First the heatwave and as soon as anyone says ‘hosepipe ban’ it starts to rain… Let’s hope summer finds a bit of a balance in August. If you have some spare time, why not join us for some of the activities planned for this month?

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Allotment – Every Monday

The Allotment is coming along nicely with lots of seeds and plants in the ground. The Gardening Girls meet every Monday as long as the weather is not too wet from 2pm (until they run out of steam…). If you would like to join please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the code for the gate.

Craft Club – Summer Break

There is no craft club this month – see you back in September!

Walking Group – 6th August

The Walking Group will meet at 6.30 pm in Husbands Bosworth for the heritage walk that was cancelled last month. The final meeting place/parking directions will be send to members via the Walking Club WhatsApp group. If you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

Book Club – 20th August

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. This month members will read a novel of their own choice for light reading. Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

MHWI Monthly Meeting – 27th August

For our monthly meeting at the church hall in Fairfield Road we will have a practical demonstration of a drone by Terry Eato and look at examples of drone photography over Market Harborough. The meetings starts at 7.30pm and we look forward to seeing you there!

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And if you are not a member of the Market Harborough WI yet why not take the opportunity and join us to see if you like what we do?

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At the July Craft Club session Annie Bisiker from The Colour Studio (The Colour Studio) showed the group how to make stunning jewellery from paint skins. Paint skins are sheets of dried paint left behind in the paint tray after Annie’s paint pouring art projects are completed. 

To give us an idea how the paint skins are generated, Annie gave a demonstration of how the paints are mixed, layered and poured – definitely a job that requires gloves and an apron!

After that, the hardest bit was to choose what type of jewellery to make and which colour paint skin to use from the pile that Annie had provided. In comparison to that, actually making the pieces was easy under her expert guidance. 

The results were amazing – judge for yourself! Great fun and great results – thank you Annie!

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This month Jane Bennett from Canine Partners and her canine partnet Frankie cam to talk to us about the work of the charity that trains up dogs to help people with physical disabiities in everyday tasks and by providing psychological support. The two of them showed off some of Frankie’s amazing skills – what a team!

Canine Partners have over 300 active partnerships working across the UK today and have created more than 1000 since they were founded in 1990. The charity relies on donations to fund the creation of its life-transforming partnerships, they would not be able to continue their work without the wonderful support of their donors and supporters.

In the words of another one of their partners, James: “I used to be worried about every day before it would even arrive. Now I know whatever comes, Meg and I will deal with it together.” 

To read James’s full story, please visit https://caninepartners.org.uk/blog/meet-james-and-megan/

If you have any queries or would like to get further involved, see their website https://caninepartners.org.uk/ or email the Canine Partners Team at  fundraising@caninepartners.org.uk.

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This month Jane Bennett from Canine Partners will talk about how the charity trains up dogs to help people with physical disabiities in everyday tasks and by providing psychological support. 

Jane will be accompanied by her Canine Partner Frankie, who will demonstrate some of the tasks that he performs to help Jane in her day to day activities. 

The meeting starts at the usual time of 7.30pm at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road. Hope to see you there!

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Summer is here – we hope! If you have some spare time, why not join us for some of the activities planned for this month?

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Allotment – Every Monday

The Allotment is coming along nicely with lots of seeds and plants in the ground. The Gardening Girls meet every Monday as long as the weather is not too wet from 2pm (until they run out of steam…). If you would like to join please contact Julie at Jusellars1960@gmail.com to get the code for the gate.

Craft Club – 3rd July

The Craft Club will be meeting at 7pm at the Congregational Church in Bowden Lane on the first floor. This month we are getting a lesson in Paint Skin Jewellery making. 

The cost will be £ 7,00 for materials and a contribution to the room hire. Details as always on the WI Craft WhatsApp group – If you would like to join the MHWI Craft Club, please contact Fiona at fegraham1@gmail.com

Walking Group – 9th July

The Walking Group will meet at 6.30 pm in Husbands Bosworth for a heritage walk. The final meeting place/parking directions will be send to members via the Walking Club WhatsApp group. If you would like to join the group, please email Fiona at f_tomlin@sky.com

Social Event – 10th July

This month’s social event is a trip to see Calamity Jane at the Curve in Leicester.

Subscription for this event is now closed, but look out for the sign up sheets at the monthly meetings if you would like to take part in future events.

Book Club – 16th July

The Book Angels Book Club will be meeting at the Three Swans at 2.30pm. The book of the month for July is Absolutely Forever by Rose Tremain.

Please contact Valerie at vhitchcox50@hotmail.com if you would like to join.

MHWI Monthly Meeting

There will be no monthly meeting in July as it is our Summer Break. 

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And if you are not a member of the Market Harborough WI yet why not take the opportunity and join us to see if you like what we do?

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The MHWI Craft Club had a lovely time this month learning to make paper roses.

Our members Maggie and Leslie had prepared the materials – cut paper, glue, tape and wire stems – and took us step by step through the process, which is not as complicated as it looks as long as one remembers where the ‘cut side’ is… 

The results speak for themselves! Thank you Maggie and Leslie for a fun evening!

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This month we had Stella Renwick come and talk to our members about Home Start South Leicestershire.

The Home Start charity was founded in Leicester by Margaret Harrison over 50 years ago. Margaret believed that if parents were supporting struggling parents on a one-on-one basis in their home then they would be better equipped to learn to cope with the many difficulties life can bring and will be able to give their children the best possible start to their own lives.

Since then, Home Start has spread to over 22 countries in 5 continents and continues to grow. Each Home Start group works and is funded as a stand-alone charity, but they all share the same approach and common goals.

Home Start South Leicestershire is based in Market Harborough on Coventry Road, where Stella and her team of volunteers run a range of support groups and organise the home visit assistance that is at the core of the charity’s work.

Home Start South Leicestershire is to a large extend funded through donations – not just in form of money, but also through donations of time and other resources. Some of you may remember the Market Harborough Crochet Christmas Tree that many of our members contributed to (see https://marketharboroughwi.org.uk/2021/06/06/come-and-join-the-harborough-crochet-christmas-tree-project/ ). After the Christmas Tree was taken down, the granny squares were fashioned into blankets that were donated to Home Start for distribution to families.

Similarly, our member Leslie is organising ongoing donations of baby and toddler hats, jackets, booties, gloves and blankets for Home Start – please get in touch if you have some time to spare to do some knitting or crochet for the charity or indeed would like to volunteer at Home Start.

You can read more about Home Start South Leicestershire on their website: https://home-startsouthleics.org.uk

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Last week three members of the Market Harborough WI took part in a treasure hunt around the town organised by the Leicestershire & Rutland Federation.

There were lots of question – some more obscure than others and some quite tricky to find. The team worked together and despite a downpour and some organisational hick-ups they came in as the only team to score 100%

Here they are enjoying scones and their prize at the Three Swans after the event

Well done Ladies – we are proud of you!

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There is a change to the original schedule for the MHWI Walking Group for the coming month:

The walk around the Burton Overy area will now take place on the 22nd June, not on the 8th June as originally advertised. Meeting time and place will be confirmed as usual via the WhatsApp group.

Please update your diaries accordingly and feel free to email marketharboroughwi@gmail.com for more information.

Just a quick reminder, that our next monthly meeting is on Wednesday, 28th May at 7.30pm at the Church Hall in Fairfield Road.

This month Stella Renwick will talk about the work of Home-Start, a network of trained volunteers and expert support groups that look to support parents during the early years of parenthood and some of our members have contributed to their work in the past.

Hope to see you there!