Chair – Karen Sulway
This sub-committee promotes education and the understanding of public affairs.
The Chairman is Karen Sulway and there are a total of ten committee members. The Resolutions Officer reports to this committee. This role is currently held by Trustee, Sue Roden.
Annual activities are the Federation Quiz held at the Staffordshire County Showground and the Press Report Shield and the Garden Festival Trophy competitions.
The current Garden Festival Trophy is to produce a hedgehog from wholly recycled material using any medium as long as it is not perishable.
Science workshops are organised with hands-on practical sessions when ladies get to wear white coats.
Outings are also arranged – we have been to Reading Museum to see the replica of the Bayeux Tapestry that was stitched by The Ladies of Leek, to Port Sunlight and have followed the footsteps of Richard III with a visit to the Bosworth Heritage Centre, the visitor centre and Leicester Cathedral.
Previous visits were arranged to see how Staffordshire waste is handled at the Waste to Energy facility at Four Ashes, near Coven – a state of the art plant run by Veolia.
This was followed up with visits to Veolia’s Materials Recovery Facility to find out what happens to our glass, tins, cans and plastics when we put them out for recycling.
We have also planted home grown Oak saplings in the National Forest.
Climate Change and environmental concerns are always uppermost in our minds and in April 2022 we launched the 52 Week Earth Day Challenge to co-incide with the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day. Members were challenged to take actions throughout the year to show their love for the environment. The results have been compiled into a ‘Directory’ and can be seen by following this link.
We have also produced an environment policy which your WI may wish to use when applying for a grant. One WI has already benefitted from this!
The Resolutions Officer aims to promote active thinking by members on subjects that may become Resolutions and to offer guidance to produce a robust proposal.
If you would like to find out more about what we do, visit our facebook and Instagram pages or get in touch!
karensulway.sfwi.trustee@gmail.com