during the cold winter months.

Love Your Libraries
The NFWI has launched the Love Your Libraries campaign after the resolution on libraries was passed at the 2011 AGM in Liverpool with a 98% majority.
Country of Origin Labelling campaign - image of food labelling packaging
COOL
Current country of origin labelling (COOL) is unclear and misleading to many shoppers. Find out how the WI is campaigning for mandatory, clear origin labelling.
Mission Milk Logo
Mission Milk
The NFWI and the NFU are once again joining forces to ask what can be done to safeguard the future for Britain’s dairy farmers.  We hosted a debate on 16 November in London to follow up the successful Great Milk Debates of 2007 when the NFU and NFWI explained why farming matters during 100 regional debates which toured the country.
Sierra Leone
Mums Matter
A joint campaign between the WI and Oxfam calling for more action to improve maternal healthcare in poorer countries.
Bee on flower
SOS for Honeybees
Honeybee populations all over the UK have suffered huge losses in recent years. Find out here how you can help to ensure that our countryside is buzzing for years to come.
Scared woman with mouth covered
No More Violence Against Women
The WI is part of the End Violence Against Women campaigning coalition, which aims to create a world in which women and girls are afforded their basic human rights and can live free from violence and its threat.
Women Reaching Women
The NFWI is bringing global poverty to the top of its agenda. Together with Oxfam GB and the Everyone Foundation, the NFWI ran a three-year project on the links between development, women and climate change.
Women and Climate Change
Climate change is already having an adverse impact on women across the world. Find out how you can take action to secure a clean, green future for everyone.
Prison is inappropriate for people with mental health problems
Care Not Custody
The WI is campaigning for an end to the inappropriate detention of people with mental health problems, who would be better treated if diverted to hospitals or community-based alternatives. Find out about the national campaign and what you can do locally to help.
Other campaigning areas
Fairtrade
The National Federation of Women's Institutes supports Fairtrade and encourages WI members to use accredited products. WI members are campaigning for Fairtrade tea.
Fast Fashion
Fast Fashion
The NFWI's Fast Fashion initiative is raising awareness of the social and environmental impacts of the garment industry to help members shop smarter.