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FAQs: The organisation

The questions below are about the WI as an organisation.

Please click on the question of interest to view the answer:

Q1: Who founded the UK WI?
Q2: Has there ever been another Women’s Institute and what were its intentions?
Q3: Why was it called the Women’s Institute?
Q4: Institute is so 'institutional'—will the WI ever abandon the name Women’s Institute to become simply The WI?
Q5: What is the link with the Canadian WI?
Q6: Do NFWI staff vote on issues decided by the Board of Trustees?
Q7: I’ve read about these long-serving WI Presidents and it rather puts me off getting on the committee. Can I serve for one year only?
Q8: Why is the NFWI headquarters in London?
Q9: Why is the term ‘Chair’ being used instead of ‘Chairman’ at National level?
Q10: Is the Charity Commission happy dealing with thousands of individual WIs as charities? Would it prefer dealing with just one national WI charity?
Q11: What are the 'Objects' of the NFWI?

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